Hermetica

The oldest surviving texts of the Western esoteric tradition, gathered and translated for the first time in a single authoritative volume.

Hermetica, edited and translated by Brian P. Copenhaver, collects the Greek and Latin writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus — the legendary sage who stood at the crossroads of Egyptian theology and Greek philosophy. These are the source texts that shaped Renaissance magic, Neoplatonism, and the entire arc of Western occultism.

Inside:

• Complete translations of the Corpus Hermeticum and related texts
• Scholarly introduction tracing the tradition from antiquity through the Renaissance
• Detailed notes and commentary for serious study
• The foundational cosmology, theology, and philosophy of Hermetic thought

This is not mythology. This is the primary source. If you want to understand where the tradition begins, this is where you start.