{"product_id":"the-secret-history-of-hermes-trismegistus-hermeticism-from-ancient-to-modern-times","title":"The Secret History of Hermes Trismegistus: Hermeticism from Ancient to Modern Times","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Perhaps Hermeticism has fascinated so many people precisely because it has made it possible to produce many analogies and relationships to various traditions: to Platonism in its many varieties  to Stoicism  to Gnostic ideas  and even to certain Aristotelian doctrines. The Gnostic  the esoteric  the Platonist  or the deist has each been able to find something familiar in the writings. One just had to have a penchant for remote antiquity  for the idea of a Golden Age  in order for Hermeticism  with its aura of an ancient Egyptian revelation  to have enjoyed such outstanding success.\"from the Introduction Hermes Trismegistus  \"thrice-great Hermes \" emerged from the amalgamation of the wisdom gods Hermes and Thoth and is one of the most enigmatic figures of intellectual history. Since antiquity  the legendary \"wise Egyptian\" has been considered the creator of several mystical and magical writings on such topics as alchemy  astrology  medicine  and the transcendence of God. Philosophers of the Renaissance celebrated Hermes Trismegistus as the founder of philosophy  Freemasons called him their forefather  and Enlightenment thinkers championed religious tolerance in his name. To this day  Hermes Trismegistus is one of the central figures of the occulthis name is synonymous with the esoteric. In this scholarly yet accessible introduction to the history of Hermeticism and its mythical founder  Florian Ebeling provides a concise overview of the Corpus Hermeticum and other writings attributed to Hermes. He traces the impact of Christian and Muslim versions of the figure in medieval Europe  the power of Hermeticism and Paracelsian belief in Renaissance thought  the relationship to Pietism and to Freemasonry in early modern Europe  and the relationship to esotericism and semiotics in the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986707083317,"sku":"ByrdShop_0801445469","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780801445460.jpg?v=1770914418","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-secret-history-of-hermes-trismegistus-hermeticism-from-ancient-to-modern-times","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}