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SRC - Hermeticism

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SRC - Hermeticism

Folder: 05 - SOURCE MATERIAL Supporting: Hermeticism & The Ancient Tradition

Primary Sources

The Emerald Tablet — Multiple Translations Isaac Newton translation c.1680 Most accessible scholarly edition: Holmyard, E.J. — “The Arabic Works of Jābir ibn Hayyān” (1928) Confirmed: first attested 8th-9th century Arabic source. German scholar Julius Ruska traced to Kitab Balaniyus al-Hakim fi’l-`Ilal. Oxford Cabinet article: https://www.cabinet.ox.ac.uk/emerald-tablet-hermes-trismegistus

The Corpus Hermeticum Translated by Marsilio Ficino 1463. Modern scholarly edition: Copenhaver, B.P. — Hermetica (1992) Cambridge University Press. Standard academic translation. Dates: 1st-3rd century CE confirmed. Not ancient Egyptian origin confirmed.

Wikipedia — Hermeticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeticism Comprehensive documented history. Ficino and Cosimo de Medici confirmed. Prisca theologia concept confirmed. Renaissance influence confirmed. Seven Hermetic principles confirmed.

Wikipedia — Emerald Tablet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_Tablet 8th-9th century Arabic origin confirmed. Newton translation confirmed. “From” not “like” — Arabic original distinction confirmed. Isaac Casaubon dating analysis confirmed.

Wikipedia — As Above So Below https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_above,_so_below Full original Arabic text confirmed. Latin translations documented. Kybalion connection documented. Philosophical lineage from Plato through Neoplatonism confirmed.

Newton and Hermeticism

Cambridge University — Newton’s Papers Newton’s Hermetic manuscripts held at King’s College Cambridge and National Library of Israel. Time spent on alchemy confirmed to exceed time on physics. Emerald Tablet translation confirmed c.1680. Reference: Westfall, R.S. “Never at Rest: A Biography of Isaac Newton” (1980) Cambridge University Press.

The Kybalion

Three Initiates — The Kybalion (1908) Yogi Publication Society. Chicago. Seven Hermetic Principles systematised. Note: This is a 1908 text. Not ancient. Draws on genuine Hermetic philosophy. Likely authored by William Walker Atkinson confirmed by multiple bibliographic sources. Tag: credible — philosophy derived from ancient sources; text is modern.

Renaissance Hermeticism

Yates, F.A. — Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition (1964) University of Chicago Press. Definitive academic study. Ficino Pico della Mirandola Renaissance Hermeticism documented. Prisca theologia scholarship confirmed.

Still To Source

  • Oldest possible Greek or Syriac original for Emerald Tablet — scholarly consensus on existence or non-existence investigate
  • Nag Hammadi Gospel of Philip possible Emerald Tablet quote — confirm primary citation investigate
  • Newton’s specific Hermetic manuscripts — National Library of Israel catalogue investigate

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