| Hymns of Hermes: Ecstatic Songs of Gnosis Contributor(s): Mead, G. R. S. (Translator), Hoeller, Stephan A. (Introduction by), Hermes (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1578633591 ISBN-13: 9781578633593 Publisher: Weiser Books OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2006 Annotation: Echoes from the cup of the unicorn. The references in this volume are to the recently published work Thrice Greatest Hermes: Studies in Hellenistic Theosophy and Gnosis. Contains The Service of Song; A Triple Trisagion; A Hymn to All Father God; The Secret Hymnody; A Hymn of Grace for Gnosis; A Song of Praise to the Aeon. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Theosophy - Body, Mind & Spirit | Magick Studies - Body, Mind & Spirit | Hermetism & Rosicrucianism |
| Dewey: 299.934 |
| Physical Information: 0.27" H x 5.08" W x 7.12" (0.21 lbs) 83 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - New Age |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: These writings are attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, an ancient Egyptian sage, the founder of all arts and sciences, both mundane and spiritual. Rather than being an actual person, Hermes is the Egyptian personification of the Gnostic Revealer. Hymns of Hermes examines Hermetic ecstatic hymns, which are songs of a poetic nature used to describe the Gnosis of Hermetic attainmentthe ecstatic personal experience of the divine. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hoeller, Stephan A.: - Dr. Stephan A. Hoeller is the author of The Gnostic Jung and the Seven Sermons to the Dead, Freedom: Alchemy for a Voluntary Society, and The Royal Read: A Manual of Kabbalistic Meditations on the Tarot. He is associate professor of comparative religions at the College of Oriental Studies in Los Angeles, an organization interested in Jungian psychology, the Kabbalah, Tarot, classical Gnosticism, myth, and literature. Born in Hungary, he graduated from the University of Innsbruck in Austria. He resides in Hollywood, California. |