The Divine Pymander of Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus

The glory and splendour of Philosophy, is an endeavouring to understand the chief Good, as the

Fountain of all Good: Now how can we come near to, or find out the Fountain, but by making use of the

Streams as a conduct to it? The operations of Nature, are Streams running from the Fountain of Good,

which is God. I am not of the ignorant, and foolish opinion of those that say, The greatest Philosophers

are the greatest Atheists: as if to know the works of God, and to understand his goings forth in the Way of

Nature, must necessitate a man to deny God. The [Job 38 ] Scripture disapproves of this as a sottish

tenet, and experience contradicts it: For behold! Here is the greatest Philosopher, and therefore the

greatest Divine.

Read understandingly this ensuing Book (and for thy help thou mayest make use of that voluminous

[Hanbal Offeli Alabar] Commentary written upon it ) then it will speak more for its Author, than can be

spoken by any man, at least by me.

Thine in the love of Truth,

J.F.