Emerald Tablet
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The Emerald Tablet is a legendary Hermetic text attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, famed for its cryptic aphorisms on alchemy and the unity of the cosmos.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Emerald Tablet canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2282969 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Emerald Tablet Context triple: [Hermeticism, associatedWithText, Emerald Tablet]
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A.
Enneads
Enneads is the foundational collection of philosophical writings by Plotinus that systematizes Neoplatonism and profoundly influenced later Western and Islamic thought.
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B.
De arte cabalistica
De arte cabalistica is a seminal 16th-century work by Johannes Reuchlin that introduces and systematizes Kabbalistic thought within a Christian theological and philosophical framework.
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C.
Ennead of Heliopolis
The Ennead of Heliopolis is a group of nine primordial deities in ancient Egyptian religion that formed the central creation myth and divine family of the city of Heliopolis.
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D.
De occulta philosophia libri tres
De occulta philosophia libri tres is a seminal 16th-century work by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa that systematizes Renaissance occult philosophy, integrating magic, astrology, and Christian Kabbalah.
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E.
Orphic Mysteries
The Orphic Mysteries were an ancient Greek religious movement centered on the mythical figure Orpheus, emphasizing personal salvation, purification rites, and a dualistic view of the soul’s imprisonment in the body.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Emerald Tablet Target entity description: The Emerald Tablet is a legendary Hermetic text attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, famed for its cryptic aphorisms on alchemy and the unity of the cosmos.
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A.
Enneads
Enneads is the foundational collection of philosophical writings by Plotinus that systematizes Neoplatonism and profoundly influenced later Western and Islamic thought.
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B.
De arte cabalistica
De arte cabalistica is a seminal 16th-century work by Johannes Reuchlin that introduces and systematizes Kabbalistic thought within a Christian theological and philosophical framework.
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C.
Ennead of Heliopolis
The Ennead of Heliopolis is a group of nine primordial deities in ancient Egyptian religion that formed the central creation myth and divine family of the city of Heliopolis.
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D.
De occulta philosophia libri tres
De occulta philosophia libri tres is a seminal 16th-century work by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa that systematizes Renaissance occult philosophy, integrating magic, astrology, and Christian Kabbalah.
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E.
Orphic Mysteries
The Orphic Mysteries were an ancient Greek religious movement centered on the mythical figure Orpheus, emphasizing personal salvation, purification rites, and a dualistic view of the soul’s imprisonment in the body.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hermetic text
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alchemical text ⓘ esoteric work ⓘ legendary text ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hermetic philosophy
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Islamic alchemy ⓘ Latin alchemical tradition ⓘ |
| attributedTo |
Thoth
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surface form:
Hermes Trismegistus
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| authenticity | disputed ⓘ |
| commentedOnBy |
Isaac Newton
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Renaissance alchemists ⓘ medieval alchemists ⓘ |
| containsConcept |
emergence of all things from the One
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one thing ⓘ return of things to their source ⓘ three parts of the philosophy of the whole world ⓘ |
| describes |
philosopher's stone
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process of alchemical transmutation ⓘ relationship between heaven and earth ⓘ unity of spirit and matter ⓘ |
| famousFor |
cryptic aphorisms
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the phrase "as above, so below" ⓘ |
| field | Western esotericism ⓘ |
| genre | occult literature ⓘ |
| hasAuthor |
Thoth
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surface form:
Hermes Trismegistus
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| influenced |
Renaissance esotericism
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Rosicrucianism ⓘ Theosophy ⓘ Western alchemy ⓘ early modern occultism ⓘ modern Hermetic orders ⓘ |
| interpretedAs |
allegory of spiritual transformation
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guide to laboratory alchemy ⓘ |
| knownFrom | medieval manuscripts ⓘ |
| language |
Arabic
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Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ |
| length | short ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
alchemy
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correspondence between macrocosm and microcosm ⓘ transmutation ⓘ unity of the cosmos ⓘ |
| originPeriod | medieval period ⓘ |
| partOf |
Corpus Hermeticum
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surface form:
Hermetic corpus
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| preservedIn |
Arabic alchemical compilations
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Latin translations ⓘ |
| status | legendary ⓘ |
| textType | aphoristic prose ⓘ |
| tradition | Hermeticism ⓘ |
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Subject: Emerald Tablet Description of subject: The Emerald Tablet is a legendary Hermetic text attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, famed for its cryptic aphorisms on alchemy and the unity of the cosmos.
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