The HermeticaBy: Timothy Freke, Peter Gandy The first easily accessible translation of the esoteric writings that inspired some of the world's greatest artists, scientists, and philosophers. Here is an essential digest of the Greco Egyptian writings attributed to the legendary sage god Hermes Trismegistus (Greek for thrice greatest Hermes), a combination of the Egyptian Thoth and the Greek Hermes. The figure of Hermes was venerated as a great and mythical teacher