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The Beloved, by Dante Gabriel Rossetti [1865-1866] (Public Domain Image)
The Beloved, by Dante Gabriel Rossetti [1865-1866] (Public Domain Image)

The Virgin of the World

of Hermes Mercurius Trismagistus

tr. A. Kingsford, E Maitland

[1884]


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This is Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland's translation of the Hermetica, a series of treatises attributed to the legendary Hermes Trismegistus.


Title Page
Contents

Introductory Essays and Preface

Note
The Hermetic Books
The Hermetic System and the Significance of its Present Revival
An Introduction to The Virgin of the World

The Virgin of the World

Part I
Part II
Part III

A Treatise on Initiations; or, Asclepios

Part I.
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Part V
Part VI
Part VII
Part VIII
Part IX
Part X
Part XI
Part XII
Part XIII
Part XIV
Part XV

The Definitions of Asclepios

Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV

Fragments of the Book of Hermes to his Son Tatios

Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Part V
Part VI
Part VII
Part VIII

Fragments of the Writings of Hermes to Ammon

Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Part V
Part VI

Various Hermetic Fragments

Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Part V
Part VI
Part VII
Part VIII