Inside Out

With dewdrops dripping,
I wish somehow I could wash
this perishing world
~ Basho

This cold winter night,
that old wooden-head buddha
would make a nice fire
~ Buson

"In Africa the Trickster we encounter goes by the name of Esu. Esu is a great satirist and is always blamed when life plays a trick on the African people. Esu is also great at exposing mans follies. In one story two farmers who live next to each other decide to make a pact that they will never argue with each other again since they are such good friends. One day Esu put on a hat that is black on one side and white on the other. He then walks between the two farmers. The farmers then proceed to argue about the color of the hat that Esu is wearing. After the have fought for a while Esu returns and shows them that they are both wrong about the hat. He turns the hat inside out and shows them that it is red.(p.54 Euba) Esu, both symbolically and through ridicule shows the farmers their error. Once again we see the trickster (either by example or by tricking humans) telling people not to become too full of themselves or think that they are somehow invulnerable in one way or another."
~ schoolworkhelper dot net

"For Carl Jung Hermes's role as messenger between realms and as guide to the underworld, made him the god of the unconscious, the mediator between the conscious and unconscious parts of the mind, and the guide for inner journeys. Jung considered the gods Thoth and Hermes to be counterparts.  In Jungian psychology especially, Hermes is seen as relevant to study of the phenomenon of synchronicity (together with Pan and Dionysus):

Hermes is ... the archetypal core of Jung's psyche, theories ...— DL Merritt

He is identified by some with the archetype of healer, as the ancient Greeks ascribed healing magic to him.

In the context of abnormal psychology Samuels (1986) states that Jung considers Hermes the archetype for narcissistic disorder; however, he lends the disorder a "positive" (beneficious) aspect, and represents both the good and bad of narcissism." ~ Wikipedia