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 17
... lead- ing up to points through labyrinthine sentences and then exploding them onto the audience ( small as it was ) with inde- cipherable chalk marks representing Greek words on the blackboard . He not only spoke through the nose , but ...
... lead- ing up to points through labyrinthine sentences and then exploding them onto the audience ( small as it was ) with inde- cipherable chalk marks representing Greek words on the blackboard . He not only spoke through the nose , but ...
Page 20
... lead , but Hermes as leader is not quite right either . It means something more like to lead on . Hermes is the god who " leads you on . " Perhaps it is not the same in Hungarian , but in American English this means he is deceiving you ...
... lead , but Hermes as leader is not quite right either . It means something more like to lead on . Hermes is the god who " leads you on . " Perhaps it is not the same in Hungarian , but in American English this means he is deceiving you ...
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... lead you astray . They are bees - this is the solution of the riddle . For the ancients , bees have a maidenly quality . Moreover , bees " rejoice in swift wings , " as the text states . Their " heads " come up cov- ered with pollen ...
... lead you astray . They are bees - this is the solution of the riddle . For the ancients , bees have a maidenly quality . Moreover , bees " rejoice in swift wings , " as the text states . Their " heads " come up cov- ered with pollen ...
Contents
Preface to the 1995 Edition | 7 |
A Prefatory Note | 23 |
The Hermes Idea | 29 |
Copyright | |
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