This followed the republication, in 1532 CE, of the Latin translation by Marsilius Ficinus in an edition with the intriguing title "Mercvrii Trismegisti Pymander de potestate et sapientia dei. Eivsdem Asclepivs, de uoluntate dei. Opuscula sanctissimis mysterijs, ac uere coelestibus oraculis illustrissima. Iamblichvs De mysterijs Aegytiorum, Chaldaeorum, & Assyrioru. Proclvus In Platonicum Alcibiadem, de anima & daemone. Idem De sacrificio & magia".

In my translation I have endeavoured to express the underlying concepts as accurately as possible - which sometimes necessitated transliterations (qv. the Introduction) - based as this endeavour is on some forty years of study of theological, ancient philosophical, classical, Arabic, and alchemical, texts.

The Greek text used is that of A.D. Nock & A-J. Festugiere, Corpus Hermeticum, Collection Bude, 1946, although occasionally I have followed the reading of the MSS rather than Nock's emendations.

In the translation, angled brackets < > indicate an emendation, missing text, or a conjectural reading of the text.

David Myatt, 2013