The Hermetica: Wisdom Texts of the Greco-Egyptian World
What Is the Hermetica? The Hermetica is a body of Greco-Egyptian wisdom texts from the first to third centuries CE, attributed to the legendary teacher Hermes Trismegistus and divided by scholars into a philosophical strand (the Corpus Hermeticum, the Latin Asclepius, and the Stobaean fragments) and a technical strand of astrological, alchemical, and magical writings. […]
Gnosis: Direct Knowledge of the Divine
What Is Gnosis? Direct Knowledge of the Divine, Defined Gnosis is the Greek word for knowledge, but in religious and philosophical contexts it names a specific kind: direct, experiential knowing of the divine, the self, and the deepest structure of reality. It stands apart from belief, study, and reasoned argument. Gnosis is what one comes […]