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 62
... words springs from his divinity and is as merciless as Being itself . It is based on “ see- ing through . " Seeing through is divine . Greek tragedy offers its spectators a divine standpoint in that it allows them to participate in such ...
... words springs from his divinity and is as merciless as Being itself . It is based on “ see- ing through . " Seeing through is divine . Greek tragedy offers its spectators a divine standpoint in that it allows them to participate in such ...
Page 63
... words make that irony manifest , and if his violent deed helps to ful- fill that destiny . This is what Hermes does ... words ; it is compared to the impudent mocking songs that Greek youths would fling back and forth at one another . If ...
... words make that irony manifest , and if his violent deed helps to ful- fill that destiny . This is what Hermes does ... words ; it is compared to the impudent mocking songs that Greek youths would fling back and forth at one another . If ...
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... words : " Would I not , though , Apollo of distances ! Wrap me in chains three times the weight of these , come goddesses and gods to see the fun ; only let me be bestride the pale - golden one ! " ( Book VIII , 33942 ) That finding and ...
... words : " Would I not , though , Apollo of distances ! Wrap me in chains three times the weight of these , come goddesses and gods to see the fun ; only let me be bestride the pale - golden one ! " ( Book VIII , 33942 ) That finding and ...
Contents
Preface to the 1995 Edition | 7 |
A Prefatory Note | 23 |
The Hermes Idea | 29 |
Copyright | |
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