The Hermes Institute’s objectives are:
a) The study and investigation of social sciences from an interdisciplinary point of view
b) The organization of workgroups, lectures, national and international scientific conventions on the themes mentioned above leading to the publication of the results of this work
c) The writing and dissemination of a training program and promulgation of symbolic anthropology, i.e. anthropology which is linked to the symbolic dimension of man and its ensuing application in order to link what is considered sacred in each culture.
d) The promotion of the application of this program and, in particular, the investigation on the different aspects of towns and man-made sites linked to this symbolic dimension.
e) The promotion of study and symbolic thought in all cultures as a distinctive element of the human race, both from an individual’s point of view and seen as a whole.
f) The application of these investigations in various fields such as the business world, management consulting, the direction and organization of the human factor as well as training programs in general.
Its activities are the following:
1. The organization of diverse Conventions, Conferences, Lectures, Seminars and Publications in the afore-mentioned subjects
2. The organization of field trips like those taken to the major venues of Antiquity : the Mayan civilization in Copan (Honduras), the Greek civilization (in Athens, Arcadia and Olympus in Greece and Turkey), the Paleolithic period (Atapuerca, Cantabria in Spain), the Egyptian civilization.
3. The dissemination of these studies by various means of promulgation.
4. The constitution of workgroups to investigate specific themes.
Activities and news
Noticias internacionales del Instituto
Resumen de actividades del Instituto Hermes. Jornadas sobre Antropología de lo Sagrado (Portugal) Entrega de premios del IX Certamen de Literatura, organizado por el Instituto Hermes, y Celebración del XXIII Aniversario del Instituto Hermes (El Salvador) Actividades del Instituto Hermes en Granada (España)
Comunicación Saludable en Tel Aviv
Anat Sela
El Instituto Hermes de Israel impartió un taller sobre Comunicación Saludable en Tel Aviv.
Con los 90 asistentes al taller, buscamos palabras y expresiones que nos hacen encogernos, sentirnos pequeños y sin valor, y […]
Excavación en la Villa Romana de Salar- Granada
Es indudable que las diferentes actuaciones en la excavación de la Villa Romana de Salar, en 2019 se realizó la 4ª campaña, van consolidando la idea de que se trata de una zona de […]
PURPLE PLASTIC PENGUINS
Eli Mitrani
When I was a youngster, my father, a biology professor in profession, introduced me to the work of a man named Stewart Kauffman, ((Stuart Kauffman is one of the most outstanding theoretical biologists of complex biological systems. […]
Articles and publications
The Concept of Oikos in the Antiquity
José Morales
For studying the ancient world, it is necessary to study in depth some concepts that marked the behaviourof the human being in its social or political relationships. One of those fundamental concepts is […]
The ‘‘Divine Comedy’’
An Initiatory Journey to the Afterlife for Spiritual Realization in the World of the Living
Isabelle Ohmann
The Divine Comedy is a masterpiece of literature and a monument of thought, which inspired the West in the […]
Synchronization
A natural force enabling unity, coordination, and cooperation at all levels, from physical to complex human systems.
Ariel Daliot
Abstract: Synchronization is defined as the concerted operation or activity of several elements. I.e these elements communicate […]
Ocultamiento de lo sagrado a través de los cómics de la edad de oro en Estados Unidos de América
Jorge Hernán Valencia
Introducción
«Siempre que la rectitud decae y aumenta la injusticia, yo me manifiesto; y para la protección de los virtuosos, la destrucción de los viciosos y el restablecimiento de la rectitud, yo encarno […]