Antiquity

Antiquity

Egypt, the Hermetic writings and other ancient voices.

• Thoth The Egyptian god of writing and wisdom · Ancient Egypt · Hermopolis
• Hermes Trismegistus The Thrice-Great · Graeco-Egyptian tradition · 1st–3rd centuries AD and after
• The Corpus Hermeticum The Greek Hermetic treatises · Composed c. 1st–3rd centuries AD · compiled in Byzantium
• The Poimandres The vision of creation · Corpus Hermeticum I
• The Asclepius The Perfect Discourse · Greek original c. 2nd–3rd century AD · Latin version by the 4th century
• The Hymn of Creation Rigveda X.129 · Ancient India · Rigveda, tenth book
• The Popol Vuh The Maya book of creation · The K’iche’ Maya · written down c. 1550
• Ptah and the Spoken Word Creation in the Memphite tradition · Ancient Egypt · Memphis
• The Shabaka Stone An Egyptian account of creation · 25th Dynasty · c. 710 BC
• The Opening of the Mouth The ritual that gave images life · Ancient Egypt · Old Kingdom to Roman period
• The Epic of Gilgamesh The walls of Uruk · Mesopotamia · c. 2100–1200 BC
• Homer The poet of the Iliad and the Odyssey · c. 8th–7th century BC · Ionia
• Plato The philosopher of forms · c. 427–347 BC · Athens
• Plotinus The sculptor of the soul · c. AD 204–270 · Alexandria and Rome