THE EGYPTIAN HERMES: A Historical Approach to the Late Pagan Mind. by Fowden, Garth

Fowden, Garth. The Egyptian Hermes: a historical approach to the late pagan mind. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993 revised ed., bibliography, index, 244 pp.Very good paperback copy with tight binding and clean text.

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Paperback / softback. New. Sage, scientist, and sorcerer, Hermes Trismegistus was the culture-hero of Hellenistic and Roman Egypt. This book argues that the technical and philosophical Hermetica, apparently so different, might be seen as aspects of a single "way of Hermes."

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Princeton University Press, 1993-06-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback. A Historical Approach to the Pagan Mind. Sage, scientist, and sorcerer, Hermes Trismegistus was the culture-hero of Hellenistic and Roman Egypt. A human (according to some) who had lived about the time of Moses, but now indisputably a god, he was credited with the authorship of a whole library of books on magic and the supernatural, alchemy, astrology, theology, and philosophy. Until the early 17th century, few doubted the attribution. Even when unmasked, Hermes remained a byword for the arcane. Historians of ancient philosophy have puzzled much over the origins of his mystical teachings; but this is the first investigation of the Hermetic milieu by a social historian. First Edition. Cambridge University Press, London 1986. xviii + 244pp hb dw pict white dw, gilt black cloth, light shelf wear, book near fine