Hermes Trismegistus
Corpus Hermeticum
Juan and Maria Balboa, translators
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The Shepherd of Thrice-Great Hermes
IIovpavSprIc; [xpvGpsyvaxoo Eppou]
Book 1
noxs pov ysvopsvrI<; Evvovaq rcspi xcov ovxcov, Kav psv
Its Understanding had become Elevated to a Great Height, while on the other hand, my bodily senses xpq Svavovaq psxscopvGsvGrIc; aijxoSpa, <Ss> poo xcov GcopaxvKcov avaOsascov
were withdrawn as in sleep, however, not as when those are weighed down in sleep by too much food
KaxaG/sOsiacov «o7rvco» <psvxov oo> KaOoatsp <xou; PsPaprIpsvovc;> [[onvco]] sk Kopou xpoiI)rIc; or by bodily fatigue, at that time, I thought that Someone Superlatively-Great and of UnlimitedrI
sk Gtopaxoq kotcou, sSo£,a xvva DTtsppsysorI anspvDimensions in Measure, happened to call my name, and said these words to me:
-opiGxco psxpco <sv>-xuyxavavovxot Ka^svv poo xo ovopa, Kav ^sysvv [xa] pov:
" What do you wish to Hear and to See, and having Reflected, to Learn and to Intuitively-Know?"
Tv PovAsv aKooGav Kav 0saGaG0av, Kav vopGac; paoevv Kav yvcovav;
2 "Who Art Thou?" said I. He responded
xvq sv So; (prjpv syco: ijvpGVv,
""I Am Poimandres The Shepherd, The Intellect of The Inner-Self (Rep 436C).
Eyeo svpv o IIovpavSprIc; psv, o vooq xpc; aoosvxaq(aoxo-svx-rIc;/oq)
I Know what you wish and I Am Together wi…