Der Unus-omnia Begriff im Hermetismus des Mittelalters

This paper analyses a peculiar tenet of Late Antiquity and Medieval Hermetism, namely, the Unus-Omnia and its theological and cosmological meaning. The author’s analysis of relevant passages of Asclepius and Poimander will show that God comes to be the cause of creation, the Gubernator mundi, the Father. Some Glosae super Trismegistum’s passages will show how the Unus-omnia concept was transferred to Christian theology and viewed from the perspective of pure ex- emplarism and creationism. Finally, the author will point out references to the cosmological meaning of the Unus-omnia in three Latin versions of the Emerald Tablet.