Catalogue · Texts & Manuscripts
Texts & manuscripts · Liber XII
The texts of Hermeticism
18 works, arranged by date — each dated, summarised and brought up to date with current editions and scholarship. Complete texts are in the reading room.
The Chaldean Oracles of Zoroaster (Westcott edition) Oracula Chaldaica Logia Chaldaika Collectanea Hermetica vol. 6 English (from Greek fragments)Oracles traditionally ascribed to Zoroaster; attributed in antiquity to Julian the Chaldean and Julian the Theurgist (2nd century CE); edited by 'Sapere Aude' (W. Wynn Westcott) · Oracles 2nd century CE; Westcott edition 1895
On the Mysteries (Iamblichus) De mysteriis Aegyptiorum Theurgia, or the Egyptian Mysteries Reply of Abammon to the Letter of Porphyry to Anebo GreekIamblichus of Chalcis (c. 245–c. 325), writing as the Egyptian priest Abammon · Late 3rd or early 4th century CE; Wilder translation 1911
The Elements of Theology (Proclus) Stoicheiōsis theologikē Elementatio theologica Metaphysical Elements GreekProclus Lycaeus (412–485), head of the Platonic school at Athens · 5th century CE; T. M. Johnson translation 1909
Picatrix (Ghāyat al-Ḥakīm) Ghāyat al-Ḥakīm The Goal of the Wise Picatrix Latinus Arabic (Latin, Spanish translations)Arabic original long misattributed to Maslama al-Majrīṭī ('pseudo-Majrīṭī'); Latin version made at the court of Alfonso X · Arabic 10th–11th century; Spanish and Latin translations 1256
The Book of the Twelve Images of the Hours of the Night of Hermes De XXIV horis (part) Livre des images des douze heures de la nuit French (from Latin)Attributed to Hermes (pseudepigraphic); French version credited to Jean Hulet · medieval Latin original of uncertain date; French manuscript copy; English edition 2021
Of Being and Unity (Pico della Mirandola) De ente et uno LatinGiovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463–1494) · 1491; English translation by Victor M. Hamm, 1943
The Seven Secondary Intelligences De septem secundeis, id est intelligentiis sive spiritibus orbes post Deum moventibus Chronologia mystica Of the Government of the World by the Presiding Angels LatinJohannes Trithemius (1462–1516) · written 1508; printed 1522 and often thereafter; English version 1647
Three Books of Occult Philosophy De occulta philosophia libri tres LatinHeinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim (1486–1535) · first draft 1510; Book I printed 1531; complete edition Cologne 1533; English 1651- On the Use and Mysteries of Signs De usu et mysteriis notarum liber LatinJacques Gohory (1520–1576), writing as Leo Suavius · Paris, 1550; second edition 1580
On the Shadows of Ideas and the Art of Memory De umbris idearum Ars memoriae LatinGiordano Bruno (1548–1600) · Paris, 1582
The Incantation of Circe Cantus Circaeus ad eam memoriae praxim ordinatus quam ipse Iudiciariam appellat LatinGiordano Bruno (1548–1600) · Paris, 1582
Thirty Seals and the Seal of Seals Ars reminiscendi Triginta sigilli Explicatio triginta sigillorum Sigillus sigillorum LatinGiordano Bruno (1548–1600) · London, c. 1583
The Heroic Frenzies De gli eroici furori ItalianGiordano Bruno (1548–1600) · London, 1585 (false imprint ‘Paris, Antonio Baio’)
A General Account of Bonding De vinculis in genere On Bonds in General LatinGiordano Bruno (1548–1600) · c. 1588–1591; first printed 1891
On Magic De magia LatinGiordano Bruno (1548–1600) · c. 1590; first printed 1891
Theses on Magic Theses de magia LatinGiordano Bruno (1548–1600) · c. 1590; first printed 1891
On the Composition of Images, Signs and Ideas De imaginum, signorum et idearum compositione ad omnia inventionum, dispositionum et memoriae genera libri tres LatinGiordano Bruno (1548–1600) · Frankfurt, 1591
The Chaldaick Oracles (Thomas Stanley, 1661) The Chaldaick Oracles of Zoroaster and his Followers Oracula Chaldaica Greek, Latin and EnglishEdited and translated by Thomas Stanley (1625–1678), with commentaries of Plethon and Psellos · London, 1661