Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus
From Historia Deorum Fatidicorum.
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. MPH.