The Quest For Hermes Trismegistus

Gary Lachman

Floris Books, Jun 9, 2011 - Religion - 248 pages

From the sands of Alexandria via the Renaissance palaces of the Medicis, to our own times, this spiritual adventure story traces the profound influence of Hermes Trismegistus -- the 'thrice-great one', as he was often called -- on the western mind. For centuries his name ranked among the most illustrious of the ancient world. Considered by some a contemporary of Moses and a forerunner of Christ, this almost mythical figure arose in fourth century BC Alexandria, from a fusion of the Egyptian god Thoth and the Greek god Hermes. Master of magic, writing, science, and philosophy, Hermes was thought to have walked with gods and be the source of the divine wisdom granted to man at the dawn of time. Gary Lachman has written many books exploring ancient traditions for the modern mind. In The Quest for Hermes Trismegistus, he brings to life the mysterious character of this great spiritual guide, exposing the many theories and stories surrounding him, and revitalizing his teachings for the modern world. Through centuries of wars, conquests and religious persecutions, the fragile pages of the teachings of Hermes Trismegistus have still survived. This is a book for all thinkers and enquirers who want to recover that lost knowledge and awaken a shift in human consciousness.

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Review: The Quest for Hermes Trismegistus: From Ancient Egypt to the Modern World

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I have studied several books by Gary Lachman; All excellent. I find acumen in his writings on Jung, the revolutionaries of the soul, and Hermes. I admire anyone that balances scholarship, critical thinking, and perception in and Gary Lachman hits three-run homers on these books. Go Gary Go!

Review: The Quest for Hermes Trismegistus: From Ancient Egypt to the Modern World

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A good general overview, yet this one is more general than Lachman's others - perhaps due to the nature of his material.

About the author

Gary Lachman is the author of The Dedalus Book of the 1960s: Turn Off Your Mind, The Dedalus Book of the Occult: A Dark Muse, the Dedalus Book of Literary Suicides, In Search of P.D.Ouspensky: The Genius in the Shadow of Gurdjieff and, as Gary Valentine, New York Rocker: My Life in the Blank Generation with Blondie, Iggy Pop and Others 1974-1981, a memoir of his years as a musician in New York in the 1970s. A founding member of the rock group Blondie, he wrote some of the band's early hits. He moved to London in 1996 and became a full time writer.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Quest For Hermes Trismegistus
• Author: Gary Lachman
• Publisher: Floris Books, 2011
• ISBN: 0863158498, 9780863158490
• Length: 248 pages
• Subjects: History / Ancient / Egypt; Religion / Ancient; Social Science / Folklore & Mythology