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==Messenger of Knowledge==

In the Greek tradition, Hermes is the messenger of the gods, the one who conveys all the knowledge and wisdom of the gods to the other gods and to human kind, and even into hell.Hermes is also a symbol of that force of divinity that guides those who have died; he guides the dead to their next residence. He also guides souls out of the lower realms. This symbolism represents someone who is dying mystically, psychologically, someone who is sacrificing himself, and destroying and removing all that is impure and animal in order to be reborn as something new. Mercury, Hermes is the one who facilitates that process of thorough change. Hermes is the messenger of divine trinity, the one who conveys the Word. As such, Hermes is able to travel anywhere in the cosmos. He is one of the few in Greek mythology that could enter and leave hell at will. [[Mercury (Hermes)]] represents an aspect of ourselves, an aspect of the Divine Being, of true divinity, a living, vibrating, actual force in nature that the Alchemist learns to work with. [[Mercury (Hermes)]] is a Principle of alchemy that lives inside of us. The sacred number of Hermes is the number four.

==Herma==