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Both Hermes and Thoth were gods of writing and of magic in their respective cultures. Hermes, the Greek god of interpretive communication, was combined with Thoth, the Egyptian god of wisdom, to become the patron of astrology and alchemy. In addition, both gods were psychopomps, guiding souls to the afterlife. The Egyptian priest and polymath Imhotep had been deified long after his death and therefore assimilated to Thoth in the classical and Hellenistic period.The renowned scribe Amenhotep and a wise man named Teôs were co-equal deities of wisdom, science, and medicine; and, thus, they were placed alongside Imhotep in shrines dedicated to Thoth-Hermes during the Ptolemaic period. | Both Hermes and Thoth were gods of writing and of magic in their respective cultures. Hermes, the Greek god of interpretive communication, was combined with Thoth, the Egyptian god of wisdom, to become the patron of astrology and alchemy. In addition, both gods were psychopomps, guiding souls to the afterlife. The Egyptian priest and polymath Imhotep had been deified long after his death and therefore assimilated to Thoth in the classical and Hellenistic period.The renowned scribe Amenhotep and a wise man named Teôs were co-equal deities of wisdom, science, and medicine; and, thus, they were placed alongside Imhotep in shrines dedicated to Thoth-Hermes during the Ptolemaic period. | ||
==Hermetism== | |||
Hermeticism, also called Hermetism, is a religious, philosophical, and esoteric tradition based primarily upon writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus ("Thrice Great"). These writings have greatly influenced the Western esoteric tradition and were considered to be of great importance during both the Renaissance and the Reformation. The tradition claims descent from a prisca theologia, a doctrine that affirms the existence of a single, true theology that is present in all religions and that was given by God to man in antiquity. | |||
Many writers, including Lactantius, Cyprian of Carthage, Augustine, Marsilio Ficino, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Giordano Bruno, Campanella, Sir Thomas Browne, and Ralph Waldo Emerson, considered Hermes Trismegistus to be a wise pagan prophet who foresaw the coming of Christianity. St. Thomas Aquinas reported that Trismegistus arrived at something akin to the doctrine of the Trinity. | |||
An account of how [[Hermes Trismegistus]] received the name "Thrice Great" is derived from the [[Emerald Tablet]] of Hermes Trismegistus, wherein it is stated that he knew the three parts of the wisdom of the whole universe. The three parts of the wisdom are alchemy, astrology, and theurgy (rituals). | |||
==Emerald Tablet== | ==Emerald Tablet== | ||
The Emerald Tablet, also known as the Smaragdine Table, or Tabula Smaragdina, is a compact and cryptic piece of the Hermetica reputed to contain the secret of the prima materia and its transmutation. It was highly regarded by European alchemists as the foundation of their art and its Hermetic tradition. The original source of the Emerald Tablet is unknown. Although [[Hermes Trismegistus]] is the author named in the text, its first known appearance is in a book written in Arabic between the sixth and eighth centuries. The text was first translated into Latin in the twelfth century. Numerous translations, interpretations and commentaries followed.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_Tablet Emerald Tablet]</ref> | The [[Emerald Tablet]], also known as the Smaragdine Table, or Tabula Smaragdina, is a compact and cryptic piece of the Hermetica reputed to contain the secret of the prima materia and its transmutation. It was highly regarded by European alchemists as the foundation of their art and its Hermetic tradition. The original source of the Emerald Tablet is unknown. Although [[Hermes Trismegistus]] is the author named in the text, its first known appearance is in a book written in Arabic between the sixth and eighth centuries. The text was first translated into Latin in the twelfth century. Numerous translations, interpretations and commentaries followed.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_Tablet Emerald Tablet]</ref> | ||
The Guardian perspective is that the Emerald Tablet is the stolen accumulated knowledge that was compiled by the Annunaki and [[Grey Alien]]s from having partial access to reading the creation code contained within the [[Law of One]] records, and this magical knowledge was given to their preferred genetic hybrids on the earth to gain power over others, become the ruling classes and ultimately serve the human enslavement agenda of the [[NAA]]. One such important figure that the [[NAA]] and Thoth groomed into this anti-human agenda that impacted the future direction of human history was [[Aleister Crowley]]. | The Guardian perspective is that the Emerald Tablet is the stolen accumulated knowledge that was compiled by the Annunaki and [[Grey Alien]]s from having partial access to reading the creation code contained within the [[Law of One]] records, and this magical knowledge was given to their preferred genetic hybrids on the earth to gain power over others, become the ruling classes and ultimately serve the human enslavement agenda of the [[NAA]]. One such important figure that the [[NAA]] and Thoth groomed into this anti-human agenda that impacted the future direction of human history was [[Aleister Crowley]]. | ||