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The Honey Trap: Understanding Pleasure and Embodiment in Gnosticism

In the Cave of the Nymphs, Porphyry saw the cosmos. Cicero preserved a secret genealogy: Eros, son of Hermes. Desire itself is Hermetic by lineage - the honey that draws us down is the same honey that preserves us through life and draws us back to the stars.

Melora M 29 Jun 2026 4 min read

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The Ram-Father

When Hermes begot Saos, the founding hero of Samothrace, with Rhene (the "sheep"), he certainly did so in the guise of a ram. - Karl Kerényi, Hermes, Guide of Souls

Melora M 29 Jun 2026 3 min read