1. “And I do say: Who art thou?”
“He saith: I am Man-Shepherd (Poemandres), Mind of all-masterhood; I know what thou desirest and I'm with thee everywhere.” ~The Corpus Hermeticum, Translated by
G.R.S. Mead, Section, Poemandres, The Shepherd of Men
It is my
intention to examine the Corpus Hermeticum because I think it is a foundational
explanation of reality. One of the problems that is encountered in
giving credence to the Hermetica is that Christian orthodoxy has relegated
Hermeticism to a recent invention and a rehashing of neo platonic thought. This
is largely due to King James and Isaac Casaubon. King James wanted to rid the
kingdom of Hermetics and Casaubon gave him the ammunition. However, the ability
to read hieroglyphics proved that Casaubon was not entirely correct and while
it is true that the Hermetica is a product of Middle Platonism, the first to
third century CE, it is highly likely that Platonism was built upon the
foundation of Hermetic teaching.
Also,
while Hermeticism was accompanied by the superstitions of the age it was
introduced, it gives by far the best explanation of the nature of reality and
creation than any other western idea. It tells the story of the source God and
the word/logos God’s only begotten son. Here is where orthodoxy misunderstood
and led people astray from Jesus real mission and message. The Word, Logos, was
the mind of God and it was given to humanity as a gift. This word, logos,
reason is consciousness. It is why we can say that we conscious human agents
are in the image of God “Imago Dei.”
Here is
how Hermes expressed it in Poemandres: “But All-Father Mind, being Life and Light, did bring forth Man co-equal to Himself, with whom He fell in love, as being His own child; for he was beautiful beyond compare, the Image of his Sire. In very truth, God fell in love with his own Form; and on him did bestow all of His own formations.” ~Hermeticum
G.R.S. Mead pp 6
It is
clear here that humanity/mankind are the offspring of deity. That is why John
wrote in the first chapter of his gospel that “The Word,” not Jesus, but the
word was always in the world. It was because reason was always in the world.
The world was created of and by consciousness. Itis important to recognize that
this hermetic principle was present in philosophical thought long before John’s
gospel was written. It was known to Plato and the Stoics. It was written about
by Philo of Alexandria prior to the writing of John’s gospel. This does not in
any way diminish the mission and message of Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus did not
claim to be God in the flesh any more than anyone else. He just introduced the
sure knowledge that he was, as we all are, the incarnation of the Logos. It was
this understanding and message that allowed Paul to say that Jesus was the
firstborn of many siblings. Awakening to this realization is what created a
“new humanity.” It brought into reality through metaphor the new heaven and the
new earth. This is why Eckhart Tolle’s understanding of a new heaven and earth
is far more correct than orthodoxy’s.
This is
an integral and strategic part of the upward spiral of spiral dynamics. The
expanded awareness of this happens from age to age. Paul explained that Jesus
understood what Hermes wrote. He realized that while he was equal with God, it
was not a reason to exploit it, but instead in entering the earth plane he
emptied or forgot the concept with the purpose of awakening to the reality. Am
I putting Hermes above Jesus? Absolutely not. Both became aware of the same
thing. Both taught essentially the same thing. Many did not understand Hermes,
and likewise many, probably most, did not understand Jesus. Orthodox dogma is
proof of that. However, we at the beginning of a new age are beginning to
awaken to this reality. We are beginning to realize who we really are and what
Power we possess. Next, we will look at what Jesus actually meant in what is
written in John chapter three.
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