From 'Poimandres' to Jacob Böhme: Gnosis, Hermetism and the Christian Tradition

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Roel 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
Index
427

Reincarnation and Magic in the Asclepius
167

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