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Title: Modern Interpreation
Review: First off, this isn't the Hermetica in any scholarly presentation. The authors take elements from the Nag Hammadi texts, the Corpus Hermeticum and other documentary fragments and distill them into a digestible summary of Hermetic thought, classified by major subject area and summarized nicely by the authors.Maybe the best analogy is that this is like a "Children's Bible" of Hermetic literature/scripture from 300 C.E. There is enough to understand the stories and concepts, but you would look pretty foolish quoting it amongst Hermeticists.So, if you are looking for a copy of the Corpus Hermeticum, look elsewhere. If you are looking for a modern interpretation of major sources of Hermetic thought, this might be a good choice.
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