72. Things upon Earth, do not advantage those in Heaven; bu… - Hermes Trismegistus

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72. Things upon Earth, do not advantage those in Heaven; but all things in Heaven do profit and advantage all things upon Earth.

Hermes Trismegistus
Corpus Hermeticum: The Divine Pymander

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Hermes Trismegistus is a legendary Hellenistic period figure that originated as a syncretic combination of the Greek god Hermes and the Egyptian god Thoth. He is the purported author of the Hermetica, a widely diverse series of ancient and medieval pseudepigraphica that laid the basis of various philosophical systems known as Hermeticism.

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Native Name: Ἑρμῆς ὁ Τρισμέγιστος

Alternative Names: Trismegistus

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72. Things upon Earth, do not advantage those in Heaven; but all things in Heaven do profit and advantage all things upon Earth. - Hermes Trismegistus

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