Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. I — G. R. S. Mead (1906)
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Hellenistic Document . . . .148
Hippolytus' Conclusion .... 186
Conclusion of Analysis . . . 192
The Hellenist Commentator .... 193
The Jewish and Christian Overwriters . . 194
Zosimus and the Anthropos-Doctrine . . 196
Philo of Alexandria on the Man-Doctrine . .197
VIII. PHILO OF ALEXANDRIA AND THE HELLENISTIC
THEOLOGY .... 199-254
Concerning Philo and his Method . . .199
The Great Importance of his Writings . . 204
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Concerning the Mysteries . . . . 205
Concerning the Sacred Marriage . . . 216
Concerning the Logos .... 225
The Son of God . . . . .226
The True High Priest . • . . .227
The Elder and Younger Sons of God . . 229
Yet God is One . . ' . . .230
The Logos is Life and Light . . . .231
The Divine Vision ..... 233
The Sons of God on Earth . . . .233
The City of God . . . . .235
God's Shadow . . . . .236
The Mother-City of Refuge . . . .237
The True Shepherd . : . . . 238
The Apostles of God . . . . .239
The Ladder of the "Words" . . .239
The Logos the Spiritual Sun . . . 241
The Disciples of the Logos .... 243
The River of the Divine Reason . . . 244
Jerusalem Above . «. . . . 245
The Logos is as Manna and Coriander Seed . 246
The Logos is the Pupil of God's Eye . . 247
"Man shall not Live by Bread Alone" . . 248
The Logos-Mediator ..... 249
The Yoga of Plotinus . . . .251
The Race of God . . . . .253
IX. PLUTARCH : CONCERNING THE MYSTERIES OP Isis
AND OSIRIS .... 255-368
Foreword ...... 255
Concerning Isis and Osiris . . . 261-366
Address to Klea concerning Gnosis and the Search for Truth . . . . .261
The Art of Knowing and of Divinising . . 262
The True Initiates of Isis . . . .263
Why the Priests are Shaven and wear Linen . 265
Of the Refraining from Flesh and Salt and Superfluities ...... 267
On the Drinking of Wine . . . .268
On Fish Taboos . . . . .269
The Onion and Pig Taboos . . . .271
The Kings, the Riddles of the Priests and the
Meaning of Amoun .... 273
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Of the Greek Disciples of Egyptians and of Pythagoras and his Symbols .... 274 Advice to Klea concerning the Hidden Meaning of the Myths . . . . .276
The Mystery-Myth . . . . .278
The Undermeaning, a Reflexion of a Certain Reason 291 Concerning the Tombs of Osiris . . . 292
Concerning the Theory of Evemerus . . 295
The Theory of the Daimones . . .298
Concerning Sarapis ..... 301
Concerning Typhon ..... 304
The Theory of the Physicists . . .307
Concerning Osiris and Dionysus . . . 310
The Theory of the Physicists Resumed . . 312
The Theory of the Mathematici . . .318
The Theory of the Dualists . . . .328
The Proper Reason according to Plutarch . . 333
The Symbolism of the Sistrum . . . 344
The True " Logos " again according to Plutarch . 345 Against the Weather and Vegetation God Theories 346 Concerning the Worship of Animals and Totemism 353 Concerning the Sacred Robes . . . 361
Concerning Incense ..... 363
Afterword ...... 367
X. "HERMAS" AND "HERMES" . . . 369-386
An Anticipation ..... 369 The Higher Criticism of " The Shepherd of Hernias " 370 The Introduction of the " Pastoral Hermas " . 370
Comparison with our " Poemandres " . . 371
The Popular Symbolic Representation of the Shepherd 372
The Name "Hermas" . . . .374
An Early Form of the " Posmandres " . . 374
The Holy Mount . . . . .375
" Gnostic " Elements . . . . .376
The Vices and Virtues .... 377
The Early Date of the Original " Hernias " . . 378
The Dependence Theory to be used with Caution . 379
The Visions of Crates . . . .380
The General Christian " Many " and the Gnostic
"Few" 382
The Story of Abbot Olympius . . .384
A Final Word 385
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XI. CONCERNING THE ^EON-DOCTRINE . . 387-412
The Scope of our Essay .... 387 The Orphic Tradition of the Genesis of the World- Egg 388