The book offered to the reader is the most complete to date critical edition of the texts of the legendary Hermes Trismegistus - the founder of Hermeticism and science of ancient Egypt. In addition to the texts traditionally included in such collections, this edition includes the "Strasbourg cosmogony", texts relating to the Egyptian god Thoth before his identification with Hermes, and some works of so-called "low Hermeticism", attributed to Hermes Trismegistus himself. "Emerald Tablet", "Trutina Hermes", fragments of "Medical Astrology", "Coiranid" and "Hundred Aphorisms", as well as an extensive section, including the works of the largest researchers of the Hermetic tradition - F. F. Zelinsky, L. Menara, A. Fashionista, G. Jonas, R. Genona, B. A. Turayeva, M. Vertelo, L. Massignon, L. Thorndike et al .