Where was the hermetica found?
This used to be the subject of much doubt, but it is now generally admitted that the Hermetica as such did in fact originate in Hellenistic and Roman Egypt, even if most of the later Hermetic writings (which continued to be composed at least until the twelfth century CE) clearly did not.
How old is the hermetica?
In 1924, Walter Scott placed the date of the Hermetic texts shortly after 200 CE, but W. Flinders Petrie placed their origin between 200 and 500 BCE.
When was the Corpus hermeticum found?
This hypothesis had to be totally denied when Corpus Hermeticum manuscripts were found in 1945 in Nag Hammadi, Egypt, in Coptic.
What year was the hermetica written?
The collection, written in Greek and Latin, probably dates from the middle of the 1st to the end of the 3rd century ad.
Who wrote the kybalion?
William Walker Atkinson
Three Initiates
Kybalion/Authors
Do you not know Asclepius that Egypt is an image of heaven?
“Do you not know, Asclepius, that Egypt is an image of heaven or, to be more precise, that everything governed and moved in heaven came down to Egypt and was transferred there? If truth were told, our land is the temple of the whole world.”
Who studies the kybalion?
The Kybalion
| Author | William Walker Atkinson (likely) |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Hermeticism / Occultism |
| Publisher | Yogi Publication Society |
How many pages are in the book the kybalion?
223 pages
The Kybalion, originally published in 1912, is a short volume (223 pages, 7.5″ x 5″ hardcover) that presents, with commentary, the basic Hermetic principles. The author(s) of the book are anonymous.
What is the Hermetica?
The Hermetica are Egyptian-Greek wisdom texts from the 2nd century or earlier, which are mostly presented as dialogues in which a teacher, generally identified as Hermes Trismegistus (“thrice-greatest Hermes”), enlightens a disciple.
Where did the Hermetic religion originate?
This used to be the subject of much doubt, but it is now generally admitted that the Hermetica as such did in fact originate in Hellenistic and Roman Egypt, even if most of the later Hermetic writings (which continued to be composed at least until the twelfth century CE) clearly did not.
What is the first edition of the Hermetic Bible?
Corpus Hermeticum: first Latin edition, by Marsilio Ficino, 1471 AD, an edition which belonged formerly to the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica, Amsterdam.
How many Arabic Hermetica are there?
^ According to Van Bladel 2009, p. 17, note 42, there are least twenty Arabic Hermetica extant. ^ Van Bladel 2009, p. 28. ^ Van Bladel 2009, pp. 28–29. ^ Van Bladel 2009, pp. 27–28. The Arabic text and its Latin translation were edited by Kunitzsch 2001. See also Kunitzsch 2004. ^ Bausani 1983; Bausani 1986.