Blessings of Hermes

By Lasa Limpin

This book was written over a twenty day period during the month of May. Every day I would wake up and write to Hermes. It was a life-changing experience. This is a book of poetry but it is also at its heart a book of prayers. If you are pagan, polytheist, or just a fan of Hermes you might be interested in this one author's experience of the Great God of Divine Messages.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lasa Limpin
• Release date: Jun 4, 2018
• ISBN: 9780463319116

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Blessings of Hermes

Lasa Limpin

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Muses, speak through me as I tell of Hermes son of Maia of the Pleiades

Hermes of the lion, of the sheep, your mother bore you on Mount Kyllene

Baby Hermes you are all stealth

With little curls and grasping fingers

You crawl out of your mother’s cave and head for sheep

Steal the sheep, little Hermes, hide them away. Keep the dogs silent

Little friend who makes the lyre

Nurtured by the Horai

The seasons bless you

With spring flowers, good pastures, and well-ordered time

Eirene, Dike, Eunomia

Tickle your belly with finger tips, and under your feet

Your mother looks on, smiling, she of the golden star

Sneak out, little baby

Round you go

To Iris, Aphrodite, and the nymphs

Each in turn

Took you up

And held you to her breast

From there you drank

From all the lovely goddesses

Learning the art of stealing

Pandora, built by gods, given gifts

You especially, found delight in her making

You gave her keenness, bright intelligence, cunning

And loved her as you love the race of man

Never did you call for her subjection

But it is man’s curse to want to hurt her

Until they learn from you

Dearest Hermes

The clever art of loving without hate

You are father to Angelia, Eleusis, Hermaphroditos and Pan

Palaistra, Priapos, the Satyroi and Panes

The Oreiades call you father, their mother the Nymphai

You are lion, goat, sheep and dog

You are father to Abderos, Aithalides, Arabos and Bounos

Daphnis, Autolykos, Ekhion and Keryx

Euandros, Eurestes, Eudoros and Kaikos

Kephalos, Eurytos and Libys

Kydon, Myrtilos, Orion and Pharis

Phaunos, Polybos, Norax and Saon

You loved the goddesses Aphrodite, Brimo, Daeira and Peitho

Persephone, Hecate and Pipituna

You loved the nymphs Kermentis, Nymphe, Okyrrhoe, Oreiades

Penelopeia, Rhene, Sose and Tanagra

You loved the women Aglauros, Alkidamea, Antianeira and Akalle

Thronia, Theoboule and Polymele

Erytheia, Apemosyne, Aptale and Clytie

Chthonophyle, Eupolemia, Creusa and Iphthime

Khione, Khthonophyle, Libye and Phylodameia and lay with them

You loved the men Amphion, Crocus and Perseus and lay with them

The Thriai of Mount Parnassus

With heads of women and bodies of bees

To worship the Thriai is to worship you

They teach the art of prophecy

— day

Hermes of the Golden Blade

Argeiphontes

With you

My troubles are at rest

Like the hundred-eyed Argos

The tilt of your magic

Two snakes entwined

With you

I turn ill wind to luck

As Hermaphroditos

Sings of joy

And stands ready

To give aid

So his father, kindly Hermes

Friend of us

And Sweet Aphrodite

Lovely beyond understanding

Friend of us

Gives us joy

Blesses our homes

Calls our names

To join

In sacred rites

Hermes, God of Wonder

Races through the internet

At home inside the web

Of mind

And machine

Hermes God of Magic

From fools

Alchemists