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Let's talk about a great historical and mythical character in the history of mankind, Hermes Trismegistus. There are many legends, myths and stories about this great character, but today we are going to elucidate some of these stories, and explain the meaning of his image in various cultures.
Hermes Trismegistus was a great Egyptian sage and priest and is considered by many to be the creator of hermeticism, alchemy and magic. Hermes is the Greek representation of the Egyptian god Thoth, who is the god of wisdom and communication for the Egyptians.
His name Trismegistus, means in the Greek language, the three times great, being that tris, means three, and mega means great. Hence the representation of his name, Hermes, the thrice great. This character is a combination of the Greek god Hermes and the Egyptian god Thoth.
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It is noticed that Greek and Egyptian mythology are intertwined at several points. Analyzing the image of Thoth and Hermes, we notice from the outset that the Egyptian figure is more symbolic. The Greek figure, on the other hand, has an image closer to human reality.
In the Egyptian image, the representation has a bird's head with a thin beak, which means intelligence, ability to discern. He has a staff in his right hand, which is the staff of Anubis, which means a guiding light in the dark. Already the key Anch in the left hand, means the key of eternal life.
Already in the Greek image, we perceive an image closer to the human figure. He has wings on his helmet and feet, representing communication, speed, being the messenger of the gods. In his hand, the Caduceus is represented, which is a symbol that represents the union of mind, spirit and body.
Hermes Trismegistus then, is a mythical character, who is represented, in addition to Hermes in Greece, Thoth in Egypt, was also known as the god Mercury in Rome, who is also the planet that governs communication and wisdom.
If Hermes Trismegistus really existed as a real human being, it was around five to two thousand years BC. What is known is that Hermes sought to explain the universal functioning through laws written in two of his great works.
The story goes that Hermes wrote on an emerald tablet, using a diamond point, the summary of the laws. Hermes wrote what he believed to be the seven laws that explain the workings of life in the universe, and these writings are found on an Emerald Tablet and in the Corpus Hermeticum.
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Although these laws have existed for thousands of years, we only had access to them a little over a hundred years ago, in 1908, when the book “Caybalion” was published anonymously, under the pseudonym of “The Three Initiates”, which brought the seven translated and original hermetic laws in addition to comments on each one of them.
The Kybalion begins with the phrase "the lips of wisdom are closed except to the ears of understanding". Therefore, it is understood that this knowledge is not for everyone, it needs to be experienced and applied in practice.
Another interesting question is that Hermes Trismegistus is credited with developing alchemy, the mother of all sciences where it was believed that lead could be transmuted into gold. In fact, that was just metaphorical symbology.
What it meant was that it would be transformed, it was the lead of ignorance, into the gold of wisdom. This symbology was used for alchemists to flee the inquisition of the Catholic Church, because discussing such profound ideas about human knowledge went against the dogmas of the church.
The alchemical knowledge of Hermes, should then be hermetically closed, so that the alchemists would not be persecuted and burned alive by the church, which judged such matters as inappropriate, so the metaphor of turning lead into gold was used, because the greed for gold it was not condemned by the church.
Another interesting question is that Hermes was represented by an arcane of the tarot, represented by the "Wizard", who also represents communication, intrapersonal, interpersonal and also divine communication, whether with inferior and superior spiritual beings.
This was an introductory article on mythology, and soon we will cover more topics in this aspect. We will present the 7 hermetic laws, and we will always seek philosophical knowledge and the search for clarity of thought. I hope you liked it, and follow our tab Entertainment. Hug to everyone.
