The Corpus Hermeticum
- Date of account
- late antique, chiefly 2nd–4th centuries CE
- Location
- Greek-speaking Egypt and the eastern Roman world
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
The Corpus Hermeticum is a collection of Greek philosophical and religious dialogues attributed to Hermes Trismegistus. Its themes include cosmic mind, rebirth, ascent, divine knowledge, and the relationship between human beings and the cosmos. The texts matter for comparing late antique revelation, philosophical theology, astrology, and later Renaissance occult reception. They are not a single authored scripture and do not straightforwardly preserve an ancient Egyptian priestly teaching. Their dating, composition, and relationship to other Hermetic materials require philological analysis, while later readers often projected Renaissance meanings backward.
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