A Hermetic treatise on astrological mineralogy and botany — the influence of fifteen fixed stars on the powers of stones, plants, and engraved images
1 chapterPending translation
Tradition
Greek astrological Hermetica (Hellenistic; passed into Latin and Arabic transmissions through the Middle Ages). A foundational text for later Renaissance talismanic magic.
Translation
No public-domain English translation of the Greek fragments; the text passed into Latin and Arabic transmission and reached the Renaissance through the *Picatrix* (*Ghāyat al-Ḥakīm*) of pseudo-Maslama. Recommended editions: David Pingree, ed., *Picatrix: The Latin Version of the Ghāyat Al-Ḥakīm* (Studies of the Warburg Institute 39, London, 1986); David Pingree and Hellmut Ritter, eds., *Picatrix: Das Ziel des Weisen von Pseudo-Maǧrīṭī*, 2 vols. (Studies of the Warburg Institute 27, 1962-1986). For the Hermetic stratum proper see Charles Burnett, *Magic and Divination in the Middle Ages* (Variorum, 1996).
Translation pending. This book has a placeholder entry — its codex provenance is recorded so citations resolve, but no full English translation has been imported yet.