thirty quicksilver coins, a third of the stars fall from heaven, planet mercury scorched like icarus, odin gouged out an eye for wisdom, hermes brings wisdom from heaven

angels, moon, lunar, artemis, diana, tides, sky and sea, silver, lady wisdom

“so i, thrice-great hermes, the first of men to attain all-knowledge, have inscribed the secrets of the gods, in sacred symbols and holy hieroglyphs, on these stone tablets, which i have concealed for a future world that may seek our sacred wisdom.”