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Hermetica: Myths, Legends, Poems

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Experienced author & poet Paul Kiritsis is back with "Hermetica: Myths, Legends, Poems". A look at the ancient world, filled with the history and legends of how these ancient traditions came into being, and the mourning that due to certain circumstances, some of these ancient traditions and literature are lost. A deftly composed and compiled collection, "Hermetica: Myths, Legends, Poems" is a top pick for literature readers in general, and for community library collections catering to them. Teardrop: I hid your essence, that small bundle of boy, As the vowel in a harmonic minor, And floated it along the scale/ of my silent consonants-//Seducing midnight/with folk songs/Of love found/And love lost.//Warming her heart/with bittersweet words/That delivered us/As a teardrop/From her eye.

It's great to see this up and coming author produce a second collection of writing, "Hermetica: Myths, Legends, Poems" which builds on his first published work, "Origin".

Paul Kiritsis has more-than-ably managed to surge forward in his exploration of ancient tales and myths and clearly knows his stuff.

The first section of this current work is a mix of poetry that draws on his own personal experiences and life, finely interwoven with mythical language and themes.

This is finely complimented with a series of verse-drama, drawn from ancient Greek and Egyptian mythology, respun on Kiritsis' literary spinning wheel. He imbues these myths with his own creative twists and the imaginative retellings will no doubt delight any who love myth as much as Kiritsis clearly does.

This is a must read for anyone into the esoteric, hermetics or myth more generally.