The Corpus Hermeticum collects the Greco-Egyptian Hermetic philosophical and religious treatises composed across the early centuries CE and traditionally attributed to the legendary Hermes Trismegistus rather than to any one identifiable author. As the primary Hermetic corpus itself, it is the correct source for what these texts actually say about the divine mind, the cosmos and the soul's ascent, in their own words rather than in later paraphrase. Its limit follows from its own layered history: the treatises were assembled over generations by different unknown hands rather than composed as a single unified system, so a claim treating Hermeticism as one coherent doctrine should be checked against modern scholarship on the corpus's compositional history rather than read straight off the text.
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The Corpus Hermeticum is itself the primary body of Hermetic philosophical and religious texts, with no single modern author or publisher of record, cited here as the primary text. NotesGreco Egyptian Hermetic philosophical and religious texts.
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AuthorAttributed to Hermes Trismegistus
Source Typeprimary-text
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This source names Hermes directly: "attributed to the legendary Hermes Trismegistus rather than to any one identifiable author."
Claims Backed By This Source (31 claims)
This source backs 31 claims across the atlas. As facts: 14 well-attested. As cited relationships: 9 holds. Plus 8 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Metaphysical Positions, 6 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Esoteric Texts, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Practices, 4 claims: 1 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
- Religious Symbols, 4 claims: 3 holds, 1 general references.
- Historical Figures, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Religions, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.
- Doctrines, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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