In
Search of Hermes / Mercury

Books
for Digging Much Deeper into the spirit of Hermes
The
Inner Planets: Building Blocks of Personal Reality -
Howard Sasportas and Liz Greene at Amazon
For those folks mostly interested in astrological Mercury, this is my most
traditional reading suggestion. Focus of the book is on the astrological planets
of Mercury,
Venus,
and Mars
looked
at from
an
archetypal
perspective.
Hermes,
Guide of Souls Karl Kerenyi at Amazon
The Greek mythology of Hermes written by my all time personal favorite mythologist.
This is not written from an astrological perspective.
Eternal
Hermes: From Greek God to Alchemical Magus -
Antoine Faivre at Amazon
Absolutely fascinating (albeit a wee bit scholastically mind-numbing for the
average reader) book on Hermes the shape-shifter in all of his many forms down
through the ages. Draws upon rare books and esoteric manuscripts on Hermes,
the Hermetic tradition, and explores the mysterious figure of Hermes Trismegistus.
Faivre is thought by many of his peers to be one of the top academic scholars
in the field of esoterism. Again, this extraordinary book is not written from
an astrological perspective. If it's too expensive at Amazon, then try to
find it at the library.
Hermes
and His Children -
Rafael Lopez-Pedraza at Amazon
Warning: this book was written primarily for Jungian therapists back in 1967.
While recommendation is primarily reserved for dyed-in-the-wool Jungian psychology
fans - there are, nevertheless, tidbits of fascinating ideas and insights that
you are unlikely to encounter anywhere else. This is not written from an astrological
perspective. Again, if too expensive at Amazon, try to find it at the library.
Gnosis
and Hermeticism from Antiquity to Modern Times This volume introduces what
has sometimes been called "the third component
of western culture." It traces the historical development of those religious
traditions which have rejected a world view based on the primacy of pure
rationality or doctrinal faith, emphasizing instead the importance of inner
enlightenment
or gnosis: a revelatory experience which was typically believed to entail
an encounter with one's true self as well as with the ground of being, God. The contributors
to this book demonstrate this perspective as fundamental to a variety
of interconnected traditions. In Antiquity, one finds the
gnostics and hermetics; in the Middle Ages several Christian sects. The
medieval Cathars can, to a certain extent, be considered part of the
same tradition. Starting with the Italian humanist Renaissance, hermetic
philosophy became of central importance to a new religious synthesis
that can be referred to as Western Esotericism." The development
of this tradition is described from Renaissance hermeticists and practitioners
of spiritual alchemy to the emergence of Rosicrucianism and Christian
theosophy in the seventeenth century, and from post-enlightenment aspects
of Romanticism and occultism to the present-day New Age movement.
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