The Hymn of Jesus

The Hymn of Jesus by G. R. S. Mead, is the 7th book in his 11 volume 'Echoes from The Gnosis' series, and was first published in 1907.

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The Corpus Hermeticum

This translation (taken From 'Thrice Greatest Hermes: Studies In Hellenistic Theosophy And Gnosis, Volume 2'), includes the Pœmandres and some addresses of Hermes to disciples Tat, Ammon and Asclepius, which are said to have originated in the school of Ammonius Saccas, a Greek philosopher from Alexandria.

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Thrice Greatest Hermes, Volume 1

This is the first volume of three of G.R.S. Mead's comprehensive survey of the literature attributed to the legendary Egyptian sage, Hermes Trismegistus. Chapters include: The Remains of the Trismegistic Literature; The History of the Evolution of Opinion; Thoth the Master of Wisdom; The Popular Theurgic Hermes-Cult in the Greek Magic Papyri; The Main Source of the Trismegistic Literature According to Manetho, High Priest of Egypt; An Egyptian Prototype of the Main Features of the Poemandres’ Cosmogony; The Myth of Man in the Mysteries; Philo of Alexandria and the Hellenistic Theology; Plutarch: Concerning the Mysteries of Isis and Osiris, and more.

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Thrice Greatest Hermes, Volume 2

This is the second volume of three of G. R. S. Mead's comprehensive survey of the literature attributed to the legendary Egyptian sage, Hermes Trismegistus. This volume includes translations of the Corpus Hermeticum amongst others. Chapters include: Poemandres, the Shepherd of Men; The General Sermon; The Sacred Sermon; The Cup or Monad; Mind Unto Hermes; The Secret Sermon on the Mountain; A Letter to Asclepius; The Encomium of Kings; The Definitions of Asclepius unto King Ammon; and more.

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Thrice Greatest Hermes, Volume 3

This, the third and final part of G. R. S. Meads' collection of Hermetic literature focuses on the residual texts known from second and third hand references. Many of the longer fragments are gleaned from Stobaeus, a fifth century CE late pagan anthologizer of Greek literature. The remainder come from the early Church Fathers.

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