LEADER 04415nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910781533303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8014-6488-9 010 $a0-8014-6482-X 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801464829 035 $a(CKB)2550000000074545 035 $a(OCoLC)769190462 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10516006 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000552047 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11387333 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000552047 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10564314 035 $a(PQKB)10164707 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138282 035 $a(DE-B1597)527436 035 $a(OCoLC)1105906969 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801464829 035 $a(OCoLC)1227052097 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse58453 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138282 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10516006 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL769605 035 $a(OCoLC)608384731 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000074545 100 $a20061208d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe secret history of Hermes Trismegistus$b[electronic resource] $ehermeticism from ancient to modern times /$fFlorian Ebeling ; foreword by Jan Assmann ; translated from the German by David Lorton 210 $aIthaca $cCornell University Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (174 p.) 300 $a"Originally published as Das Geheimnis des Hermes Trismegistos by Florida Ebeling Verlag ... 2005"--T.p. verso. 311 $a0-8014-7749-2 311 $a0-8014-4546-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [151]-152) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tForeword / $rAssmann, Jan -- $tIntroduction -- $tI. Prehistory and Early History of a Phantasm -- $tII. The Middle Ages: Christian Theology and "Antediluvian" Magic -- $tIII. Renaissance: Primeval Wisdom for a New World -- $tIV. Seventeenth Century: High Point and Decline -- $tV. Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: Between Occultism and Enlightenment -- $tVI. Twentieth Century: Systems and Esoterica -- $tChronology -- $tChronology -- $tSelect Bibliography -- $tIndex 330 $a"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 IntroductionHermes 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 occult-his 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. 606 $aHermetism$xHistory 615 0$aHermetism$xHistory. 676 $a135/.45 700 $aEbeling$b Florian$f1966-$01510778 701 $aAssmann$b Jan$0144097 701 $aLorton$b David$01107607 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781533303321 996 $aThe secret history of Hermes Trismegistus$93743630 997 $aUNINA