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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... winged footprints of Hermes , as Hillman and Michael Ventura shoot one - liners and barbed ideas back and forth at each other in an effort to move psychology off its self - centeredess ( what Hillman calls " Me oh My " ) and out into ...
... winged footprints of Hermes , as Hillman and Michael Ventura shoot one - liners and barbed ideas back and forth at each other in an effort to move psychology off its self - centeredess ( what Hillman calls " Me oh My " ) and out into ...
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... ( winged heels , winged thoughts ) over rocks and thorndried brush - covered digs to show the students who usually were not the actual Institute students but followers of his way of opening the Greek world— including Malta and Sicily . He ...
... ( winged heels , winged thoughts ) over rocks and thorndried brush - covered digs to show the students who usually were not the actual Institute students but followers of his way of opening the Greek world— including Malta and Sicily . He ...
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... winged hat and shoes , holds the Dionysian vessel of Silenos in his hand . They have exchanged roles , and this was allowed be- cause at bottom , where Hermes is merely a Kabeiros , they have one and the same function : the conjuring of ...
... winged hat and shoes , holds the Dionysian vessel of Silenos in his hand . They have exchanged roles , and this was allowed be- cause at bottom , where Hermes is merely a Kabeiros , they have one and the same function : the conjuring of ...
Contents
Preface to the 1995 Edition | 7 |
A Prefatory Note | 23 |
The Hermes Idea | 29 |
Copyright | |
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