Matthew Andrews

The Stele of Ieu (PGM V = P. Lond. 46, ll. 96–172) is an important ritual from the corpus of Greco-Egyptian magical papyri. It gestures toward the kind of transformative experience that was sought after by ancient practitioners of magic. It has also had a...

The “Mithras Liturgy,” as it is commonly called, is a ritual instruction from the Graeco-Egyptian magical papyri. Despite its name, it is usually considered neither Mithraic nor a liturgy.[ 1 ] According to the text, it is an immortalization ritual (Greek...

The “Eighth Book of Moses” is a ritual instruction and cosmogonic narrative that is grouped among the Greco-Egyptian magical papyri.[ 1 ] The codex was produced in the 4 th century CE, and copied from material written potentially as early as the first...

Introduction “Corpus Hermeticum XIII” is a dialogue between a teacher—the mythical Hermes Trismegistus—and his disciple, Tat. In his discourse, Hermes presents a method by which a student of the Hermetic practice can experience a spiritual rebirth...

Corpus Hermeticum ( CH ) I, or the Poimandres , narrates an account in which the god Poimandres reveals sacred knowledge to his pupil Hermes Trismegistus. The text includes episodes of visionary revelation and a dialogue that conveys a cosmogony...