The Work of Translation
Hermes does not teach that every road is the same. He teaches that every serious crossing requires a guide, a language, and the humility to know that one has not arrived.
The Tree, the Ladder, the Road, and the Labyrinth
A symbolic map does not tell us where the soul lives. It gives the soul a way to imagine where it must travel.
Hermes, Moses, and the Danger of Easy Universalism
Similarity is not proof that traditions are secretly identical. It is evidence that human beings keep encountering the same difficult questions.
Greek Paideia and the Christian School of the Soul
Christianity did not simply inherit Greek education or reject it. It argued with it, borrowed from it, baptized parts of it, and tried to turn its formative power toward another end.
Hermes Trismegistus
Hermes Trismegistus never existed as a single ancient sage. His influence is real because cultures often need a wise ancestor through whom knowledge can travel.
Hermes Before Hermeticism
Hermes does not become less clever when he receives an office. He becomes answerable for what cleverness is now allowed to do.
Hermes at the Crossroads
A six-part series on Greek Hermes, Hermes Trismegistus, Hermeticism, Greek education, early Christianity, Jewish and Kabbalistic traditions, and the shared human work of symbolic self-formation.