The Mahdi Times The Mahdi Times Issue #26 January 2015 | Page 49

The best authorities regard
him as a contemporary of
Abraham and some of the
Jewish traditions go so far
as to claim that Abraham
acquired a portion of his
mystic knowledge from
Hermes himself.
As the years rolled by after
his passing from this plane
of life (tradition recording
that he lived three hundred
years in the flesh), the
Egyptians deified Hermes
under the name of Thoth.
Years after, the people of
Ancient Greece also made
him one of their many gods
- calling him "Hermes, the
god of Wisdom." The
Egyptians revered his
memory for many centuries
- yes, tens of centuries calling him "the Scribe of
the Gods," and bestowing
upon him, distinctively, his
ancient title,
"Trismegistus," which
means "the thrice-great";
"the great-great"; "the
greatest-great"; etc. In all
the ancient lands, the name
of Hermes Trismegistus
was revered, the name
being synonymous with the
"Fount of Wisdom."

Even to this day, we use
the term "hermetic" in the
sense of "secret"; "sealed
so that nothing can
escape"; etc, and this by
reason of the fact that the
followers of Hermes always
observed the principle of
secrecy in their teachings.
They did not believe in
"casting pearls before
swine," but rather held to
the teaching "milk for
babes"; "meat for strong
men," both of which
maxims are familiar to
readers of the Christian
scriptures, but both of
which had been used by
the Egyptians for centuries