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

Because Sense is in the Body and has its essence from it. When it receives Act or Operation, it manifests it, making it corporeal, in a way. 47. Therefore, I say that the Senses are both corporeal and mortal, having as much existence as the Body, for they are born with the Body and die with it.