Poimandres, the Shepherd of Men, a Hermetic Gospel

Corpus Hermeticum, Book 1

By: Jason Augustus Newcomb

Narrated by: Alan Weyman

The Corpus Hermeticum is a series of short philosophical and religious treatises dating from the beginning of the Common Era. Most of the texts take the form of a dialogue between Hermes Trismegistos and one or more of his disciples. The texts are loosely related but clearly separate tracts seemingly written by many different authors who use the character of Hermes Trismegistos as a prop to express their unique philosophies. The Poimandres, often called "Pymander" by older translators, is the arguably the most important as it contains a very complete creation story and description of salvation. There are obvious parallels between the story in this book and the biblical creation, and while the book is clearly not Christian, it is certainly Gnostic. Also included in this book is the second book of the Corpus Hermeticum, Hermes to Asclepius, and GRS Mead's comment on the Poimandres.

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Enlightening

marvelous reading of the Newcombe translation of the Corpus Hermeticum. The full work is represented here and is an excellent place to return to if your work keeps you from reading very often .

wisdom and guidance

The connections I made to the other spiritual traditions was marked with my growth and my deeper realization. This is a blessing to those who are ready and who have prepared themselves.

Great insights and great translation.

Great read and loved his insights into the text. The esoteric knowledge of the tranlsator is sharp and filled with light.

very spiritual

loved it, look forward to returning to listen again, nice, a great companion to other hermetic works

Both content and delivery were great

I don't know enough about historical texts to know how closely it was translated, but my heart understood it and had a fairly easy time digesting the information.