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INITIATION IN THE HERMETICA I wanted to make the point that in the Hermetic texts, certain elements suggest that some originally empirical cultic performances had existed in these communities, such as a ritual meal, baptism or the drinking of a special drink, the life-giving ambrosial water; and that in all probability, these rituals were transformed into a symbolical, spiritual form. I think these ritual acts formed the Hermetic drömena, that is to say, the instruments of a symbolically interpreted and internalized cultic practice which led to the Hermetic initiation. BIBLIOGRAPHY BULL, Christian, H., The Tradition of Hermes Trismegistus: The Egyptian Priestly Figure as a Teacher of Hellenized Wisdom, Leiden, Brill, 2018. BousseT, Wilhelm, Kore Kosmu, in Paulys Real-Encyclopddie der classischen Altertumswissenschaften, Vol. 11/2. 1386-1391. BURKERT, Walter, Greek Religion, Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1985. BURKERT, Walter, Ancient Mystery Cults, Cambridge, Harvard University Press 1987. BUTLER, Rex, Sacramentum: Baptismal Practice & Theology Of Tertullian & Cyprian, The Journal for Baptist Theology & Ministry, 6/1 (2009), 8-24. BUCHLI, Jörg, Der Poimandres, ein paganisiertes Evangelium, Tübingen, Mohr-Siebeck, 1987. CAROZZI, P. A., Gnose et soteriologie dans la Kore Kosmou Hermetique, in Ries, Julien (ed.), Gnosticisme et monde hellénistique: actes du colloque de Louvain-la-Neuve, 11-14 mars 1980, édité par Julien Ries, Louvain, Peters Publishers, 1982, 61-78. CoLPE, Carsten — HOLZHAUSEN, Jens, Das Corpus Hermeticum Deutsch. Im Auftrag der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenscahften bearbeitet und herausgegeben von Carsten Colpe und Jens Holzhausen, Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt, frommann-holzboog, 1997. 2 Volumes. COPENHAVER, Brian, Hermetica (The Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius in a new English translation, with notes and introduction), Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1992. CosMoPouLos, Michael B. (ed.), Greek Mysteries: The Archaeology and Ritual of Ancient Greek Secret Cults, London-New York, Routledge, 2013. gebraucht worden sein. Diese Form hermetischer Organisation bietet sich uns als die wahrscheinlichste an; aber man muß natürlich damit rechnen, daß sie auch anders gewesen sein kann.” 8 27 Daróczi-Sepsi-Vassányi Initiation 155x240.indb 27 6 2020.06.15. 11:04:10
