Hermes/Mercury resources for Gemini season & ***PRIDE***
Everything you need to celebrate our favorite "gay AF" deity, and to understand the hidden esoteric content in His Orphic hymns.
I’ve had a lot of new subscribers lately, so I thought I’d take this first weekend of Pride 2024 to collect and re-introduce all my work and resources on everyone’s favorite queer trickster god — Hermes!
Collected below you’ll find all my posts on this icon of fabulous feathered holy wise foolishness:
Written and audio versions of my translation The Orphic Hymn of Hermes (aka Hermes in his non-chthonic form)
Two commentaries on the Orphic Hymn of Hermes that give extensive background on both my translation choices and all the juicy esoteric content to be found in the hymn. Plus, the second commentary contains a link to a free talk on Hermes by my colleague Drew Levanti on the topic of Mercurial speech as a weapon of political dissent.
***Warning that the Second Commentary contains some NSFW images!***Combined translation and commentary on The Orphic Hymn of Chthonic Hermes (aka Hermes in his underworld, psychopomp form)
Translation and Audio Versions of the Orphic Hymn of Hermes
Commentaries on the Orphic Hymn of Hermes
Translation and Commentary on the Orphic Hymn of CHTHONIC Hermes
That’s it, folks! I’ve been deep in research and teaching mode lately, so stay tuned for the next translation drop in another week or two.
As always, I appreciate the heck out of you all. It’s only through your generosity that I’m able to continue to do this work. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
And 🏳️🌈Happy PRIDE!!!🏳️🌈
✨✨Kristin
Happy Pride to you too, Kristin! 🌈 Thank you for this round-up!