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Sophia Perennis The Golden Verses of Pythagoras by Fabre DOlivet Translated by Louise Redfield Nayan
Antoine Fabre dOlivet December 8 1767-March 25 1825 was a French author poet and composer whose biblical and philosophical hermeneutics in?uenced many occultists such as Eliphas Lévi and Gerard Encausse Papus and René Guénon. DOlivet spent his life pursuing the esoteric wisdom concealed in the Hebrew scriptures Greek philosophy and the symbolism of many ancient cultures as far back as ancient India Persia and Egypt. His writings are considered classics of the Hermetic tradition. His best known works today are his research on the Hebrew language The Hebraic Tongue Restored his translation and interpretation of the writings of Pythagoras The Golden Verses of Pythagoras and his writings on the sacred art of music. In addition to the above works Hermetica has published in consistent facsimile format for its Collected Works of Fabre dOlivet series Cain and The Healing of Rodolphe Grivel as well as Hermeneutic Interpretation of the Origin of the Social State of Man and the Destiny of the Adamic Race. DOlivets mastery of many ancient languages and their literatures enabled him to write in the time of Napoleon this extraordinary text which remains a landmark investigation of the deeper esoteric undercurrents at work in the history of culture. The Golden Verses of Pythagoras so remarkable for their moral elevation and standing as the most beautiful monument of antiquity raised in honor of Wisdom were originally transcribed by Lysis though it is to Hierocles that we owe the version that has come down to us. Fabre dOlivet has translated them into French verse of special form eumolpique and in his Discourse upon the Essence and Form of Poetry in the present volume he explains and illustrates this melodious style. In his Examinations of the Golden Verses which comprises the last division of this book he has drawn with the power of his great mind the metaphysical correlation of Providence Destiny and Will.show more