The Emerald Tablet of Hermes
Hermes Trismegistus (attr.) · tr. Holmyard 1923; Latin text; Beato (Davis 1926); Isaac Newton c. 1680 · c. 800–1680 · 948 words
Public-domain versions only: Arabic (Holmyard 1923), medieval Latin, Beato, and Newton.
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From Jabir ibn Hayyan
0) Balinas mentions the engraving on the table in the hand of Hermes, which says:
1) Truth! Certainty! That in which there is no doubt!
2) That which is above is from that which is below, and that which is below is from that which is above, working the miracles of one.
3) As all things were from one.
4) Its father is the Sun and its mother the Moon.
5) The Earth carried it in her belly, and the Wind nourished it in her belly,
7) as Earth which shall become Fire.
7a) Feed the Earth from that which is subtle, with the greatest power.
8) It ascends from the earth to the heaven and becomes ruler over that which is above and that which is below.
14) And I have already explained the meaning of the whole of this in two of these books of mine.
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Contents
- From Jabir ibn Hayyan
- Twelfth Century Latin
- Translation from Aurelium Occultae Philosophorum..Georgio Beato
- Translation of Issac Newton c. 1680