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Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. I

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Contents

Preface
The Remains of the Trismegistic Literature
The History of the Evolution of Opinion
Thoth the Master of Wisdom
The Popular Theurgic Hermes-Cult — In the Greek Magic Papyri
The Main Source of the Trismegistic Literature — According to Manetho
An Egyptian Prototype — Of the Poemandres Cosmogony
The Myth of Man in the Mysteries
Philo of Alexandria and the Hellenistic Theology
Plutarch: Concerning the Mysteries of Isis and Osiris (Part 1)
Plutarch: Concerning the Mysteries of Isis and Osiris (Part 2)
Plutarch: Concerning the Mysteries of Isis and Osiris (Part 3)
Plutarch: Concerning the Mysteries of Isis and Osiris (Part 4)
Plutarch: Concerning the Mysteries of Isis and Osiris (Part 5)
Plutarch: Concerning the Mysteries of Isis and Osiris (Part 6)

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