Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

--- text:hymns_of_hermes [2013/08/25 11:09] – created fredmond
+++ text:hymns_of_hermes [2014/01/15 11:57] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 G. R. S. Mead's Thrice-Greatest Hermes, 3 vols. (London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1906).
-====== The Hymns of Hermes: Corpus Hermeticum ======
+====== Hermes Trismegistus: The Hymns of Hermes ======
 THE SERVICE OF SONG
@@ Line 350: / Line 350: @@
             both All and One.
-            Ye Heavens open, and ye Winds stay still; and let God's Deathless Sphere receive my word! For I will sing the praise of Him who founded all; who fixed the Earth, and hung up Heaven, and gave command that Ocean should afford sweet water to the Earth, to both those parts that are inhabited, and those that are not, for the support and use of every man; who made the Fire to shine for gods and men for every act.
+            Ye Heavens open, and ye Winds stay still;
+            and let God's Deathless Sphere receive my word!
+            For I will sing the praise of Him who founded all;
+            who fixed the Earth, and hung up Heaven,
+            and gave command that Ocean should afford
+            sweet water to the Earth, to both those parts
+            that are inhabited, and those that are not,
+            for the support and use of every man;
+            who made the Fire to shine for gods and men for every act.
             Let us together all give praise to Him,
@@ Line 464: / Line 472: @@
             to offer incense and the rest.
-            "For naught is there of which He stands in need, in that He is all things and all are in Him. But let us worship, pouring forth our thanks. For this is the best incense in God's sight when thanks are given to Him by men" (ii, 388 ).
+            "For naught is there of which He stands in need,
+            in that He is all things and all are in Him.
+            But let us worship, pouring forth our thanks.
+            For this is the best incense in God's sight
+            when thanks are given to Him by men" (ii, 388 ).
 And so they begin their praise-giving, which for lack of a better title we may call "A Hymn of Grace for Gnosis."