By this means you shall have the glory of the whole world and thereby all obscurity shall fly from you. Knowledge of the great spiritual realms and the Halls of Amenti can lead the initiate out of darkness.

I didn't give it five stars due to being a little to inclusive of assumptions without proof on the Annunaki being the only possibility of influence in relation to there is no consideration to other aliens being of earths history. Billy Carson has given us incredible insight into the Emerald Tablets and the ancient Egyptian religion.Hermetica II: The Excerpts of Stobaeus, Papyrus Fragments, and Ancient Testimonies in an English Translation with Notes and Introductions. The Tabula Chemica by Ibn Umail, in which the table is engraved with symbols, is translated as early as the 12th or 13th century. He continues his studies of ancient texts and in 1684 argues that Hermes Trismegistus is not the Egyptian Thoth but the Taaut of the Phoenicians, who is also the founder of the Germanic people under the name of the god Tuisto, mentioned by Tacitus.

A still later version is found in the pseudo-Aristotelian Sirr al-asrār ( Secret of Secrets, tenth century). The book it self is an interpretation of Thoth's tablets I’d suggest reading the original translations first by Doreal. Buch über das Geheimnis der Schöpfung und die Darstellung der Natur (Buch der Ursachen) von Pseudo-Apollonios von Tyana. All I can say is I desperately want to believe this, but it has early 20th century science fiction written all over it.In his 1143 treatise, De essentiis, Herman of Carinthia is one of a few European 12th century scholars to cite the Emerald Tablet. It also applies to the "curious figure" [41] of the German Gottlieb Latz, who self-published a monumental work Die Alchemie in 1869, [42] as well as the theosophist Helena Blavatsky [43] and the perennialist Titus Burckhardt. This emblem is placed within the mysterious tradition of Egyptian hieroglyphs and the idea of Platonists and alchemists during the Renaissance that the "deepest secrets of nature could only be expressed appropriately through an obscure and veiled mode of representation". The literary theme of the discovery of Hermes' hidden wisdom can be found in other Arabic texts from around the 10th century.

Early modern versions of the tablet text [ edit ] Latin (Nuremberg, 1541) [ edit ] Latin text of the Emerald Tablet, from Johannes Petreius, De alchemia, Nuremberg, 1541. having their hands stretched out towards a figure seated inside the Pyramid, near the pillar of the gate of the hall. For example, in 1733, according to the alchemist Ehrd de Naxagoras ( Supplementum Aurei Velleris), a "precious emerald plate" engraved with inscriptions and the symbol was made upon Hermes' death and found in the valley of Ebron by a woman named Zora. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. An anonymous commentary from the 12th century explains telesmus as meaning "secret", mentioning that "divination among the Arabs" was "referred to as telesmus", and that it was "superior to all others"; of this later only the meaning of "a secret" would remain in the word.

The Secret of Secrets ( Secretum Secretorum) was translated into Latin in an abridged 188 lines long medical excerpt by John of Seville around 1140. This is the book of the wise Bélinous [Apollonius of Tyana], who possesses the art of talismans: this is what Bélinous says.

Thus, the ante-diluvian wisdom was transmitted, independently of the revelation made to Moses at Sinai. Avec le traicté de vénérable docteur allemant Messire Bernard, conte de la Marche Trevisane, sur le mesme subject. First, thousands of years ago Thoth created multiple tablets of text and then concealed the location of these ancient tablets.However, in vain would one seek any motive other than the hope for the determination of this point in surrealist activity. His alternate view on Christianity and who "Jesus" really was is actually believable and quite refreshing. So we are supposed to believe that some guy, out of the blue, just happened to stumble upon these Tablets and then, without any photo evidence or corroboration just "translates" them via psychic link. This accidental neologism was variously interpreted by commentators, thereby becoming one of the most distinctive, yet vague, terms of alchemy. The earliest known version of the Emerald Tablet on which all later versions were based is found in pseudo-Apollonius of Tyana's Sirr al-khalīqa wa-ṣanʿat al-ṭabīʿa ( The Secret of Creation and the Art of Nature).