Hermes Trismegistus

Hermes Trismegistus is a legendary <a href="/facts/Hellenistic_period/q6BgQsaF">Hellenistic period</a> figure that originated as a <a href="/facts/Syncretism/q4IMH40F">syncretic combination</a> of the Greek god <a href="/facts/Hermes/bRt3Jrva">Hermes</a> and the Egyptian god <a href="/facts/Thoth/l59zHCYE">Thoth</a>. He is the purported author of the <a href="/facts/Hermetica/3NkXtX0K">Hermetica</a>, a widely diverse series of ancient and medieval <a href="/facts/Pseudepigraphica/nwn5Ys67">pseudepigraphica</a> that laid the basis of various philosophical systems known as <a href="/facts/Hermeticism/I5ckhfcP">Hermeticism</a>.
The wisdom attributed to this figure in antiquity combined a knowledge of both the material and the spiritual world, which rendered the writings attributed to him of great relevance to those who were interested in the interrelationship between the material and the divine.
The figure of Hermes Trismegistus can also be found in both <a href="/facts/Islam/zDLbL45C">Muslim</a> and <a href="/facts/Bah%25C3%25A1%25CA%25BC%25C3%25AD/orkrDxjS">Baháʼí</a> writings. In those traditions, Hermes Trismegistus has been associated with the prophet <a href="/facts/Idris_(prophet)/0WIvlmJv">Idris</a> (the Biblical <a href="/facts/Enoch/kN9wlEDP">Enoch</a>).

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Hermes Trismegistus