The Divine Pymander of Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus
THE DIVINE PYMANDER OF Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus. TRANSLATED FROAL THE ARABIC by DR. EVERARD. [1650.] “ Credo viei'curium Trismegishian Sapientem Egyptium Floridsseante Pharao7iem!'—suidas. WITH INTRODUCTION & PRELIMINARY ESSAY, BY HARGRA VE JENNINGS, Author of “The Rosicrucians,” &c. LONDON GEORGE REDWAY. PRINTED liY CHARLES H. SEERS, ARGVLE STREET, BATH. MDCCCLXXXIV. 200 Copies published (only for Subscribers) and all Rights Secured by Rop.t. H. Fryar, Bath.] P. “PKflj?m^nv (fUyj TTwria^ fera THE Divine Pymander OF iWercurtus ©rismegtstus, IN XVII. BOOKS. Translated formerly out of the Arabick into Greek, AND THENCE INTO LaTINE AND DuTCH, AND NOW OUT OF THE Original into English, BY THE LEARNED DIVINE, DOCTOR EVERARD. LONDON :—Printed by Robert White, for Thos. Brewster & Greg. Motile, at the Three Bibles in the Poultry, tinder Mildred's Church. 1650. V. -f' ' • •-.' • -Ni« • . , H -v,. vv S..V. ' .stijaigsmaht aiiHu^oKl .2>iooa ,ir/ ^ •'* :’ • " j 1. '' 3-/VIA.I cWl Ztllt V/OVT .IKA OZ/. M IO ;tir.- MO ., .tlMT^yzS OTZI J/z.ii.siO ..v..\;-. :»oa V -l^.. <V.-V'A 7 . l'“ ^ ': \ . ~. ;a ,:.M;r^.M<i\;.\A u vy> f^- V. % . V INTRODUCTION. HE Greeks applied the name and term of Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus, so significant and suggestive, certainly to the Egyptian Thoth, as early as the fourth century, b.c. He was believed to be the origin of every- thing formed or produced by the human mind. He was, therefore, esteemed as the inventor of all the arts and sciences. He was the contriver of the hieroglyphics. Of these there were various kinds. There was a profound system of hieroglyphical rendering, adopted among the Egyptians, the true meaning of which was only known to the higher ranks of the priests.
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