"I know thy Name that shineth forth in heaven; I know thy forms as well; I know thy tree; I know thy wood as well."
Hermes Trismegistus is a legendary Hellenistic period figure that originated as a syncretic combination of the Greek god Hermes and the Egyptian god Thoth. He is the purported author of the Hermetica, a widely diverse series of ancient and medieval pseudepigraphica that laid the basis of various philosophical systems known as Hermeticism.
"How quickly hast thou learned, by the very light of reason; for said I not this, that all things are one, and one all things? that all things were in the Creator, before he created all things; neither unworthily is he said to be All, whole parts are all things; therefore in this whole Discourse have a care to remember him, who being One, is All, even the very Creator of all things; all things descend from Heaven into Erath, into the Water, and into the Air."
Hermes Trismegistus"That which is below is like that which is above and that which is above is like that which is below to do the miracles of one only thing."
Hermes Trismegistus"And as all things have been and arose from one by the mediation of one, so all things have their birth from this one thing by adaptation."
Hermes Trismegistus"Separate thou the earth from the fire, the subtle from the gross sweetly with great industry."
Hermes Trismegistus"Perhaps no character in history has formed the subject of so much and so varied study and speculation as that of Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus and we shall realize the truth of this statement as we individually seek light upon the sublime philosophy rightly attributed to this Avatar. At the very outset, we are confronted with a remarkable dearth of exact information regarding his person and life. A dearth all the more inexplicable when we realize that from the Rosicrucian standpoint Hermes may be justly regarded as one of the greatest of all Messiahs who have incarnated on this sphere."
Hermes Trismegistus"Thou Asclepius, the soul of every man is immortal, but not all alike; for there is a difference both in the time and manner."
Hermes Trismegistus