In the first volume of The Egyptian Arch-Gnosis, J. van Rijckenborgh outlines the fundamental state of man on the basis of the Tabula Smaragdina and the first two books of the Corpus Hermet-icum. Mankind is bound to temporariness, while eternity is its destination. The reader will become aware of the Meer...great potential of man as a microcosm. The clarifications of the texts ignite the knowledge of the heart and lead towards insight in the eternal wisdom inherent to the Hermetic texts.