Hephaestus. The lame god.
Harmattan| N° d'inventaire | 19306 |
| Format | 13.5 x 21.5 |
| Détails | 167 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Condé-sur-Noireau, 2015 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | |
Whether he is the son of Hera or the son of Zeus, Hephaestus is a deity who symbolizes both the fire of the Earth and the fire of Heaven. His parents did not throw him out of Olympus without reason, and he does not return there accompanied by Dionysus without it having a meaning. If he is the patron of the Cyclopes, he is also the lover of the Earth, with which he gives birth to Erichthonius. His marriage to Aphrodite is just as symbolic and makes us understand that fire and love are two forces that Zeus uses to order the world. By following his transformation, we can better understand his father's politics and his mother's interventions on the initiatory level. Homer gives us a rather reductive image, and we must go beyond it if we want to understand what the bards hid behind their legends. Gilbert Andrieu continues his journey through myths to approach life, the life that reason hides from us because it refuses to take into account our deep and personal reactions. From legend to legend, he learns to look at the world and man appears to him here as matter animated by a fire that does not depend only on the Sun. How could he not take myths for a teaching that the university does not dare to approach on a symbolic level? The truth is not only the fruit of our thoughts, it becomes urgent to take our intuitions into account. A retired university professor, Gilbert Andrieu, in search of a better knowledge of himself and seduced by the richness of mythology, strives to share his symbolic approach to legends. Athletics coach, yoga and meditation enthusiast, musician, he combines this second-degree reading with his own experiences, both sporting, musical and spiritual.
Whether he is the son of Hera or the son of Zeus, Hephaestus is a deity who symbolizes both the fire of the Earth and the fire of Heaven. His parents did not throw him out of Olympus without reason, and he does not return there accompanied by Dionysus without it having a meaning. If he is the patron of the Cyclopes, he is also the lover of the Earth, with which he gives birth to Erichthonius. His marriage to Aphrodite is just as symbolic and makes us understand that fire and love are two forces that Zeus uses to order the world. By following his transformation, we can better understand his father's politics and his mother's interventions on the initiatory level. Homer gives us a rather reductive image, and we must go beyond it if we want to understand what the bards hid behind their legends. Gilbert Andrieu continues his journey through myths to approach life, the life that reason hides from us because it refuses to take into account our deep and personal reactions. From legend to legend, he learns to look at the world and man appears to him here as matter animated by a fire that does not depend only on the Sun. How could he not take myths for a teaching that the university does not dare to approach on a symbolic level? The truth is not only the fruit of our thoughts, it becomes urgent to take our intuitions into account. A retired university professor, Gilbert Andrieu, in search of a better knowledge of himself and seduced by the richness of mythology, strives to share his symbolic approach to legends. Athletics coach, yoga and meditation enthusiast, musician, he combines this second-degree reading with his own experiences, both sporting, musical and spiritual.