In this video we offer a preliminary interpretation of some of the texts of the Corpus Hermeticum, a collection of 17 Graeco-Egyptian treatises, along with the Latin Asclepius, whose origins are likely in the first centuries of the common era.

Introduction 0:00
Interpretive Principles 5:46
Technical vs. Religio-Philosophical Hermetica 14:00
Egyptian Origins 27:03
Interpretation 37:03

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