Hermes Trismegistus is the Greek designation of Thoth, the Egyptian god of magic, science and invention who also taught the people to write and calcul
Hermes Trismegistus is the Greek designation of Thoth, the Egyptian god of magic, science and invention who also taught the people to write and calculate. As a divine source of wisdom Hermes “Thrice-greatestâ€Â\x9D is credited with extensive writings, and the Hermetica is a collection of Egyptian-Greek texts from the second and third centuries AD dealing with the mind, cosmos, alchemy, astrology etc. Detail from the late 15th c. marble-inlay mosaic from the Duomo, Siena.
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