Hermes was the Olympian god of herds, trade, heralds, athletes and thieves. This page describes the god's various divine roles and privileges including animal husbandry, heralds, birds of omen, thieves and trickery, trade and merchants, language and wile
In the Odyssey, Hermes assists his great-grandson, the main character Odysseus, by telling him what happened to his friends, whom Circe’s power caused to turn into animals. Hermes advised Odysseus to take a magic herb and chew it to protect himself. He also informed Calypso of Zeus’s...
As a god, Poseidon possessed very few tangible weaknesses. The most prominent was his comparatively limited influence. He had no power over the air or land besides being able to cause earthquakes, and if he intruded into those realms, it would draw the ire of whatever other god held sway t...
The intelligent god came down to earth to see if the cows had left any tracks from their hooves. But when he looked for tracks to follow, Apollo, found none! It was almost as if the Oxen had just vanished out of thin air. This is impossible, he thought, who has the power to make...
Great Hermes, god of the gambler, god of the game, whose hand we see in the rise and fall of great menand great nations, granter of luck and guide ofheedless chance, your keen eye sees what mortals cannot.I praise and honor you, I thank you for your blessings.Silver-tongued Hermes,...
Hermes was the Olympian god of herds, trade, heralds, athletes and thieves. This page describes benefactions bestowed by the god on men and women in myth. The most famous of these stories include the assistance he gave Odysseus in his encounter with the
What was daring about Ficino’s prescriptions were his use of magical talismans, a practice condemned by the Church Fathers. In Ficino’s time it was still possible to advocate a “good,”“natural” magic that employed the beneficent forces of the anima mundi, or “soul of the world,...
Great Hermes, god of the gambler, god of the game, whose hand we see in the rise and fall of great men and great nations, granter of luck and guide of heedless chance, your keen eye sees what mortals cannot. I praise and honor you, I thank you for your blessings. Silver-tongued ...
And my research showed me that the Tarot did not stem from ancient Egypt, as was commonly claimed at the time; also, that Pamela Coleman Smith was the principal designer of the Waite Smith Tarot, not Waite. The truth in what I was saying and writing won out, in time, and the ...
You can become agitated, frustrated, and have a lack of understanding of what is happening to you. That is because you have never experienced it in the physical body so it becomes extremely challenging to be able to ascertain what is occurring for you. And, rightly so. The worst thing you...