Previous Menu Next The Champions of Alchemy and the Principle Alchemists of Twelve Nations 1. Hermes Trismegistus, called the Greatest, an Egyptian. Mercurius, also called Heremes, was a king of Egypt. On account of his character, office, art and wisdom, he was the greatest of this times. He has described a variety of beautiful things, wonderful ones, too. With wisdom he explained the excellence of the chemical art. The father of the maritial union is the sun; The moon, however, is the mother. The third that directs it all must be the fire.