The Corpus Hermeticum is a collection of mystical texts that date to the early centuries of the Common Era. The texts are attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, a syncretic combination of the Greek god Hermes, and the Egyptian god Thoth.
The style of the texts is a series of sermons given by Hermes, usually involving one of his students: Asclepius, Tat, and Ammon, whose names are derived from the Egyptian “Imhotep”, “Thoth”, and “Amun”, respectively.
In the following article, we present a simplified abridgement of the corpus, while attempting to preserve some of the romanticism present in the arcane and cryptic prose.