Page 11 - Book of Crates

When I asked who this old man was, one answered me: “It is
Hermes Trismegistus, and the book that is in front of him is one of
those which contains the explanation of the secrets that is hidden from
men. Remember well everything that you see and retain everything that
you will read or hear, in order to describe it to those people similar to
you. But do not go beyond what will have been ordered of you, when
you will want to explain these things to them; it will be to act in their
interest and show you are benevolent to their situation.”

Here is what there was first of all: figures of circles, around which
there were inscriptions drawn thus:

The first firmament

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