Corpus Hermeticum

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Hermetic text collection esoteric text late antique literature philosophical text religious text

The Corpus Hermeticum is a collection of Hellenistic philosophical and mystical writings attributed to the legendary figure Hermes Trismegistus, foundational to the Western esoteric and Hermetic traditions.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Hermetic corpus 2
Corpus Hermeticum canonical 1
Hermetic Corpus 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hermetic text collection ⓘ
esoteric text ⓘ
late antique literature ⓘ
philosophical text ⓘ
religious text ⓘ
approximateNumberOfTractates 17 ⓘ
attributedTo Thoth ⓘ
surface form: Hermes Trismegistus
containsGenre dialogue ⓘ
philosophical treatise ⓘ
revelation discourse ⓘ
dateOfComposition 2nd century CE ⓘ
3rd century CE ⓘ
earlierPerceivedDate belief in extreme antiquity before Moses ⓘ
firstLatinTranslationDate 1463 ⓘ
firstPrintedEditionDate 1471 ⓘ
hasAuthor Thoth ⓘ
surface form: Hermes Trismegistus
hasPart Corpus Hermeticum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hermetic tractate I

Corpus Hermeticum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hermetic tractate XIII

Poimandres ⓘ
influenced Christian Kabbalah ⓘ
Renaissance esotericism ⓘ
surface form: Renaissance Hermeticism

Renaissance philosophy ⓘ
Rosicrucianism ⓘ
Western esoteric traditions ⓘ
alchemy ⓘ
early modern occultism ⓘ
keyConcept Logos ⓘ
Mind of God ⓘ
Nous ⓘ
ascent of the soul ⓘ
correspondence between macrocosm and microcosm ⓘ
rebirth ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainTheme cosmology ⓘ
gnosis ⓘ
soteriology ⓘ
the nature of God ⓘ
the nature of the cosmos ⓘ
the nature of the human soul ⓘ
theology ⓘ
originatesFrom Hellenistic period ⓘ
Roman Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Roman Imperial period
partOf Hermetic literature ⓘ
philosophicalInfluence Middle Platonism ⓘ
Pythagoreanism ⓘ
Stoicism ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Alexandria ⓘ
Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Roman Egypt
relatedWork Asclepius ⓘ
Hermetic fragments in Stobaeus ⓘ
religiousContext Greco-Egyptian religion ⓘ
religiousInfluence Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
surface form: Egyptian religion

Greek religion ⓘ
scholarlyReevaluation late 19th century dating to early centuries CE ⓘ
structure collection of separate tractates ⓘ
tradition Hermeticism ⓘ
Western esotericism ⓘ
wasCentralTo Renaissance occult revival ⓘ
wasFirstLatinTranslationBy Marsilio Ficino ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hermeticism → associatedWithText → Corpus Hermeticum ⓘ
Giordano Bruno → influencedBy → Corpus Hermeticum ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hermetic corpus
De occulta philosophia libri tres → influencedBy → Corpus Hermeticum ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hermetic Corpus
Emerald Tablet → partOf → Corpus Hermeticum ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hermetic corpus
Corpus Hermeticum → hasPart → Corpus Hermeticum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hermetic tractate I
Corpus Hermeticum → hasPart → Corpus Hermeticum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hermetic tractate XIII