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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... monument from the Museum of Smyrna . For on the condition that one credits it with a vital meaning , it speaks an intelligible lan- guage . Set into the lower portion of the mushroom - shaped phallic monument is a Herm . It shows the ...
... monument from the Museum of Smyrna . For on the condition that one credits it with a vital meaning , it speaks an intelligible lan- guage . Set into the lower portion of the mushroom - shaped phallic monument is a Herm . It shows the ...
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... monument ( a phallus monument ) was the primordial symbol of the Kabeirian and Hermetic ideas ; this symbol was offered by nature herself . The Kabeirian idea appeared among the ancient Mediter- ranean peoples , pre - Greek peoples of ...
... monument ( a phallus monument ) was the primordial symbol of the Kabeirian and Hermetic ideas ; this symbol was offered by nature herself . The Kabeirian idea appeared among the ancient Mediter- ranean peoples , pre - Greek peoples of ...
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... monument , herma , from which the name of the God stems , corresponds phonetically to the Latin sermo , " speech " or any verbal " exposition . " 158 The word herma , which in the Greek does not have this meaning , does however form the ...
... monument , herma , from which the name of the God stems , corresponds phonetically to the Latin sermo , " speech " or any verbal " exposition . " 158 The word herma , which in the Greek does not have this meaning , does however form the ...
Contents
Preface to the 1995 Edition | 7 |
A Prefatory Note | 23 |
The Hermes Idea | 29 |
Copyright | |
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according ancient antiquity Aphrodite Apollo Artemis aspect of Hermes belongs Bollingen cattle child chthonic classical tradition connection cult dark dead death Demeter Dionysian Dionysos divine Eitrem epithet Eranos Eros essence father feminine gift Goddess Gods golden Greeks & Romans grosse Daimon guide of souls Hades Hecate Hermes idea Hermetic hero Herodotus Hesiod Hillman Homeric Hymn Hymn to Hermes Iliad immortal ithyphallic journey Jung-Kerényi Kabeirian Kabeiroi Karl Kerényi Kasmilos Kyllenic Lake Boibeis lecture life-source lyre Maia masculine meaning Mercurius merely messenger monument mother mysteries myth mythologem mythology nature night nymphs Odyssey Olympian original Otto Pauly-Wissowa Persephone Phaiakian phallic phallus poet Polymele possesses primal primordial psyche psychopomp Realenc reality realm Religion revealed sacred Samothrace shameless Silenoi song speaks spirit symbol theft thief thieving things Thomas Mann tion Titanic translation underworld vase vase-painting Werkausg winged words world of Hermes Zeus Zürich