The Wisdom of Thoth-Hermes The Origin of Reason “The lips of wisdom are closed, except to the ears...

The Wisdom of Thoth-Hermes: The Origin of Reason

“The lips of wisdom are closed, except to the ears of Understanding” — The Kybalion.

As I work to complete my first book, “The Truth About Everything,” I have have begun to read many ancient texts and legends in order to uncover the ontological truths that, due to the obfuscation of the origin of man and our true history, has mainly survived through a type of veiled verbal symbolism, known as esotericism.
The exoteric teachings are better known as the “outermost layer/surface level” that is taught as the verbatim “word of god”, which is the official way of preaching most of the world’s Judeo-Christian influenced theologies and is therefor not allowed to be challenged or questioned in anyway for it is not up to individual interpretation.

This is how most mystery schools of ancient societies ensured only the those steeped in enough esoteric symbology were able to follow their “illuminated” teachings; which contained everything from the philosophic nature and ontological origin of man to the dates of the equinoxes and solstices which in turn assisted in crop production and proliferation of civilizations through elevated communication (or consciousness).

Through the intentional changing of language throughout history, the origin of man has become just as veiled as the esoteric texts that are ascribed to them; take this into consideration while reading an excerpt from Manly P. Hall’s, “The Secret Teachings of All Ages”, (a classic in esoteric hermeticism).

After first introducing a general background for Thoth, in his many characters and representations throughout history, I will conclude this segment with my own esoteric interpretation of these texts.
 
THE MANY INCARNATIONS OF THOTH
Thoth, or Thoth-Hermes, was known by many names throughout the history of mankind and is best described as a masculine emanation of the lower form of God which was instructed to bestow (or in some versions of the story, stole and delivered) unto man the knowledge of the Universe, our true origin, and our way back to the Source (God).
The following excerpt is the story of creation, as told to the scribe of the God’s himself, Thoth-Hermes Trimegustus. This is the story which seeded all forms of current theological creation mythologies. In case readers of this are not aware, the relativity of time and the intentional alteration of language have both obstructed the nature of our true history and have since warped many stories together. This lead to an interweaving of fact with fiction, the stars with humanity and the covering up the names of the old (Gods) with newer names relevant to that of the particular Age, language and heritage newly inheriting the archetypal wisdom for themselves.

THOTH
“Mind (as well as metals and elements) may be transmuted, from state to state; degree to degree; condition to condition; pole to pole; vibration to vibration. True Hermetic Transmutation is a Mental Art.” — The Kybalion.

Thoth is where we get the word, “thought” from; which should give you a hint as to where the etymology might stem from.
Thoth’s other names include Djehuty, Jehuti, Tahuti, Tehuti, Zehuti, Techu, or Tetu, Lord of the Khemenu. One of Thoth’s titles, “Three times great, great” was translated to the Greek (Trismegistos) making Hermes Trismegistus.
Thoth was considered one of the more important deities of the Egyptian pantheon, often depicted with the head of an Ibis. It was also stated that Astennu was merely another aspect of Thoth, as the god could take the form of a baboon. He was one of four baboons who stood around the lake of fire at the place of judgement in Duat, and consequently associated with Utennu.
He appears in spell 17 of the Book of the Dead. The name Astennu means the moon – which may be part of why the ibis-headed deity is commonly seen with a lunar disk.
Here we again we see Hermes standing on the back of the divine serpent of wisdom, illustrating his power over ignorance.
HERMES TRIMEGISTUS
Hermes Trismegistus (Greek for “Hermes the thrice-greatest” or Mercurius ter Maximus in Latin, is the syncretism of the Greek god Hermes and the Egyptian Thoth. In Hellenistic Egypt, the god Hermes was given as epithet the Greek name of Thoth. He has also been identified with Enoch. The name Hermes is derived from “Herm,” a form of CHiram, the Personified Universal Life Principle, generally represented by fire. The Scandinavians worshiped Hermes under the name of Odin; the Teutons as Wotan, and certain of the Oriental peoples as Buddha, or Fo.
Master of all arts and sciences. perfect in all crafts, Ruler of the Three Worlds, Scribe of the Gods, and Keeper of the Books of Life, Thoth Hermes Trismegistus–the Three Times Greatest, the “First Intelligencer”–was regarded by the ancient Egyptians as the embodiment of the Universal Mind. While in all probability there actually existed a great sage and educator by the name of Hermes, it is impossible to extricate the historical man from the mass of legendary accounts which attempt to identify him with the Cosmic Principle of Thought.
Both Thoth and Hermes were gods of writing and of magic in their respective cultures. Thus the Greek god of interpretive communication was combined with the Egyptian god of wisdom as a patron of astrology and alchemy. In addition, both gods were psychopomps, guiding souls to the afterlife. The majority of Greeks as well as Romans, did not accept Hermes Trismegistus in the place of Hermes and the two gods remained distinguished from one another.

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