Hermes & Hestia: The Tension of Opposites in Technological Life | Elizabeth Nelson | HITW 227

Become a member of the HITW Patreon community: http://patreon.com/howlinthewildernessHowling about Greek gods Hermes and Hestia and the remedy for what James Hillman called “Hermetic Intoxication” with depth psychologist, writer and teacher Elizabeth Eowyn NelsonElizabeth Éowyn Nelson, faculty at Pacifica Graduate Institute since 2003, has been a professional writer and editor for four decades. Dr. Nelson’s books include Psyche’s Knife (Chiron, 2012), The Art of Inquiry (Spring, 2005 & 2017), coauthored with Joseph Coppin, and The Art of Jungian Couple Therapy, coauthored with Anthony Delmedico (Routledge, 2025). “Any archetypal understanding of contemporary life must honor two gods, Hestia and Hermes, who are a very unlikely pair—though are paired in the western classical tradition. In our love affair with mobile digital life, we have been in a Hermetic frenzy, individually and culturally, for decades. I do not see it ending because we are fully invested in instantaneous communication—sending messages to each other at the speed of light. This is Hermes, the Greek god of communication and commerce (in the broad) sense who also is a trickster and thief.To counterbalance Hermetic frenzy we need Hestia, the goddess of the hearth. In fact, Hestia is the hearth, the center of the home, the one who dwells. Hestia also brings us back home to the body, to soma, to our embodied home on the earth. Since Hestia dwells, she also signifies patience, slowness, settling down, the part of us who longs to stop after too much activity. You might say that Hestia is necessary medicine, the divine remedy for too much Hermes.”— EON, “Hestia & Hermes: The Tension of Opposites in Mobile Digital LifeReferences:http://www.elizabethnelson-phd.comKarl Kerényi, Hermes Guide of SoulsBarbara Kirksey essay on Hestia in Facing the Gods (edited by James Hillman)Sherry Turkle, Alone Together: Why we expect more from technology and less from each other___________________________🔥 SUPPORT & SOUL WORKJoin the pack on Patreon: http://patreon.com/howlinthewildernessDepth Counseling with Brian James: http://brianjames.caArchetypal Men’s Coaching Program: http://brianjames.ca/fourinitiationsPersonal Myth Program: http://brianjames.ca/personalmythFollow me on Instagram: http://instagram.com/brianjames.soulworkHITW YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/@howlinthewildernessSend a donation via PayPal: http://paypal.me/brianjamessoulTags: carl jung, james hillman, archetype, hestia, hermes, greece, psychology, podcast