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Hermetica

Hermetica. The Ancient Greek and Latin Writings which Contain Religious or Philosophic Teachings Ascribed to Hermes Trismegistus, Vol. I. Scott, Walter, editor. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1924 (printing).

οὗτοι, πάντωΝ τῶν ἐπὶ γῆς πραγμάτων τὴν ἐξουσίαν κεκληρωμένοι, ⟨.... αἴτιοι δέ⟩ εἰσι καὶ τῶν ἐπὶ γῆς θορύβων, καὶ ποικίλην ταραχὴν ἐργάζονται καὶ κοινῇ ταῖς πόλεσι καὶ τοῖς ἔθνεσι καὶ ἰδίᾳ ἑκάστῳ. ἀναπλάττονται γὰρ καὶ ἀνθέλκουσι τὰς ψυχὰς ἡμῶν εἰς ἑαυτούς, ἐγκαθήμενοι ἡμῶν νεύροις καὶ μυελοῖς καὶ φλεψὶ καὶ ἀρτηρίαις [καὶ αὐτῷ τῷ ἐγκεφάλῳ], διήκοντες μέχρι καὶ αὐτῶν τῶν σπλάγχνων.