The Secret Hymnody of Hermes
from the Corpus
Hermeticum, XIII : 18
'Ai dunameiV 'ai en
emoi
'Umneite to en kai to pan
Sunaisate twi*qelhmati
mou
Pasai 'ai en emoi
dunameiV
GnwsiV 'agia fwtisqeiV
apo sou
Dia sou to nohton fwV 'umnon
Cairw en cairai nou
Pasai dunameiV 'umneite
sun emoi
*iota subscript
O Powers within me,
hymn the One and the All:
chant in harmony with my will,
all ye Powers within me!
Holy Gnosis, illuminated by thee.
through thee I hymn the light of thought,
I rejoice in the joy of the mind.
All ye Powers, chant with me!
For more information on the Hymnody, see the Astrum Sophia site,
under
'Related Esoterica' at http://www.ogdoadic.net.