The Hermetica: The Lost Wisdom of the Pharaohs

by Tim Freke

The Greeks, who were in awe of the knowledge and spirituality of the Egyptians, identified Thoth with their own god Hermes, the messenger of the gods and guider of souls in the realm of the dead.

That which is called the Christian religion existed among the ancients, and never did not exist, from the beginning of the human race until Christ came in the flesh, at which time the true religion which already existed began to be called Christianity. St Augustine, Retractions

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describe a spiritual rebirth into knowledge of God.

Under its powerful influence, they composed their own philosophy of a saving Gnosis (Gk. 'knowledge') — a direct knowledge of...

In Book XVI of the Corpus Hermeticum, Hermes writes: My teachings will seem more obscure in times to come, when they are translated from our Egyptian mother tongue into that of the Greeks. Translation will distort much of their meaning. Expressed in our native language, the teachings are clear and simple, for the very sound of an Egyptian word resonates with the thing signified by it. All possible measures should be taken to prevent these holy secrets being corrupted by translation into Greek, which is an arrogant, feeble, showy language, unable to contain the cogent force of my words. The Greek language lacks the power to convince, and Greek philosophy is nothing but noisy chatter. Our Egyptian speech is more than talk. Its utterances are replete with power.

Man is made in the image of God and can therefore rise to become one with God. Only like can know like. It is our fear that separates us from the truth, our lack of belief in ourselves that binds us to the Earth. Man has the power to ascend into heaven and yet crawls on his belly through the dust. In Hermes' eyes Mankind's greatest error is that he has the power to know God and yet does not use it. Simply wishing to know God is enough to set us on the road to enlightenment. The spiritual path is not difficult, for as we awaken from our ignorance, God comes to us. At times and places where we least expect it, suddenly we are aware that God is with us. The end of the spiritual journey is the realisation that he is everywhere and everything.

Knowledge is a direct experience of the Truth.

An enlightened being does not have opinions about God, he is One with God.

God wants us to immerse ourselves in Mind and so become wholly divine. Yet, those that do are thought mad by the mass of ignorant people.