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Corpus Hermeticum: Core Treatises

A detailed introduction to primary sources and the development of hermeneutic analysis skills.

📖 8 cards reading2 question◷ ~18 min

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  1. Reading

    Treatise I 'Poimandres': The Revelation of the Mind

  2. Reading

    The Cosmogony of Poimandres: Light, Darkness, and Creation

  3. Reading

    The Anthropology of the Poimandres: The Fall and Ascent of Man

  4. Question

    Examination on Treatise I

  5. Reading

    Treatise IV 'The Cup': Baptism by Mind

  6. Reading

    Treatise VII: 'That the Greatest Evil is Ignorance of God'

  7. Reading

    Tractate XIII 'The Secret Sermon on the Mountain': Rebirth

  8. Question

    Test on Treatises IV, VII, XIII

  9. Reading

    The Doctrine of Gnosis as Saving Knowledge

  10. Reading

    Comparative Analysis of the Treatises: Common Motifs