This recording contains the work of Manly P. Hall, and is originally from the Divine Pymander, or the Corpus Hermiticum, attributed to Hermes. I felt it was important to add to my content as it is a foundation upon which many of the mysteries are built. I will likely refer to this passage often in later posts and so I felt it was best to have it actively available to all listeners.
The Divine Pymander of Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus is one of the earliest of the Hermetic writings. While probably not in its original form, having been remodeled during the first centuries of the Christian Era and incorrectly translated since, this work undoubtedly contains many of the original concepts of the Hermetic cultus. The Divine Pymander consists of seventeen fragmentary writings gathered together and put forth as one work. The second book of The Divine Pymander, called Poimandres, or The Vision, is believed to describe the method by which the divine wisdom was first revealed to Hermes. It was after Hermes had received this revelation that he began his ministry, teaching to all who would listen, the secrets of the invisible universe as they had been unfolded to him.
The Vision is the most famous of all the Hermetic fragments, and contains an exposition of Hermetic cosmogony and the secret sciences of the Egyptians regarding the culture and unfoldment of the human soul.