☤Hermean☤

Support with patience thy lot, be it what it may, and never repine at it. — Golden Verses of Pythagoras, 18

Vintage depiction of Hermes Source: oneletterwords.com

"The man who lives with the Gods is the one whose soul is constantly on display to them as content with its lot and obedient to the will of the guardian spirit, the fragment of himself that Zeus has granted every person to act as his custodian and command center. And in each of us this is mind and reason." Meditations, Marcus Aurelius, 5.27

"I adjure you by Hermes, by Anubis, by the roaring of Kerberos, by the serpent who guards the temple. " - The Letter of Isis to Horus.

Mercury Nymph and Bacchus MIKHAIL KOZLOVSKI

Hermes, Athena and Artemis, Italian rchaistic relief of the 1st cent. BCE

"God is that which is beyond all things and to which all things aspire ..." Proclus, The Elements of Theology Proposition 113

Mercury Takes Bacchus to be Brought up by Nymphs, Laurent de la Hyre, 1638, the Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.

"If a good man sacrifices to the gods and keeps them constant company in his prayers and offerings and every kind of worship he can give them, this will be the best and noblest policy he can follow." Plato, Laws 716d

Mercury Delivers the Infant Bacchus to the Nymphs Bénigne Gagneraux French ca. 1789–90

Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul? — Socrates

The soul that beholds beauty becomes beautiful. — Plotinus Bronze statue of Apollo from Pompeii. National Museum of Naples, Italy.

Hermes at the Pool Henry Tuke Scott

Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses. —Plato

The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful. —Plato

Khaire Hermes, master of animals

Khaire Hermes, bringer of dreams