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>I wouldn't recommend any single source in the first place.

I'll recommend a single source for hermetic philosophy: the Corpus Hermeticum.

Once you start researching Esoteric interpretations, and secret societies, you won't turn back.

I suggest you start with "The Kybalion", and "Hermetica: The Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius" http://www.amazon.com/Hermetica-Hermeticum-Asclepius-Translation-Introduction/dp/0521425433. This will give you a good base of understanding the source of mystery religions.

After reading these books you are going to need to decide on what your morals are, and what are your goals for learning the material? Are you learning to be wiser, and closer to God? Or to serve yourself? There are many schools and societies for both.

I have this edition, but interestingly, it seems to lack "Hermes Trismegistus, His First Book". The Copenhaver edition begins with "(Discourse) of Hermes Trismegistus: Poimandres". The edition which includes The First Book is called "The Divine Pymander". Both of these can be bought on Amazon.


"The Divine Pymander"
https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002ECE6GQ/internetsacredte


"Hermetica"
(Copenhaver Translation)
https://www.amazon.com/Hermetica-Hermeticum-Asclepius-Translation-Introduction-dp-0521425433/dp/0521425433/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1537562450

Thank you for posting this! A short note on bibliography: Mead's translation of Corpus Hermeticum is nice because it is free (link), but one of the best modern translations is the (non-free) one of Copenhaver (link) .

It's included here, along with many other discourses. I highly recommend it :)