The Hermetica: Wisdom Texts of the Greco-Egyptian World
By Cassiel Marlowe · Published May 8, 2026 · Updated May 8, 2026 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 […]
Gnosis: Direct Knowledge of the Divine
By Emilia Wellesley · Published May 5, 2026 · Updated May 8, 2026 Last reviewed: May 5, 2026. 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 […]