Corpus Hermeticum I — Poimandres

The Poimandres (Corpus Hermeticum I) is the first and most important treatise of the Corpus Hermeticum. It narrates the vision of Hermes Trismegistus, in which the divine mind Poimandres reveals the nature of the cosmos and the salvation of the soul.|||Greek text preserved in manuscripts from the 14th century (Codex Laurentianus 71.33, Codex Parisinus Graecus 1220). Translated into Latin by Marsilio Ficino in 1463 and published in 1471.|||Composed in Greek in Alexandria, Egypt, in the 1st–3rd century CE.|||Not canonical in any tradition. Central text of the Hermetic tradition.|||The foundational text of Hermetic philosophy. Presents a vision of the divine mind, the creation of the cosmos, the nature of humanity, and the ascent of the soul. Exerted enormous influence on Renaissance philosophy, alchemy, and Western esotericism.|||Copenhaver, B. P. Hermetica: The Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius. Cambridge University Press, 1992.|||Festugière, A.-J. La Révélation d'Hermès Trismégiste. Les Belles Lettres, 1944–1954.|||Mead, G. R. S. Thrice-Greatest Hermes. Theosophical Publishing Society, 1906.|||Corpus Hermeticum I — Sacred Texts|https://www.sacred-texts.com/gno/th1/index.htm|G. R. S. Mead's translation of the Poimandres.;; Hermetica — Internet Archive|https://archive.org/details/hermeticathegreek00herm|Copenhaver's full translation and commentary.;; Corpus Hermeticum — Wikipedia|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_Hermeticum|Background and scholarly discussion.|||" I am Poimandres, mind of sovereignty; I know what you want, and I am with you everywhere." — Corpus Hermeticum I (Poimandres) 2