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Title: Hermetic Virtual Library
COLLECTANEA HERMETICA REDIVIVA



Welcome to the Hermetic Fellowship’s
Hermetic Virtual Library...


This site is dedicated to serving as a general resource for students and practitioners of the Western Hermetic Tradition, and as a specific resource for the Alexandrine Temple of the Hermetic Fellowship, located in Portland, Oregon, USA.



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Library Index

Bullet Introduction to the Hermetic Virtual Library
Maintained by the Hermetic Fellowship
(Hermetic Fellowship) Updated! 11/99
Bullet Hermetica (HF& various) Expanded! 11/99
Bullet The Chaldæan Oracles of Julianus (HOGD®) New Links! 11/99
Bullet Orphica (HF& various) Expanded! 11/99
Bullet Golden Dawn Texts (HF& various) Expanded! 11/99
Bullet Rosicrucian Texts (HF& various) New Links! 11/99
Bullet Dee, Kelly, & Enochiana (HF& various) Expanded! 11/99
Bullet Martinist Documents (Various) New Links! 11/99


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Introduction to the Hermetic Virtual Library

This is the Hermetic Virtual Library, formally named the Collectanea Hermetica Rediviva, the “Hermetic Anthology Reborn.” The title alludes to one of the two primary inspirations for this important new addition to the Hermetic Fellowship Website — the collection of books edited in the 1890s by William Wynn Westcott under the title of Collectanea Hermetica.

Westcott was the Supreme Magus of the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia (“the Rosicrucian Society in England”), the Worshipful Master of the Quattuor Coronati Lodge (the preeminent research lodge of English Freemasonry), and — most significantly — one of the two presiding Adepts of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. The Collectanea Hermetica was published under the ægis of the Theosophical Society with Westcott as editor in his public rôle as Supreme Magus of the SRIA, but it was in fact a part of Westcott’s Work in his duties as a Chief of the Golden Dawn and its Inner Order Rosæ Rubeæ et Aureæ Crucis (the Order of the Rose of Ruby and the Cross of Gold). He contributed introductions and commentaries to various of the volumes in the Collection under his Order Mottos as “Sapere Aude, Fra. R.R. et A.C.”, “S.A.”, “Non Omnis Moriar”, and “N.O.M.; R.R. et A.C.”, and his associates in preparing the series were his fellow Golden Dawn Adepts, Florence Farr and Percy Bullock, who contributed translations and notes not under their mundane names but under their Mottos— she (V.H. Sor. Sapientia Sapienti Dona Data) as “S.S.D.D.”, “S.S.D.D.—R.R. et A.C.” and he (V.H. Fra. Levavi Oculos) as “L.O.”.

It is our intention that the Hermetic Virtual Library will eventually include all of the texts from Westcott’s original Collectanea Hermetica, along with many other texts of interest to students of the Hermetic Tradition.

I mentioned previously that Westcott’s Collectanea Hermetica is one of the two chief inspirations for this Archive. The other is the superb work of establishing and maintaining archives of occult and esoteric texts which has already begun on the Web — most notably three extraordinary libraries: the vast Alchemy Virtual Library maintained by that tireless labourer for the preservation of the Alchemical Tradition, Adam McLean; the comprehensive Gnostic Virtual Library maintained by Terje Bergersen for the Societas Gnostica Norvegia and by Thomas Leavitt and Lance Owens for the Gnosis Archives, and the exceptional Twilit Grotto Esoteric Archives of Joseph and Candy Peterson. Also, of course, there is the extremely valuable work of Al Billings, formerly at Caduceus: The Hermetic Quarterly, now at the Hermetic Library, who years ago was of service to so many Hermetic students by first making the G.R.S. Mead translations of a dozen of the key texts of the Corpus Hermeticum available online.

Current planned acquisitions for the Collectanea Hermetica Rediviva, the Hermetic Virtual Library, include multiple annotated translations of the Corpus Hermeticum, all the texts of the 1890s Collectanea Hermetica, and a broad range of other texts relating to the Western Hermetic Tradition (translations from the Græco-Egyptian Magical Papyri, the Orphic Hymns, and the Homeric Hymns; documents from the Golden Dawn and the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor; monographs by modern Hermeticists; etc.).

We hope that you will visit the Hermetic Virtual Library often as it expands, and use the texts you will find here and at the other virtual esoteric libraries to deepen your understanding and appreciation of our extraordinary Western Esoteric heritage.





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Hermetica: Hermetic Texts

Bullet Introduction to the Hermetic Texts (HF) Under Construction
Bullet Corpus Hermeticum I — [A Discourse] of Hermês Trismegistos: The Poimandrês
Bullet The Everard Translation (1650) (HF) 07/96
Bullet The Chambers Translation (1822) (HF) New! 11/99
Bullet The Mead Translation (1906) (HF) 07/96
Bullet Corpus Hermeticum II — [A Discourse of Hermês Trismegistos to Asklêpios]
Bullet The Everard Translation (1650) (AVL) New Link! 11/99
Bullet The Mead Translation (1906) (GVL) Link Updated! 11/99
Bullet Corpus Hermeticum III — A Sacred Discourse of Hermês [Trismegistos]
Bullet The Everard Translation (1650) (AVL) New Link! 11/99
Bullet The Mead Translation (1906) (GVL) Link Updated! 11/99
Bullet Corpus Hermeticum IV — [A Discourse] of Hermês [Trismegistos] to Tat: The Kratêr, [or] The Monad
Bullet The Everard Translation (1650) (AVL) New Link! 11/99
Bullet The Mead Translation (1906) (GVL) Link Updated! 11/99
Bullet Corpus Hermeticum V — [A Discourse] of Hermês to His Son, Tat:
That the God is Invisible and is Wholly Visible
Bullet The Everard Translation (1650) (AVL) New Link! 11/99
Bullet The Mead Translation (1906) (GVL) Link Updated! 11/99
Bullet Corpus Hermeticum VI — [A Discourse] of Hermês Trismegistos [to Asklêpios:]
That the Good is in the God Alone, and Nowhere Else
Bullet The Everard Translation (1650) (AVL) New Link! 11/99
Bullet The Mead Translation (1906) (GVL) Link Updated! 11/99
Bullet Corpus Hermeticum VII — [A Discourse of Hermês Trismegistos:]
That the Greatest Evil in Humankind is Ignorance Concerning the God
Bullet The Everard Translation (1650) (AVL) New Link! 11/99
Bullet The Mead Translation (1906) (GVL) Link Updated! 11/99
Bullet Corpus Hermeticum VIII — [A Discourse] of Hermês Trismegistos [to Tat]:
That Nothing Real is Destroyed, and That They Err Who Call the Changes
That Occur ‘Destructions’ and ‘Deaths’
Bullet The Everard Translation (1650) (AVL) New Link! 11/99
Bullet The Mead Translation (1906) (GVL) Link Updated! 11/99
Bullet Corpus Hermeticum IX — [A Discourse] of Hermês Trismegistos [to Asklêpios]:
On Mentation and Sensation
Bullet The Everard Translation (1650) (AVL) New Link! 11/99
Bullet The Mead Translation (1906) (GVL) Link Updated! 11/99
Bullet Corpus Hermeticum X — [A Discourse] of Hermês Trismegistos [to Asklêpios]:
The Key
Bullet The Everard Translation (1650) (AVL) New Link! 11/99
Bullet The Mead Translation (1906) (GVL) Link Updated! 11/99
Bullet Corpus Hermeticum XI — [A Discourse] of Mind to Hermês
Bullet The Everard Translation (1650) (AVL) New Link! 11/99
Bullet The Mead Translation (1906) (GVL) Link Updated! 11/99
Bullet Corpus Hermeticum XII — [A Discourse] of Hermês Trismegistos to Tat:
On the Communal Mind
Bullet The Everard Translation (1650) (AVL) New Link! 11/99
Bullet The Mead Translation (1906) (GVL) Link Updated! 11/99
Bullet Corpus Hermeticum XIII — A Secret Discourse of Hermês Trismegistos
on the Mountain to His Son Tat: On Rebirth, and On the Vow of Silence
Bullet The Everard Translation (1650) (AVL) New Link! 11/99
Bullet The Mead Translation (1906) (GVL) Link Updated! 11/99
Bullet Corpus Hermeticum XIV — [An Epistle] of Hermês Trismegistos [to Asklêpios]:
Be Thou Good-Minded
Bullet The Everard Translation (1650) (AVL) New Link! 11/99
Bullet Corpus Hermeticum XVI — Definitions of Asklêpios to King Ammon
Bullet TBA (HF)
Bullet Corpus Hermeticum XVII — [A Discourse of Tat to the King]
Bullet TBA (HF)
Bullet Corpus Hermeticum XVIII — [A Discourse on the Glory of Kings]
Bullet TBA (HF)
Bullet Asclepius — The Perfect Discourse; A Holy Book of Hermês Trismegistos
Addressed to Asklêpios
Bullet TBA (HF)
Bullet Nag Hammadi Codices VI,6— The Ogdoad Reveals the Ennead
Bullet The Brashler/Dirkse/Parrott Translation (GVL)
Bullet Nag Hammadi Codices VI,7— The Prayer of Thanksgiving
Bullet The Brashler/Dirkse/Parrott Translation (GVL)
Bullet Introduction to the Stobæi Hermetica
Bullet Notes on the Hermetic Fragments of Johannes Stobæus (HF) Under Construction
Bullet Numbering the Hermetic Fragments of Stobæus (HF)
Bullet Stobæi Hermeticum I — [Of Piety and True Philosophy] From the [Discourses] of Hermês to Tat
Bullet The Everard Translation (1650) (AVL) New Link! 11/99
Bullet Stobæi Hermetica II
Bullet TBA (HF) Under Construction
Bullet Stobæi Hermeticum III — [Of Truth] From the [Discourses] of Hermês to Tat
Bullet The Everard Translation (1650) (AVL) New Link! 11/99
Bullet Stobæi Hermetica IV
Bullet TBA (HF) Under Construction
Bullet Stobæi Hermetica V
Bullet TBA (HF) Under Construction
Bullet Stobæi Hermeticum VI — [Discourse on the Decans and the Stars]
From the [Discourses] of Hermês to Tat
Bullet The Mead Translation (1906) (HF)
Bullet The Mead Commentary (1906) (HF)
Bullet The Chambers Translation (1822) (HF) Under Construction
Bullet Stobæi Hermetica VII
Bullet TBA (HF) Under Construction
Bullet Stobæi Hermeticum VIII — [Of Energy and Feeling] From the [Discourses] of Hermês to Tat
Bullet The Everard Translation (1650) (AVL) New Link! 11/99
Bullet Stobæi Hermetica IX-XXIX
Bullet TBA (HF) Under Construction
Bullet The Emerald Tablet (Tabula Smaragdina)
Bullet Various Translations (HF) New! 11/99
Bullet The Picatrix / Ghâyat al-Hakîm
Bullet Summary by M. Plessner (1962) (Twilit Grotto) New Link! 11/99




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The Chaldæan Oracles of Julianus

Bullet Introduction to the Oracula Chaldaica (HF) Under Construction
Bullet The Chaldæan Oracles of ‘Zoroaster’
Bullet The Westcott Translation (1895) (HOGD®) New Link! 11/99




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Orphica: Orphic Texts

Bullet Introduction to the Orphica
Bullet General Introduction to the Orphica (HF) Under Construction
Bullet On the Life and Theology of Orpheus
Thomas Taylor
(Renaissance Orpheus) New Link! 11/99
Bullet The Life and Works of Orpheus (Astaroth) New Link! 11/99
Bullet The Orphic Pantheon
G.R.S.Mead
(Subru) New Link! 11/99
Bullet 1 · Orpheus to Mousaios
Bullet The Taylor Translation (1792) (HF) New! 11/99
Bullet 2 · [Orphic Hymn] To Hekatê
Bullet The Forrest Translation (1993) (HF) 07/96
Bullet The Eyer Translation (1996) (S. Eyer) New Link! 11/99
Bullet Greek Text (HF) 07/96
Bullet 3 · [Orphic Hymn] To Prothyraia
Bullet The Eyer Translation (1996) (S. Eyer) New Link! 11/99
Bullet The Taylor Translation (1792) (Ren. Orpheus) New Link! 11/99
Bullet 31 · [Orphic Hymn] To Dionysos
Bullet The Forrest Translation (1998) (HF) New! 09/99
Bullet The Eyer Translation (1996) (S. Eyer) New Link! 11/99
Bullet Greek Text (HF) New! 09/99
Bullet 56 · [Orphic Hymn] To Aphroditê
Bullet The Eyer Translation (1995) (S. Eyer) New Link! 11/99
Bullet The Taylor Translation (1792) (Ren. Orpheus) New Link! 11/99
Bullet 77 · [Orphic Hymn] To the Muses
Bullet The Eyer Translation (1996) (S. Eyer) New Link! 11/99




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Golden Dawn Texts

Bullet Introduction to the G.·.D.·. and R.·.R.·. et A.·.C.·. Texts (HF) Under Construction
Bullet Inner Order Flying Rolls
Bullet Flying Roll 3A. On the Symbolism of Self-Sacrifice & Crucifixion in the 5=6 Grade (HF) 07/96
Bullet Miscellaneous Historical Documents
Bullet The Cypher MSS (HL) New Link! 11/99




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Rosicruciana: Rosicrucian Texts

Bullet Introduction to the Rosicrucian Texts (HF) Under Construction
Bullet Fama Fraternitatis (1604? 1611)
Bullet The Vaughan Edition (1652) (AVL) New Link! 11/99
Bullet Confessio Fraternitatis (1615)
Bullet The Vaughan Edition (1652) (AVL) New Link! 11/99
Bullet Chymische Hochzeit : The Chymical Wedding (1615)
Bullet The Foxcroft Edition (1690)
Rendered into modern English by A. McLean and D. Green (1984)
(AVL) New Link! 11/99




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Enochiana: Dee, Kelly, and Angelic Texts

Bullet Introduction to the Enochiana & Related Texts
Bullet General Introduction to the Enochiana and Related Texts (HF) Under Construction
Bullet Charlotte Fell Smith, John Dee(1969) (John Dee Society) Link Updated! 11/99
Bullet I.R.F. Calder, John Dee Studied as a Neoplatonist(1952) (John Dee Society) Link Updated! 11/99
Bullet The Angelic Communications
Bullet Mysteriorum Libri Quinque (1581-83)
The Five Books of the Mysteries
(Twilit Grotto) New Link! 11/99
Bullet Mysteriorum Liber Primus (1581-82)
The First Book of the Mysteries
(John Dee Pub. Society) New Link! 11/99
Bullet Mysteriorum Liber Secundus (1582)
The Second Book of the Mysteries
(John Dee Pub. Society) New Link! 11/99
Bullet Mysteriorum Liber Tertius (1582)
The Third Book of the Mysteries
(John Dee Pub. Society) New Link! 11/99
Bullet Liber Mysteriorum Sextus et Sanctus (1583)
The Sixth and Holy Book of the Mysteries : Liber Loagaeth
(Twilit Grotto) New Link! 11/99
Bullet De Heptarchia Mystica (1583)
On the Mystic Sevenfold Rulership
(Twilit Grotto) New Link! 11/99
Bullet Tabula Bonorum Angelorum (1587)
The Table of the Good Angels
(Twilit Grotto) New Link! 11/99
Bullet Other Works by John Dee
Bullet The Hieroglyphic Monad (1564) (Fra. AI, CotG) New Link! 11/99
Bullet Other Works by Edward Kelly
Bullet The Stone of the Philosophers (n.d.) (AVL) New Link! 11/99




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Martinist Documents

Bullet Introduction to the Martinist Documents (HF) Under Construction
Bullet Protocol of Martinist Orders
Bullet L’Ordre Martiniste & l’Order Martiniste d’Elus Coëns
Sar Jean & Sar Aurifer (1962)
(R+CMO) New Link! 11/99
Bullet Martinist Certificates
Bullet Unknown Philosopher Certificate
Ordre Martiniste et Synarchique (1974)
(R+CMO) New Link! 11/99
Bullet Serviteur Inconnu Certificate
Ordre Martiniste (1975)
(R+CMO) New Link! 11/99
Bullet Unknown Superior Certificate
Ordre Martiniste et Synarchique
(R+CMO) New Link! 11/99
Bullet Initiateur Libre Certificate
Ordre Martiniste et Synarchique (1978)
(R+CMO) New Link! 11/99




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Salomonica: Grimoire Texts

Bullet Introduction to the Solomonic Texts (HF) Under Construction
Bullet Clavicula Salomonis: The Key of Solomon (n.d.)
Bullet The S.L. MacGregor Mathers Translation (1889) (Twilit Grotto) New Link! 11/99
Bullet The Lemegeton (17th century CE):
Book I, Goetia (15th Century CE?)
Bullet The Peterson Edition (1999)
Edited from MSS. in the British Museum
(Twilit Grotto) New Link! 11/99
Bullet Johannes Wierus, Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (1563)
Included in Reginald Scot, Discoverie of Witchcraft (1584)
(Twilit Grotto) New Link! 11/99
Bullet A Version by P. Legard (1999) (Picatrix) New Link! 11/99
Bullet The Lemegeton (17th century CE):
Book II, Theurgia-Goetia (15th Century CE?)
Bullet The Peterson Edition (1999)
Edited from MSS. in the British Museum
(Twilit Grotto) New Link! 11/99
Bullet Theurgia Goetia (M. Henson)
Bullet The Lemegeton (17th century CE):
Book III, Ars Paulina (15th Century CE?)
Bullet The Peterson Edition (1999)
Edited from MSS. in the British Museum
(Twilit Grotto) New Link! 11/99
Bullet The Pauline Art (M. Henson)
Bullet The Lemegeton (17th century CE):
Book IV, Ars Almadel (15th Century CE?)
Bullet The Peterson Edition (1999)
Edited from MSS. in the British Museum
(Twilit Grotto) New Link! 11/99
Bullet The Art Almadel (M. Henson)
Bullet The Lemegeton (17th century CE):
Book V, Ars Notoria (13th Century CE?)
Bullet The Turner Translation (1657) (Twilit Grotto) New Link! 11/99
Bullet Liber Juratus: The Sworn Book of Honorius (12th century CE?)
Bullet The Peterson Edition (1998)
Edited from MSS. in the British Museum
(Twilit Grotto) New Link! 11/99
Bullet Arbatel De Magia Veterum (1575)
Bullet The Turner Translation (1655) (Twilit Grotto) New Link! 11/99
Bullet The Sword of Moses (10th century CE?)
Bullet The Gaster Translation (1896) (Twilit Grotto) New Link! 11/99
Bullet (Pseudo-) Pietro d’Abano: Heptameron, or Magical Elements (n.d.)
Bullet The Turner Translation (1655) (Twilit Grotto) New Link! 11/99
Bullet The Book of Power of Master Aptolcater (Abd al-Kadir) (n.d.)
Bullet The Shah Edition (19VV) (Picatrix) New Link! 11/99






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