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Hermeticism/Hermetism
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I. Literature – II. History of Influence

I. Literature

The literature that has come down to us under the name of the Greek-Egyptian god Hermes (Hermes Trismegistus) is not a unity, neither literarily nor in terms of content. Its beginnings reach back into the 3rd century bce to Egypt (III, 2), and its influence extends beyond the Arabic-Islamic and Christian-European Middle Ages into the 18th century (see II below). This literature has been divided into “popular” or “occult” and…

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Rudolph, Kurt, Holzhausen, Jens, Lory, Pierre, Blum, Paul Richard and Colpe, Carsten, “Hermeticism/Hermetism”, in: Religion Past and Present. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_COM_09686>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013



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