Thoth + Hermes = Hermes Trismegistus
Thoth
+ Hermes
= Hermes Trismegistus
The diety that is closest to god
(mercury closest to Sun)
Writing, knowledge, communication, magic
“scribe of the gods”
“messenger of the gods”
Thoth is the divine scribe; Hermes is the divine messenger.
Thrice great Priest philosopher king
Legend is that he wrote 42 sacred books.
"Learn deeply of the Mind and its mystery, for therein lies the secret of immortality." - Hermes Trismegistus
"Gods are immortal men, men are mortal gods" - Hermes
If you want to become divine and become a divine alchemist/magician - then you better build a relationship with the “messenger of the gods”
In the Hellenistic period, particularly after Alexander the Great's conquest of Egypt, Greek and Egyptian cultures merged, leading to the syncretism of deities. The Greeks identified their god Hermes with the Egyptian god Thoth, recognizing similarities in their domains: both were associated with writing, knowledge, and communication. This fusion resulted in the figure of Hermes Trismegistus, meaning "Thrice-Great Hermes," reflecting his supreme wisdom
In esoteric and mystical traditions, Thoth and Hermes are often viewed as manifestations of a singular archetype embodying wisdom
Thoth: In Egyptian mythology, Thoth is the god of wisdom, writing, and magic, credited with inventing hieroglyphs and serving as the scribe of the gods.
Thoth was the god of wisdom, writing, and magic. He was believed to have invented hieroglyphs and served as the scribe of the gods, recording all knowledge and events. Thoth's association with the moon and time further linked him to the cycles of nature and the cosmos, integral elements in alchemical thought.
Hermes: In Greek mythology, Hermes is the messenger of the gods, associated with communication, commerce, and the guiding of souls to the underworld.
He was also considered a guide of souls to the underworld, embodying the role of a psychopomp. His swift movement between realms symbolized the transmission of knowledge and the bridging of the divine and mortal worlds.
“The unique combination of their domains—wisdom, communication, and the ability to traverse different realms—made Thoth and Hermes ideal figures to embody the principles of magic and alchemy.”
- the god of magicians is the god of wisdom, communication, travel between realms
“If then you do not make yourself equal to God, you cannot apprehend God; for like is known by like. Leap clear of all that is corporeal, and make yourself grown to a like expanse with that greatness which is beyond all measure; rise above all time and become eternal; then you will apprehend God. Think that for you too nothing is impossible; deem that you too are immortal, and that you are able to grasp all things in your thought, to know every craft and science; find your home in the haunts of every living creature; make yourself higher than all heights and lower than all depths; bring together in yourself all opposites of quality, heat and cold, dryness and fluidity; think that you are everywhere at once, on land, at sea, in heaven; think that you are not yet begotten, that you are in the womb, that you are young, that you are old, that you have died, that you are in the world beyond the grave; grasp in your thought all of this at once, all times and places, all substances and qualities and magnitudes together; then you can apprehend God.
But if you shut up your soul in your body, and abase yourself, and say “I know nothing, I can do nothing; I am afraid of earth and sea, I cannot mount to heaven; I know not what I was, nor what I shall be,” then what have you to do with God?”
― Hermes Trismegistus, Hermetica: The Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius in a New English Translation, with Notes and Introduction
Hermes/Thoth
messenger of the gods.
“The core set of about seventeen philosophical texts attributed to Hermes and other figures associated with him is known as the Corpus Hermeticum, and it formed the basis of the philosophy referred to today as Hermeticism.”
“Hermes, the god who presides over rational discourse, has long been considered, quite rightly, to be the common patron of all priests; he who presides over true knowledge about the gods is one and the same always and everywhere. It is to him that our ancestors in particular dedicated the fruits of their wisdom, attributing all their own writings to Hermes”
- Iamblichus