The 42 Hermetic Books - Clement of Alexandria

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  • An account of the 42 Hermetic Books of the Egyptians by Clement of Alexandria (Stromata, or Miscellanies, Book 6, Chapter 4). The number breakdown of the 42 books was drawn from G.R.S. Mead's translation of the passage (www.sacred-texts.com/gno/th3/.... The Greek is provided at the bottom of this description.
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    The passage in Greek: "6.4.35.2 μετίασι γὰρ οἰκείαν τινὰ φιλοσοφίαν Αἰγύπτιοι· αὐτίκα τοῦτο ἐμφαίνει μάλιστα ἡ ἱεροπρεπὴς αὐτῶν θρῃσκεία. Πρῶτος μὲν γὰρ προέρχεται ὁ ᾠδός, ἕν τι τῶν τῆς μουσικῆς ἐπιφερόμενος συμβόλων. τοῦτόν φασι δύο βίβλους ἀνειληφέναι δεῖν ἐκ τῶν Ἑρμοῦ, ὧν θάτερον μὲν ὕμνους περιέχει θεῶν, ἐκλογισμὸν δὲ βασιλικοῦ βίου τὸ δεύτερον. Μετὰ δὲ τὸν ᾠδὸν ὁ ὡροσκόπος, ὡρολόγιόν τε μετὰ χεῖρα καὶ φοίνικα ἀστρολογίας ἔχων σύμβολα, πρόεισιν. τοῦτον τὰ ἀστρολο γούμενα τῶν Ἑρμοῦ βιβλίων τέσσαρα ὄντα τὸν ἀριθμὸν ἀεὶ διὰ στόματος ἔχειν χρή, ὧν τὸ μέν ἐστι περὶ τοῦ διακόσμου τῶν ἀπλανῶν φαινομένων ἄστρων, τὸ δὲ περὶ τῶν συνόδων καὶ φωτισμῶν ἡλίου καὶ σελήνης, τὸ δὲ λοιπὸν περὶ τῶν ἀνατολῶν. Ἑξῆς δὲ ὁ ἱερογραμματεὺς προέρχεται, ἔχων πτερὰ ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς βιβλίον τε ἐν χερσὶ καὶ κανοῦν, ἐν ᾧ τό τε γραφικὸν μέλαν καὶ σχοῖνος ᾗ γράφουσι. τοῦτον τὰ τε ἱερογλυφικὰ καλούμενα περί τε τῆς κοσμογραφίας καὶ γεωγραφίας τῆς τάξεως τοῦ ἡλίου καὶ τῆς σελήνης καὶ περὶ τῶν πέντε πλανωμένων, χωρογραφίας τε τῆς Αἰγύπτου καὶ τῆς τοῦ Νείλου διαγραφῆς περί τε τῆς καταγραφῆς σκευῆς τῶν ἱερῶν καὶ τῶν ἀφιερωμένων αὐτοῖς χωρίων περί τε μέτρων καὶ τῶν ἐν τοῖς ἱεροῖς χρησίμων εἰδέναι χρή. Ἔπειτα ὁ στολιστὴς τοῖς προειρημένοις ἕπεται, ἔχων τόν τε τῆς δικαιοσύνης πῆχυν καὶ τὸ σπονδεῖον. οὗτος τὰ παιδευτικὰ πάντα καὶ μοσχοσφραγιστικὰ καλούμενα· δέκα δέ ἐστι τὰ εἰς τὴν τιμὴν ἀνήκοντα τῶν παρ' αὐτοῖς θεῶν καὶ τὴν Αἰγυπτίαν εὐσέβειαν περιέχοντα, οἷον περὶ θυμάτων, ἀπαρχῶν, ὕμνων, εὐχῶν, πομπῶν ἑορτῶν καὶ τῶν τούτοις ὁμοίων. Ἐπὶ πᾶσι δὲ ὁ ἔξεισι, προφανὲς τὸ ὑδρεῖον ἐγκεκολπισμένος, ᾧ ἕπονται οἱ τὴν ἔκπεμψιν τῶν ἄρτων βαστάζοντες. οὗτος, ὡς ἂν προστάτης τοῦ ἱεροῦ, τὰ ἱερατικὰ καλούμενα δέκα βιβλία ἐκμανθάνει (περιέχει δὲ περί τε νόμων καὶ θεῶν καὶ τῆς ὅλης παιδείας τῶν ἱερέων)· ὁ γάρ τοι προφήτης παρὰ τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις καὶ τῆς διανομῆς τῶν προσόδων ἐπιστάτης ἐστίν. ∆ύο μὲν οὖν καὶ τεσσαράκοντα αἱ πάνυ ἀναγκαῖαι τῷ Ἑρμῇ γεγόνασι βίβλοι· ὧν τὰς μὲν τριάκοντα ἓξ τὴν πᾶσαν Αἰγυπτίων περιεχούσας φιλοσοφίαν οἱ προειρημένοι ἐκμανθάνουσι, τὰς δὲ λοιπὰς ἓξ οἱ παστοφόροι ἰατρικὰς οὔσας περί τε τῆς τοῦ σώματος κατασκευῆς καὶ περὶ νόσων καὶ περὶ ὀργάνων καὶ φαρμάκων καὶ περὶ ὀφθαλμῶν καὶ τὸ τελευταῖον περὶ τῶν γυναικείων. Καὶ τὰ μὲν Αἰγυπτίων ὡς ἐν βραχεῖ φάναι τοιαῦτα· Ἰνδῶν δὲ ἡ φιλοσοφία καὶ αὐτῶν διαβεβόηται."

КОМЕНТАРІ • 35

  • @TheModernHermeticist
    @TheModernHermeticist  Рік тому +7

    Please like, share, and leave your own hermetic book in the comments below as a sacrifice to the algodaimones.

    • @iamblichus5318
      @iamblichus5318 Рік тому

      Is there a comprehensive volume of Clement’s stromata in print? I checked Loeb and it doesn’t appear to be available. Any recommendations? English/Latin preferably.

    • @TheModernHermeticist
      @TheModernHermeticist  Рік тому

      I'd just use Migne's Patrologia Graeca vol. 9 for the Stromata (Clement wrote in Greek, not in Latin)

    • @iamblichus5318
      @iamblichus5318 Рік тому

      @@TheModernHermeticist any known options for those whose Greek will never be that good?

    • @TheModernHermeticist
      @TheModernHermeticist  Рік тому

      @@iamblichus5318 Here's a free translation of the English: www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/clement-stromata-book1.html

  • @TheEsotericaChannel
    @TheEsotericaChannel Рік тому +22

    All published by Brill

    • @TheModernHermeticist
      @TheModernHermeticist  Рік тому +3

      LOL

    • @Grateful.For.Everything
      @Grateful.For.Everything Рік тому +4

      Lol, let’s B rill’, “Shakin haters off since 1683” pretty impressive longevity there even if they are the “baddies”

    • @TheModernHermeticist
      @TheModernHermeticist  Рік тому +2

      Is that really how old Brill is? That's amazing, I had no idea.

    • @TheEsotericaChannel
      @TheEsotericaChannel Рік тому +4

      @@TheModernHermeticist oh yeah old book cartel

    • @Grateful.For.Everything
      @Grateful.For.Everything Рік тому +1

      @@TheModernHermeticist 🤷🏻‍♂️ who really knows lol, but I do know, for a fact, that’s def their motto 😉

  • @jmiller1918
    @jmiller1918 Рік тому +2

    Very nice selection of visuals for this.

  • @SobekLOTFC
    @SobekLOTFC Рік тому +3

    Keep up the great work Dan 👏

  • @ReynaSingh
    @ReynaSingh Рік тому +5

    Great channel. Keep it up

  • @11.15.M
    @11.15.M Рік тому +1

    New the CH …. Beautiful, right up my alley. 🙏

  • @hectors.1644
    @hectors.1644 Рік тому +1

    Great channel, always remember the picatrix videos, searching for videos about a book called "Mysteries of the cathedrals" brought me here, i was fascinated with Fullcaneli affair

  • @Animalis_Mundana
    @Animalis_Mundana Рік тому +1

    Have you read Leon Marvells "The physics of transfigured light: the imaginal realm and the hermetic foundations of science?"

  • @Lesser302
    @Lesser302 9 місяців тому

    Nice work brother 👁

    • @TheModernHermeticist
      @TheModernHermeticist  9 місяців тому

      Thanks ✌

    • @Lesser302
      @Lesser302 9 місяців тому

      @@TheModernHermeticist any chance of a list of those book I’m just getting around to them now but think I have sorted em already some crazy shit going on here 👀👁👍🏽😂

  • @Cholatemilk1
    @Cholatemilk1 Рік тому +1

    Heck ya dan
    Gotta keep my title strong

  • @ElRayDelRio
    @ElRayDelRio Рік тому +1

    So is this the ultimate answer to life, the universe, and everything included?

  • @isaacallen5525
    @isaacallen5525 Рік тому +2

    but the kybalion said I only need to read 1 text :'(

    • @TheModernHermeticist
      @TheModernHermeticist  Рік тому +7

      Then there's Iamblichus: "As Seleukos describes, Hermes set forth the universal principles in 2,000 scrolls, or as Manetho affirms, he explained them completely in 36,525 treatises."

  • @scod9746
    @scod9746 Рік тому

    What do scholars think the dates are for this text?

    • @TheModernHermeticist
      @TheModernHermeticist  Рік тому

      For Clement of Alexandria?

    • @cantgetright2545
      @cantgetright2545 Рік тому

      Τhere is nowhere prototype to be found i guess, as always. The whole concept of ancient civilizations is a con-struct of the World Craft...

  • @tarapayne4945
    @tarapayne4945 Рік тому +1

    💜🌺💜🌺💜🌺💜🌺💜

  • @iesureloaded6139
    @iesureloaded6139 Рік тому +1

    Oooooo

  • @andrastetriformis6241
    @andrastetriformis6241 Рік тому +4

    The 42nd book is of women's health, obviously purposeful and significant given that pregnancy generally lasts 42 weeks.

    • @ramseydoon8277
      @ramseydoon8277 10 місяців тому +1

      Childbirth on average occurs at a gestational age of 280 days (40 weeks). Childbirth which occurs on the first day of the 42nd week or thereafter is considered a post-term delivery.

  • @the1tigglet
    @the1tigglet Рік тому

    The Egyptians took from the Sumarians it's like every great civilization made the claim that their knowledge was absolute and that it came from the gods but really it came from the people before them.

    • @the1tigglet
      @the1tigglet Рік тому

      @@schizvoid8774 It's a well known fact in academia. ;) One of the most famous ones is Heru-ur (Herwer) or as they called him in Egypt, Horus.

  • @kingwelsh311
    @kingwelsh311 Рік тому +1

    “Women’s Issues”