ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to shed some light on the place of the hidden, transcosmic god in the corpus of philosophical and sacred writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus. True notions of god, are hidden to the unaided intellect in the Hermetic scheme, and the assistance of a teacher is necessary for attaining any knowledge of the divine. The definitions of god as stated reflect the paradoxical, hidden nature of the transcendent Hermetic divinity, an idea to be examined in more depth when the secrecy of Hermetic ideas examined. God is considered completely concealed from the uninitiated, and progressively less hidden the further a Hermetic pupil would pursue his study. A god, who is simultaneously everywhere and nowhere is almost by definition hidden from normal perception, and according to Hermetic beliefs, must be revealed through diligent study and divine contemplation, as instructed by a master.
