From 'Poimandres' to Jacob Böhme: Gnosis, Hermetism and the Christian TraditionRoel B. van den Broek, Cis Heertum BRILL, 2022 M06 20 - 432 pages The studies collected in this volume deal with ancient, medieval and early modern forms of Gnosis and the diverse expressions of their myths, rites, ideas and expectations. The emphasis lays on Hermetism in Antiquity and its influence in the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the early modern period. The 14 contributions were written by R. van den Broek (3), C. Gilly (2), P. Kingsley (2), J.-P. Mahé (1), and G.Quispel (6). The book contains discussions of several aspects of the Hermetic and Gnostic tradition, such as hermetic religious practices, magic, alchemy, apocalyptic visions, and the influence of Hermetic ideas on Early Christian and medieval theologians. The volume is of interest for students of Graeco-Roman religiosity, Early Christianity, medieval theology and the Hermetic traditions in the Renaissance and later western culture |
Contents
Per Unum Ad Unum | 9 |
Introduction | 13 |
Approaching Ancient Esoteric Tradition | 17 |
The Etymology of the Name and the Origins of the Hermetica | 41 |
New Light from Nag Hammadi | 77 |
The Hermetic Apocalypse and other Greek Predictions of the End of Religion | 97 |
Pagan Witnesses to the Truth of Christianity | 115 |
Hermes Trismegistus and the Origins of Gnosticism | 145 |
The Original Doctrine of Valentinus the Gnostic | 233 |
Transformation through Vision in Jewish Gnosticism and the Cologne Mani Codex | 265 |
a Personal View | 271 |
the Tabula Smaragdina | 303 |
Die Überlieferung des Asclepius im Mittelalter | 335 |
La Renaissance et le mirage égyptien | 369 |
Das Bekenntnis zur Gnosis von Paracelsus bis auf die Schüler Jacob Böhmes | 385 |
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Reincarnation and Magic in the Asclepius | 167 |
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