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Hermes Trismegistus

Aspect of Hermes, identified with the ancient Egyptian god Thoth, and supposed author of the Hermetica (2nd–3rd centuries AD), a body of writings expounding a Hellenistic mystical philosophy (Hermetism) in which the Sun is regarded as the visible manifestation of God.
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