Hermes Trismegistus: The One Teacher Who Influenced Moses, Plato, AND the CIA

In 1488, Hermes Trismegistus was carved into a cathedral floor as 'contemporary of Moses.' For 130 years, the greatest minds in Western history believed it. Then one scholar destroyed the claim but the ideas survived. Plato cited him. Newton spent a million words on his principles. A 1983 CIA document arrived at the same model of reality. #consciousness #hermestrismegistus #ciagateway TIMESTAMPS 0:00 The Name Carved Into a Cathedral Floor — The Investigation Begins 2:50 What Hermes Trismegistus Actually Was: Egypt Meets Greece 6:20 What Plato Actually Said About Egypt — The Primary Sources 10:00 The Year Everything Collapsed — And the Man Who Proved It Didn't Matter 14:30 What the CIA Document Actually Says — 1983 Classified Evidence 18:10 The Question Casaubon Could Not Answer — The Final Convergence SOURCE REFERENCES DECLASSIFIED GOVERNMENT SOURCE • McDonnell, Wayne M. 'Analysis and Assessment of the Gateway Process.' U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command. June 9, 1983. Document CIA-RDP96-00788R001700210016-5. Declassified 2003. Available: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docum... ANCIENT TEXT SOURCES • Corpus Hermeticum, Tractate I (Poimandres) and Tractate XI (Mind to Hermes). Written approx. 100-300 CE, Roman Egypt. Standard scholarly translation: Copenhaver, Brian P. (trans.). Hermetica: The Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius. Cambridge University Press, 1992. • Emerald Tablet. Oldest known Arabic version: Kitab Sirr al-Khaliq (Book of the Secret of Creation), attributed to Balinas/pseudo-Apollonius, 8th-9th century CE. First Latin translation: 12th century. Newton's English translation: c. 1680, King's College Library Cambridge, MS Keynes collection. MODERN CONSCIOUSNESS RESEARCH + SCHOLARSHIP • Plato. Phaedrus 274c-d (c. 370 BCE). Timaeus 22b (c. 360 BCE). Standard translation: Cooper, John M. (ed.). Plato: Complete Works. Hackett Publishing, 1997. • Davis, Whitney. 'Plato on Egyptian Art.' Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 65 (1979): 121-127. UC Berkeley. Argues Plato's Theory of Forms shows 'far-reaching and profound connections' with Egyptian metaphysical thought. • Assmann, Jan. The Search for God in Ancient Egypt. Cornell University Press, 2001. Argues 'pre-theoretical Platonism' in Egyptian priestly tradition. • Newton, Isaac. Translation of the Emerald Tablet. c. 1680. King's College Library, Cambridge University, MS Keynes collection. Also archived in part at University of Cambridge Digital Library. • Chymistry of Isaac Newton Project. Indiana University, supported by U.S. National Science Foundation. Documents Newton's approximately one million words on alchemy. Available: https://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/newton/ • Newton, Isaac. Occult studies: Wikipedia entry citing approximately 169 books on alchemy in Newton's personal library at death. Newton's alchemical manuscripts auctioned at Sotheby's 1936, major portion purchased by John Maynard Keynes, now at King's College Cambridge. • Keynes, John Maynard. 'Newton, the Man.' Lecture delivered 1946. Published in Newton Tercentenary Celebrations. Cambridge University Press, 1947. Quote: 'Newton was not the first of the age of reason. He was the last of the magicians.' • Casaubon, Isaac. De rebus sacris et ecclesiasticis exercitationes XVI. London, 1614. Demonstrated Corpus Hermeticum texts written in Koine Greek, post-dating Alexander the Great. • Yates, Frances A. Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition. University of Chicago Press, 1964. Standard scholarly work on Hermetic influence in the Renaissance. • Floyd, Keith. Quoted in CIA Gateway document (McDonnell 1983), Section 14. Quote: 'Contrary to what everyone knows is so, it may not be the brain that produces consciousness — but rather, consciousness that creates the appearance of the brain.'