The Divine Pymander of Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus (2023 Modernized Edition): A carefully composed plain language rendition for modern readers of Hermetic philosophy

by Hermes Trismegistus

O Son, what a happy sight it would be, to see all of these at one instant: the motion of that which is immovable, and the visible manifestation of that which is hidden! 23. And if you would see and behold this Workman, even by mortal things that are on earth and in the deep, then consider, O Son, how Man is made and framed in the Womb. Diligently examine the skill and cunning of the Workman and learn who wrought and fashioned the beautiful and Divine shape of Man. Who circumscribed and marked out his eyes? Who bored his nostrils and ears? Who opened his mouth? Who stretched out and tied together his sinews? Who channeled out the veins? Who hardened and made the bones strong? Who clothed the flesh with skin? Who divided the fingers and joints? Who flattened and broadened the soles of the feet? Who dug the pores? Who stretched out the spleen? Who made the Heart like a Cone? Who made the Liver broad? Who made the Lungs spongy and full of holes? Who made the belly large and spacious? Who set the more honorable parts to outward view and hid the filthy ones? 24. See how many arts in one Matter, and how many Works in one Composition; all so extremely beautiful and well measured, yet all so different. 25. Who made all these things? What Mother? What Father? Except for only God, who is not manifest; who made all things by his own will.