Dennis L Merritt

Hermes, Ecopsychology, and Complexity Theory Dennis L Merritt First edition

Ecopsychology and Complexity Theory: Hermes and the Cows
The Dairy Farmer's Guide to the Universe Volume III

An exegesis of the myth of Hermes stealing Apollo's cattle and the story of Hephaestus trapping Aphrodite and Ares in the act are used to set a mythic foundation for Jungian ecopsychology. Illustrates Hermes as the archetypal link to our bodies, sexuality, the phallus, the feminine, and the earth. Hermes' wand is presented as a symbol for ecopsychology. The appendices develop the argument for the application of complexity theory to key Jungian concepts, displacing classical Jungian constructs problematic to the scientific and academic community. Hermes is described as the god of complexity theory.

Appendices

A. Dynamic Systems Theory
B. Bootstrapping the Archetypes
C. Hermes as God of Dynamic Systems Theory
D. The Sacred Prostitute and the Erotic Feminine
E. The Black Goddess
F. Mercurius
G. The Alchemical Dictum of Maria Prophetissa
H. Archetypal Psychology and Aphrodite as the Soul of the World
I. The Human as an Embodied Robot
J. Dynamic Systems Theory and Human Development