Master of all arts and sciences. perfect in all crafts, Ruler of the Three Worlds, Scribe of the Gods, and Keeper of the Books of Life, Thoth Hermes Trismegistus – the Three Times Greatest
Hermes Trismegistus was regarded by the ancient Egyptians as the embodiment of the Universal Mind. While in all probability there actually existed a great sage and educator by the name of Hermes, it is impossible to extricate the historical man from the mass of legendary accounts which attempt to identify him with the Cosmic Principle of Thought.
SUPPOSITIONS CONCERNING THE IDENTITY OF HERMES
Iamblichus averred that Hermes was the author of twenty thousand books; Manetho increased the number to more than thirty-six thousand (see James Gardner)–figures which make it evident that a solitary individual, even though he be overshadowed by divine prerogative, could scarcely have accomplished such a monumental labor. Among the arts and sciences which it is affirmed Hermes revealed to mankind were medicine, chemistry, law, art, astrology, music, rhetoric, Magic, philosophy, geography, mathematics (especially geometry), anatomy, and oratory. Orpheus was similarly acclaimed by the Greeks.
In his Biographia Antiqua, Francis Barrett says of Hermes: “* * * if God ever appeared in man, he appeared in him, as is evident both from his books and his Pymander; in which works he has communicated the sum of the Abyss, and the divine knowledge to all posterity; by which he has demonstrated himself to have been not only an inspired divine, but also a deep philosopher, obtaining his wisdom from God and heavenly things, and not from man.”
His transcendent learning caused Hermes to be identified with many of the early sages and prophets. In his Ancient Mythology, Bryant writes: “I have mentioned that Cadmus was the same as the Egyptian Thoth; and it is manifest from his being Hermes, and from the invention of letters being attributed to him. ” Investigators believe that it was Hermes who was known to the Jews as “Enoch,” called by Kenealy the “Second Messenger of God.” Hermes was accepted into the mythology of the Greeks, later becoming the Mercury of the Latins. He was revered through the form of the planet Mercury because this body is nearest to the sun: Hermes of all creatures was nearest to God, and became known as the Messenger of the Gods.
In the Egyptian drawings of him, Thoth carries a waxen writing tablet and serves as the recorder during the weighing of the souls of the dead in the judgment Hall of Osiris–a ritual of great significance. Hermes is of first importance to Masonic scholars, because he was the author of the Masonic initiatory rituals, which were borrowed from the Mysteries established by Hermes. Nearly all of the Masonic symbols are Hermetic in character. Pythagoras studied mathematics with the Egyptians and from them gained his knowledge of the symbolic geometric solids. Hermes is also revered for his reformation of the calendar system. He increased the year from 360 to 365 days, thus establishing a precedent which still prevails. The appellation “Thrice Greatest” was given to Hermes because he was considered the greatest of all philosophers, the greatest of all priests, and the greatest of all kings. It is worthy of note that the last poem of America’s beloved poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, was a lyric ode to Hermes."
“Nothing stands still - everything is being born, growing, dying - the very instant a thing reaches its height, it begins to decline - the law of rhythm is in constant operations....”
― Three Initiates, Kybalion:
A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece
MY COMMENT:
Ah, but fact of the matter is the spiritual body has infinite heights to reach. I believe the properly trained spiritual body can compensate for the limitations of the physical body.
I believe more strongly than ever that those in power have DELIBERATELY formed an educational system that causes the spiritual body to go into a semi-comatose state. I believe that only the Spiritual mind can understand truly Spiritual things. To all those whose Spiritual Bodies are in a semi-comatose state all truly Spiritual doctrine sounds like 'mumbo-jumbo' nonsense. They cannot comprehend it because their Spiritual Minds are in a DELIBERATELY INDUCED semi-comatose state.
It is becoming increasingly evidence that the kings of world finance are the zionist Jewish Rothschild family. They, and their super-rich friends, are determined to keep the human race in a semi-comatose spiritual state through the educational system that is reinforced by THEIR MEDIA!!
Apparently, in order to become successful in a big way in THEIR MEDIA one MUST adhere to the overall agenda. That is why there are so many low energy, dumb programs on commercial television. The overall agenda is to keep the Spiritual minds of all those who watch in a weak, preoccupied, semi-comatose state.
There is a great body of evidence that the Disney corporation uses some sort of advanced MK-ULTRA mind control to create the pop stars they unleash upon the public in order to corrupt the minds of the young.
Supposedly, the corruption of the minds of the young is all a part of the zionist Bilderberg agenda for the new world order domination of humanity.
Unlike Alex Jones, I have no desire to make trouble for the Illuminati. In my dealings with Mother Nature I agree with them that about 90% of humanity is not fit to live and MUST be eliminated if the best of humanity is to survive.
If the Illuminati consider me unworthy of their 'brave new world' I have no intention of fighting against their decision. I give my life willingly in order to make room for those whom they consider more worthy of life than I
This is a noble courage, and grateful appreciation, cowards just cannot possibly comprehend! I believe the Illuminati respect such courage and conviction and will grant me a noble, quick death; should the situation arise
“Nothing stands still - everything is being born, growing, dying - the very instant a thing reaches its height, it begins to decline - the law of rhythm is in constant operations....”
― Three Initiates, Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece
“When the pupil is ready to receive the truth, then will this little book come to him, or her. Such is The Law. ...The Law of Attraction, will bring lips and ear together - pupil and book in company. So mote it be!”
― Three Initiates, Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece
“We have the truth still with us. But it is not found in books, to any given extent. It has been passed along......from lip to ear. When it was written down at all, its meaning was veiled in terms of alchemy and astrology, so that only those possessing the key could read it aright.”
― Three Initiates, Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece
“Do not make the mistake of supposing that the little world you see around you - the Earth, which is a mere grain of dust in the Universe - is the Universe itself. There are millions upon millions of such worlds, and greater. And there are millions of millions of such Universes in existence within the Infinite Mind of THE ALL”
― Three Initiates, Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece
“the differences between different manifestations of Matter, Energy, Mind, and even Spirit, result largely from varying rates of Vibrations......the higher the vibration, the higher the position in the scale.”
― Three Initiates, Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece
“Everything happens according to Law; that nothing ever "merely happens"; that there is no such thing as Chance; that while there are various planes of Cause and Effect, the higher dominating the lower planes, still nothing ever entirely escapes the Law.”
― Three Initiates, Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece
“The student of Comparative Religions will be able to perceive the influence of the Hermetic Teachings in every religion worthy of the name...”
― Three Initiates, Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece
“The Master does this consciously, and by the use of his Will, and attains a degree of Poise and Mental Firmness almost impossible of belief on the part of the masses who are swung backward and forward like a pendulum.”
― Three Initiates, Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece
“Everything flows out and in; everything has its tides;
all things rise and fall; the pendulum-swing manifests
in everything; the measure of the swing to the right,
is the measure of the swing to the left; rhythm
compensates”
― Three Initiates, Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece
MY COMMENT:
Since, apparently, most Renaissance philosophers considered this work so valuable they tried to get the Vatican to canonize it, some at the loss of their lives, I thought I would see if I could find it at the Amazon Kindle store. Lo and behold, I just bought a copy FOR 99 CENTS!!! Seems almost a crime that I could get it so cheap. I couldn't resist buying it.
