Hermes Guide of SoulsKarl Kerényi presents here a beautiful, authoritative study of the great god Hermes whom the Greeks revered as Guides of Souls. Chapters on Hermes and Night, Hermes and Eros, and Hermes and the goddesses illuminate the complex role of Hermes in classical mythology, while also providing an archetypal background for the guiding of souls in psychotherapy. A vital contribution both to the study of the classics and the therapy of the soul. |
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Page 47
... Hecate , too , as well as Hermes , may transport souls ( both being guard- ians of the underwofld ) , and she is also an angelos . Iris , too , has a connection to this Goddess , which is established by the pres- ence of her cult on the ...
... Hecate , too , as well as Hermes , may transport souls ( both being guard- ians of the underwofld ) , and she is also an angelos . Iris , too , has a connection to this Goddess , which is established by the pres- ence of her cult on the ...
Page 115
... Hecate ( Theog . 444 ) , and it is just these two who belong most obviously to one another . Of all the classical manifestations of the primordial Great Goddess who called Hermes into the world as the prototype of the secret lover , Hecate ...
... Hecate ( Theog . 444 ) , and it is just these two who belong most obviously to one another . Of all the classical manifestations of the primordial Great Goddess who called Hermes into the world as the prototype of the secret lover , Hecate ...
Page 129
... Hecate , as Rhea Kybele ( the Near Eastern form of the primal Artemis ) , as Demeter , as Persephone . As was already pointed out , there are many reasons for identifying the mythologem that was told about her with the sacred story of ...
... Hecate , as Rhea Kybele ( the Near Eastern form of the primal Artemis ) , as Demeter , as Persephone . As was already pointed out , there are many reasons for identifying the mythologem that was told about her with the sacred story of ...
Contents
Preface to the 1995 Edition | 7 |
A Prefatory Note | 23 |
The Hermes Idea | 29 |
Copyright | |
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