>>10696367Hermes can be thought of as the God voice in bicameralism. Hermes (who is also variously known as Atlantiades, Thoth, Enoch, Mercury), the messenger of the gods or “god of travelers/boundaries”, literally means “heap of stones, boundary marker” or “breath, wind, life.” The duality from which this reference stems is life and death – the heap of stones at a gravesite that stands at the threshold between the material and spiritual. The word hermaphrodite, which shares the same root, is characterized by having attributes of both sexes – a literal manifestation of a higher level integration of the anima/animus.
Similarly, Shiva and counterpart Parvati/Kali/Shakti were originally a merged entity known as Ardhanarishvara. When rejoined and reconcile, they reside back in the heart center.
Human consciousness is related to the balancing and flow of subtle energy currents. The Shakti of Shiva actively revolves around the Shiva lingham, the neutral rod of the caduceus.
Hermes is like the other half of your mind, the unconscious mind, i.e your anima/animus (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anima_and_animus), or your psyche. These two parts are always in a dialogue with each other; this is most noticeable in hypnagogic states and in your dreams.
That dynamic is best visualized as the Yin-Yang symbol: a little bit of the conscious male embedded in a shell of unconscious female, and vice versa.
The relationship between you and your mate is actually comprised of four parts: the male conscious and his female unconscious, the female conscious, and her male unconscious.
This is the 'hieros gamos'
