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This study explores the tensions and contradictions in the themes and style of L'Allegria. It establishes links between Ungaretti and the French Symbolist poets, and reexamines the collection's affinity with the work of De Chirico, Cubism, Futurism and Surrealism. Offering ground-breaking views, particularly on the war poems, it demonstrates how Ungaretti used the obscure nature of Hermetic language to express his proto-Fascist and Nietzschean sympathies, thus destroying the myth of Ungaretti as a 'man of peace' searching for a religious answer to the problems of existence. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Italian Culture, published by American Association for Italian Studies on September 22, 2001. The length of the article is 947 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: William Hope. Curzio Malaparte: the Narrative Contract Strained.(Book Review)
Author: Marie Orton
Publication: Italian Culture (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 2001
Publisher: American Association for Italian Studies
Volume: 19Issue: 2Page: 145(3)

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Title: Rime di viaggio per la terra dipinto.(Otto/Novecento)(Critical essay)
Author: Barbara Carle
Publication: Italica (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 83Issue: 3-4Page: 489(16)

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The Hermetica are a body of mystical texts written in late antiquity, but believed during the Renaissance (when they became well known) to be much older. Their supposed author, a mythical figure named Hermes Trismegistus, was thought to be a contemporary of Moses. The Hermetic philosophy was regarded as an ancient theology, parallel to the revealed wisdom of the Bible, supporting Biblical revelation and culminating in the Platonic philosophical tradition. This new translation is the only English version based on reliable texts, and Professor Copenhaver's introduction and notes make this accessible and up-to-date edition an indispensable resource to scholars. ... Read more

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Good content, poor print
The content is fine. The translation of this classic as well as the introductory notes are fine, but I expected a better print quality. The cover print and the first pages' text are not straight aligned on paper.

The Thrice Great Hermes
The legendary "Corpus Hermeticum" (CH) is a motley collection of religious, philosophical and magical texts, composed during the Hellenistic period in Egypt. The main character is Hermes Trismegistus, a mythical figure based on the Greek god Hermes and his perceived Egyptian equivalent Thoth. In Europe, the CH became widely known during the Renaissance. Today, it's mostly associated with occultists and New Age believers.

The CH is highly eclectic. It resembles Plato's dialogue "Timaeus" and later Neo-Platonism and Gnosticism. There are similarities with Orphic hymns and the Sibylline oracles. Some scholars also believe that it contains authentic Egyptian influences. Many Christians have been mystified by the utterances of Hermes Trismegistus, no doubt because they occasionally resemble the creation story in the Book of Genesis or sound "monotheist". One Church Father, Lactantius, used the CH as a source of prophecies about Jesus Christ (!).

The last couple of decades, the New Age movement have in made ideas similar to those of the CH part of popular culture. Due to this, the Hermetic message sounds pretty old hat. God is both transcendent/"monotheist" and immanent/"pantheist". The soul is immortal and somehow divine. The body is a prison for the soul, and souls are trapped in it because of desire for the world of matter. Ideas resembling reincarnation and karma are also taught. The main characters frequently get mystical visions and theophanies. The goal is to become deified.

Sounds familiar?

This book contains translations of Corpus Hermeticum I-XVIII and the Latin Asclepius. "Only" the more philosophical texts of the CH have been included. The more practical treatises on alchemy or astrology have been left out. The introduction and the notes are very scholarly and probably of less interest to more spiritual readers. The actual translation is only about 100 pages long, most of the book containing footnotes dealing with obscure issues of translation or parallels in other ancient literature. (The notes are almost esoteric!)

"Hermetica" is obviously intended for scholars, but might have some interest for the general reader as well, provided he or she is interested in alternative forms of spirituality, which often seem to resemble the ideas expounded by the Thrice Great Hermes.

Important work, well done
I actually found the translation accessible, though a bit dry.I will also agree with the other reviewer that facing page translations would be an excellent addition.However, aside from this.

This work is a translation of the entire Greek "Corpus Hermeticum" and the Latin "Asclepius" into Modern English.These works were arguably critical in shaping the European Renaissance, and have had a profound impact on Western thought.

In addition to the translation, the introduction is very well done as well.There is a wealth of information here which contributes a great deal to the scope of the work.

Finally, what can I say about the notes?The notes are about twice as long as the text, and provide a great deal of insight into the various other forms of works.

For anyone interested in studying this topic, this edition is absolutely essential.Highly recommended.

scholarly doesn't have to be boring.
Thankfully I got mine used. This translation is good for academics writing a thesis on the subject. To the layman it is completely unreadable. I've read plenty of dry historical texts in my time, and this one ranks up there with the dryest. Much of the book is reference material, also unreadable. Elitists scorn translations written so people can actually understand them, but for my money (a new or even used copy of this book here is, for a paperback, rediculously expensive), I'll take a translation where my eyes don't glaze over every other paragraph. Yawn.

Very good, could have been better...
Copenhaver's new edition and translation of the Greek corpus hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius provide the interested reader with an immensely readable and professionally done English translation, as well as a solid introduction and copious notes.

Copenhaver intends to replace Scott's classic edition and translation, and claims to improve upon what he sees as the rather idiosyncratic Greek and Latin texts which Scott put together and from which he translates. But the extent to which he succeeds is difficult to judge--read on.

The one, major drawback of this volume is that while Copenhaver offers extensive endnotes which fill in--to some extent--for a full critical apparatus, he does not give us the Greek and Latin texts. Without these,it is difficult for a professional scholar or an informed general reader to evaluate Copenhaver's work for him/herself.

In fairness to Copenhaver, it was never his intent to produce a work that could be used in the way I describe. In one sense, then, he succeeds magnificently at what he set out to do. But the addition of facing page texts in the original languages (provided in Scott's classic edition) would have made this book much, much better--and much more useful to a wider audience. Although the size of such an audience is not exactly vast, it may well be greater than Copenhaver imagined.

In short, it's an excellent text for anyone interested in the Hermetica who does not read Greek or Latin. It is a very good text for students and scholars who will find much in Copenhaver's insightful editing, translation, and commentary, but may feel disappointment over the missing original texts and will only be able to use it within its obvious limitations. If he ever puts out a fuller edition with the Greek and Latin, I'll be first in line to buy it. ... Read more

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THIS IS A PHILOSOPHY COOL COLLECTOR'S EDITION - PRINTED IN REALLY COOL MODERN FONTS THROUGHOUT. CHECK IT OUT WITH THE AMAZON SEARCH INSIDE FEATURE.The ancient oracles of the Chaldean Magi - essential occult reading. ... Read more

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Chaldean Hell Font
"The Chaldean Oracles of Zoroaster" edited and revised by Sapere Aude, with an introduction by L. O. (Percy Bullock) was first published by the London Theosophical Publishing Society in 1895. Wynn Wescott's role in this book is uncertain, as he's not given credit anywhere in the text. This edition is published by Gina Fanning in 2009. The fly-leaf is supiciously absent of identifying information commonly seen in most books.
The entire book, from front to back, is printed in a ghastly, sadistic, painful-to-read ALL-CAP font. Typos don't even wait for the second line: the world "Chaldaean" comes out as "Chald-an". Apparently this font doesn't include an "ae". The fun doesn't stop there. The word "oracula" at first glance looks like "Dracula."
Once the reader has gone through a teeth-grinding adjustment to the hell-font (and believe me, this is like adapting to the sound of a concerto for fingernails on a blackboard with orchestra), the reader must next adapt to L.O.'s sworn fealty to the Kabbalah. One enduring feature of the secret society folks of the 1890s was their relentless attempt to make everything fit into the Kabbalah, or conversely, to shoehorn the Kabbalah into every possible occult system (the tarot is a prime example). This isn't to say that the Chaldean schema doesn't have similarities to that of the Kabbalah. It does. But the obligatory Kabalistic shoehorning takes away from the unique features of the Chaldean view of the cosmos. L. O. subjects readers to statements like, "In considering this schema, it must be remembered that the supramundane Light was regarded as the primal radiation from the Paternal Depth and the archetypal noumenon of the Empyr-um (without the hell-font: Empyraeum), a universal, all-pervading -and, to human comprehension-ultimate essences." L.O. also treats the reader to a few obligatory Blavatskyisms and a really derogatory nugget of John Bull prejudice before signing off.
Into the Oracles: each epigram is annotated as to its source, and these include a wide range of ancient manuscripts. The annotations are helpful and desirable, but the hell-font makes the indistinguishable from the epigrams.
Words like Aeon (-on), daemon (d-mon), and the ever present Chaldaean (Chald-an) are waiting to trip up the reader throughout the text.
A needed and valuable text, but hopelessly spoiled by the poor judgment of the publisher to use an illegible font. What a pity! ... Read more

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This is G.R.S. Mead's translation of the Pistis Sophia, the most extensive Gnostic scripture available until the discovery of Nag Hammadi texts in 1945.

The Pistis Sopha is a startling blend of primitive Christianity and Hellenic Paganism, with other elements such as reincarnation, Astrology, Mystery religion and Hermetic magic. The Goddess makes an appearance in the guise of Sophia, a fallen angel.

The text is notable because the female disciples of Jesus are treated as active participants in the discourse, in a way that would be unimaginable in later Christianity. Tensions between the men and women disciples are not glossed over. On p. 47, Peter complains that Mary and the other women disciples are monopolizing the discussion with Jesus: "My Lord, we will not endure this woman, for she taketh the opportunity from us and hath let none of us speak, but she discourseth many times." Later, Mary (p. 135) expresses her misgivings about Peter: "I am afraid of Peter, because he threatened me and hateth our sex."--J.B. Hare ... Read more

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Very poor translation, totally worthless
This book contains a worthless translation. The words used to convey meaning are common thus obscuring the original meaning. Here are some examples: "whole distribution" is not the same thing as "total expansion", "workmen" are not the same as "servitors","habitations of their spheres" is not the same as "houses of their spheres", and "first statute" is not the same as "First Commandment". Many nouns are left uncapitalized so the real meaning behind the items being expressed is not conveyed. And all these examples came from the first two pages of this totally worthless translation of Pistis Sophia.

This version is a made from two imperfect versions: a French translation (1856) and a Latin version (1851) not from the Coptic text. Try to find Mead's second edition (1921) containing some valuable help from Carl Schmidt's German translation (1905). Mead's second edition of Pistis Sophia is almost a complete rewrite of the first edition.

Making Friends With Sophia
For research, for the curious, this is a cleaner "write" than other versions I own and use; very accessable to every level of reader.

Pistis Sophia
Other versions may have been written better, text lacks consistancy with too many thee's and thou's. Unfortunately due to the lack of flow in the text, it can very easily be one of those books you put down and forget to pick up again.

An important historical religious writing
Prior to the Nag Hammandi codices there was the Pistis Sophia.These writings are very old..they date from around 100-300AD.Today we are fortunate to have these early esoteric church texts to read and study.Most of the early christian literature was labeled heretical and destroyed by the Alexandrian doctors of religious thought...there are things in there that didn't mix well with those Neoplatonists. The Pistis Sophia was purchased in 1795 and was the largest repository of Gnostic beliefs before the unearthing, in 1945, of the Nag Hammandi Library.Like time capsules, these writings have come to us, in purity, ready to be studied.They give us some very good source material for what these early churches believed.

The Pistis Sophia is about things that transpired between the resurrected Jesus, the First and Last Mystery, and his disciples.An interesting point is that those disciples included both men and women.The text is filled with involvement in the physical cosmos, purification from sin and salvation through the infinite compassion of the First Mystery.The path is layed out for the initiate to obtain an inheritance in the Light-Kingdom.To get to this level requires receiving the mysteries, and the way to get the mysteries is to be righteous and good.

Rounded with mysticism, obscurity and allegory, this codex is well worth adding to the Christian reference shelf.

Good
Very revealing.To learn even more about the Pistis Sophia, try The Pistis Sophia Unveiled.(0974591688) ... Read more

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Hermes Trismegistus was an ancient Egyptian, a genius elevated to the status of god, the father of alchemy, astrology, and the magical arts. The figure of Hermes has fascinated students of the occult for generations, and the sages of late antiquity named Hermes Trismegistus as the author of their own esoteric lineage. The Kybalion is one of the most recent works in this sacred lineage, and it has generated much debate and controversy... who are the Three Initiates? Initiates to what tradition? In this concise and easy to read book, the Initiates present the Hermetic doctrine in seven compelling principles, and provide practical methods for applying them to personal self-development in everyday life. ... Read more

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Great book
This book clarifies the principles behind all religions and philosophies in a most elegant way.
Without too many attempts to convince readers, the Kybalion lays out seven principles that can be easily applied to any area of life;health wealth relationships, any area of life. If applied to a religion or a science, it will clarify the meaning of a written passage or an experiment.
While the book does offer explanations, it is really meant to be experimented with and applied to life. For example, the Principle of Vibration states "Nothing rests; everything moves" and then the authors explain how things that may not have been considered motion before actually are forms of motion.
Although the Kybalion tends to lean on scientific examples, I found the book to be very spiritual in nature. Without question one of my favorite books.

Still the Best Primer on Basic Hermetic Philosophy Available
This book is, to my mind, still the best primer on Basic Hermetic Philosophy available. It's coverage of the Seven Fundamental Laws of Hermeticism is timeless. It also adds seven related Axioms which are of very practical use in implementing the seven laws in one's life. Indeed, the seven axioms are strikingly similar to the knowledge of the Mystery Schools. One must be willing to look past the sometimes dated, but almost never arcane, language and the occasionally sensationalist tone of this book to fully appreciate its value. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but this little book is actually quite readable considering it was written in the early 1900's.

As far as the intermixture of Eastern mysticism (as mentioned as a major negative by one of the lowest scored reviews to this book) as the true initiate to the Hermetic Mysteries knows, the Hermetic Philosophy was a Greco-Egyptian synthesis of esoteric truths and methods that were not limited to the historical periods and regions of ancient Greece and Old Kingdom Egypt. To include yogic principles and yogic techniques in the book is quite appropriate.

Suspend your reluctance lest you are disinclined to buy this book because if its date of publication or its occasional inaccuracies (understandable given that in 1912 we were less than 50 years from the rebirth of the serious and open, as opposed to secret, study of Hermetics - which had been obscured for centuries). Even though it is available, if you look hard enough, on the WWW (and no please don't ask me for the site), I already own one copy and am in the process of buying another from Amazon for use in another location. I don't own too many "doubles" of books on magic or the practice of mysticism (I am not that rich), and that should tell you something.

Good Reading...Louis

A View of The Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece +++
Due to the very wide and deep areas covered by "The Kybalion" and the historical fog around the "three authors" and "their" origins and related authors and their origins -- I will only claim my own very personal [and very independant] Rosicrucian understanding of this little book. I understand "The Kybalion" as the single best presentation of Rosicrucian Philosophy -- which would seem to be part of the background of the quite likely real author of this work -- William Walker Atkinson [and maybe others]. Possible Symbolist meanings of Rose-and-Cross are such Dyads as Laws-and-Trial, Life-and-Trust, Love-and-Truth and Mary-and-Jesus -- as well as exoteric and esoteric meanings of Christian Rosenkreuz. The major content of "The Kybalion" is in as much ordered detail as just sufficient and necessary to guide one towards such Dyadic Philosophy -- as well a transcendant guide to further Inspiration that is unlimited -- due to the expansive generality of this little book. Understanding increases upon every re-reading. The exact ordering of topics -- based on the Seven Hermetic Principles -- is most precise and natural -- as is the exact intention of other aspects of "The Kybalion" -- down to careful explanations of principles, examples and usages thereof, and the exact wording used for all the prose. Interesting that this little book is from 1908 -- considering the close harmony with later Relativity and Quantum Dynamics -- matter as a form of energy and levels and vibrations of such energy -- as just so remarked upon in "The Kybalion". Ever-Inspiring +++

A great research tool!
The Kybalion is one of the main philosophies that Occultists draw on - over and over again - sometimes without knowing it- and this book has much for the novice as for the advanced practitioner. Some of the material will help you understand some of the stumbling blocks when working on a particular occult project.I recommend this book 100% and can offer a few other key books if you are looking for just practical occult teachings, i.e. how to achieve occult power instead of just plain research (but these books that I am about to recommend really are not for the novice, they are strictly for someone seeking occult power and who can keep it in check):

True Astral Worship: Why Today, More Than Ever, Are The Pre-Religions Very Important.

The New Avatar And The Destiny Of The Soul: Answers To The Question: Why?

Second Sight: A Study Of Natural And Induced Clairvoyance

How To Read The Crystal: With A Concise Dictionary Of Astrological Terms

Finding The Higher Powers Of Mind And Spirit: The Way To The Prime Goal

How To Achieve Clairvoyance And Occult Power

Getting In Tune With The Infinite: A Guide To Fullness Of Peace, Power, And Plenty

Each of these books, as well as The Kybalion can help you find the astral plane, but what you do there, and why you go there is your affair.

Must-Have Book on Hermetics
After reading this book, I can say this is very insightful guide to the principles underlying hermetic.Each of the seven principles is presented and discussed in an easy to understand manner.However, to apply these principles to your life is another matter.This book is not about the practice of hermitic, but about the primal philosophy that transcend mysticism and religion.It is an invaluable addition to your library, but only if you are ready for it.

The author(s) of this book, who we know only as Three Initiates, starts out describing the fundamentals of the hermetic history and philosophy. Then it briefly introduces the seven principles of hermetic, setting a framework for further discussion:

I. The Principle of Mentalism
II. The Principle of Correspondence
III. The Principle of Vibration
IV. The Principe of Polarity
V. The Principle of Rhythm
VI. The Principle of Cause and Effect
VII. The Principle of Gender

Prior presenting each principle, Three Initiates builds up the necessary knowledge to understand it better.For example, concepts of "Mental Transmutation" and "The All" are discussed before starting with the Principle of Mentalism.Each principle is explained with some detail, and multiple examples.

Finally, Three Initiates advices us against the pursuing Knowledge without expressing it into Action, which otherwise becomes a vain affair.In the last chapter, it summarizes the previously presented principles and briefly explain how to approach them.

This is a book that belongs to every mystical library, but paradoxically, not the first that a new student of hermetic should approach.For that purpose, I would recommend Initiation into Hermetics by Franz Bardon or The New Hermetics: 21st Century Magick for Illumination and Power by Jason Augustus Newcomb.However, the philosophical content in this book is approachable from any mystical foundation, not just hermetics.As such, buy it because eventually you will find it in your path to mysticism.
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Is the universe a gigantic evolving mind? Is it alive? Does God come to self-consciousness through humanity? Are we the vessels of God?

The German philosopher Hegel is one of the greatest and most notoriously obscure philosophers of all time. Was he a secret member of the Illuminati?

Did he seek to replace Christianity with Illumination - the enlightened religion of the Illuminati? Was he guided by Hermetic, Gnostic and esoteric thinking? Was he a modern magician and sage, bringing to the public arena a body of ancient, mystical knowledge?

The master-slave dialectic is one of the most profound aspects of human existence, and it explains much of the political and social structure of the world. What did Hegel say about this astonishing dialectic?

What is the dialectic? Why is it so important to any understanding of the world? Is it the cosmic engine that drives the universe towards its Omega Point?

No one without an understanding of Hegel's thinking can hope to understand the world. Isn't it time to discover the deep secrets of the cosmos? ... Read more

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T Allen Greenfield's new book is a revolutionary volume that shines the light on a most interesting phenomenon in the western esoteric tradition - The Hermetic Brotherhood of Light.

This group of illuminated scholars created an order and formulated a body of esoteric wisdom whose impact can still be felt today in many active magical orders and traditions.

For instance, the magico-sexual theories of one of the order's main protagonists, Paschal Beverly Randolph, influenced groups such as the Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.), which became Aleister Crowley's main order in the public world.

Full of intelligent and illuminating overviews and penetrating comments by Greenfield, this book also contains truly unique archive material never before presented in such a cohesive way. ... Read more

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Valuable documents and documentation
Despite the pans of other reviewers, objectively, this book is very interesting on several levels.

One wonders if most of the other reviewers even bothered to read the book, or merely panned it on sight due to their personal hostilties with the author, admittedly a sometimes controversial figure in UFOlogy and the Occult.

This book concerns itself with the Georgia mystic society, the Hermetic Brotherhood of Light. It speculates quite successfully its possible connection with the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor, briefly biographs its somewhat enigmatic founder, and prints several documents of the Brotherhood of Light, showing their derivation and indebtedness to from the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor and Dr. Paschal Beverly Randolph. Furthermore, it reprints Dr. P.B. Randolph's rarely seen "Ansairetic Mysteries", allowing the reader to contrast and compare them to the Brotherhood of Light's monographs. Such comparison is quite fascinating: one could hardly otherwise believe that the secrets of sexual magick taughtby a mid-19th century mulatto were later promulgated (in a milder form) by a white rural Georgia secret society.

It also, interestingly, shows correspondence between Dr. Randolph's widow, and R. Swineburn Clymer, showing how little Clymer's claimed authorities from her actually amounted to, and that neither Clymer or Mrs. Randolph were in possession of Dr. Randolph's "word", the utterance of which caused him to be recognized as "Master of the Dome" during a European Roscicrucian Conference in 1852. While this document, probably due to its importance, has been transcribed, there are also several pages of handwritten letters and instructions reproduced in miniature that one wishes had been similarly transcribed. This is the *only* flaw in this otherwise fascinating history of this otherwise little-known secret society.

While his own editorializing and actual authorship in this book is fairly minimal, Bishop Greenfield is to be congratulated for introducing the world to the history and teachings of this society. One can only hope that further documents concerning its teachings may surface, and the origins, history and dogma of the Hermetic Brotherhood of Light be further and more completely illuminated for posterity.

Why?
Again one must ask "Why does this guy bother writing when he could be breaking down boxes in a hot, sweaty warehouse and making a REAL contribution?"Allen pulls out the most banal tidbits of information and rubs his nose sagaciously as he takes yet another public domain work, slaps some worthless adjectives on it, and pawns it off as his own.

drivel
Horrible.Terrible.Not good at all!Simply another rip-off only this time, instead of the dead hand of Charles S. Jones, Greenfield has elected to rip-off John Yarker.

A Delightful Book Plagued With Bad Review(s)
To my surprise, I found this HB of L history to be quite interesting and well written. The previous bad reviews appear to be the same person from the terminology they have used, and with more an axe to grind with the author than any real reading or comprehension skills on their part. That would handily explain why the reviewer(s) found this tome to be "boring".

Ugh
I should've listened to the two honest reviewers here and NEVER have bought this book (or the other two offerend by Greenfield.)The "scholarship" in this work consists of poor photocopies of irrelevant documents and receipts.Boring, boring, boring.... A real snoozer. ... Read more

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The Corpus Hermeticum are at the core of the Hermetic tradition. Early Church officials believed this was an early precursor to Christianity. Today we know it emerged from Hellenic Egypt. In the text, the Thrice Great Hermes, Hermes Trismegistus, engages in an educational and easy to follow discussion with the great healer of ancient Greece; Asclepius, answering the eternal questions as to the nature of the Logos. ... Read more

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Preface to the English Edition by E.A. Waite
Preface to the Original Edition
Note: not all of the items in this huge anthology of alchemical writings are available. The section numbering has been retained, however.
Volume 1
I. The Golden Tract
II.
III. The Sophic Hydrolith (part 1)
The Sophic Hydrolith (part 2)
The Sophic Hydrolith (part 3)
The Sophic Hydrolith (part 4)
The Sophic Hydrolith (part 5)
IV. The Remonstration of Nature
V.
VI. The Only True Way
VII. The Glory of the World (part 1)
The Glory of the World (part 2)
The Glory of the World (part 3)
The Glory of the World (part 4)
VIII.A Tract of Great Price
IX. ...Concerning the Philosophical Stone
X. The Book of Lambspring
XI. The Golden Tripod
Volume 2
I.
II. The Testament of Cremer
III.
IV. ...Concerning the Secrets of Alchemy
V. An Open Entrance to the Closed Palace of the King
VI.
VII. The Three Treatises of Philalethes (part 1)
VIII. The Three Treatises of Philalethes (part 2)
IX. The Three Treatises of Philalethes (part 3)
X.
XI. ... Read more

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Hermes Trismegistus (the thrice-great Hermes) is the blending of the Greek god Hermes and the Egyptian god Thoth. This writing attributed to Hermes Tristmegistus is the record of a conversation between the goddess Isis and her son Horus, that explains the traditional belief that the Egyptian Gods came from the heavens, being sent to Earth by the Father of all to bring about civilization. ... Read more

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This Book may be one of the oldest in the World, written hundreds of years before the time of Moses. The surviving copy that has come down to us is in Arabic, and this is the first translation into English. The author of this mysterious book is Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus, the Thrice Great Hermes, that mysterious figure of prehistoric Egypt, the first philosopher, scientist and genius, and Grandfather of the Western Mystic and Alchemical Tradition. ... Read more

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Western Philosophy and Civilization did not begin in ancient Greece, as is commonly assumed; many centuries before, the Ancient Egyptians began the very basis of Western European thought in Africa. With thorough research and the eye of a scholar, George James traces the evolution of Western and Hermetic philosophy in Egypt, and its migration to Europe through the Greeks. ... Read more

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A Black African essential
This book is an essential and prerequisite for all African students who are interested in studying philosophy. Expositions of this nature allows the black student to circumvent the recent conception that philosophy is an original and exclusive praxis of Greeks or Europeans.The only minor problems with this book is its need of an editor to correct some of the punctuation problems and sentence phrasing. Again, despite these minor problems, the Black student and the philosophy student in general will be enriched!

stolen legacy
This is a book of great knowledge and wisdom, and has managed to throw a lot of light on the accomplishments of the Egyptians. Why some people find it controversial can be understood, for years Europeans have done their damn-est to negate the Egyptians as philosophicaland cultural force. This conspiracy has its roots in the Europeans conception of racial superiority that have been taught for years; that people of color lacks the political and intellectual skills to make any meaningful contribution to civilization. For the Europeans to admit that the Greeks were trained and taught in North Africa would be another admission of their conspiracy to dominate the world by perpetuating yet another lie. ... Read more