Hermes (Thoth)
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Hermes, also known as the Egyptian god Thoth, is revered as the inventor of arts and sciences. He is credited with founding alchemy, and later alchemists honored him as Hermes Trismegistus, the master of nature. His influence permeates Hermetic traditions and the practice of alchemical transformation.
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“According to one story, it was founded by the Egyptian god Hermes (Thoth), the reputed inventor of the arts and sciences, to whom, under the appellation Hermes Trismegistus, Tertullian refers as the master of those who occupy themselves with nature; after him later alchemists called their work the “hermetic art,””
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