The figure which guides the soul at times of INITIATION
and transition; a function traditionally ascribed to Hermes in
Greek MYTH for he accompanied the souls of the dead and was able
to pass between polarities (not only death and life, but night and
day, heaven and earth). In the human world the priest, shaman,

medicine man and doctor are some who have been recognised as
fulfilling the need for spiritual guidance and mediation between sacred
and secular worlds. Jung did not alter the meaning of the word
but he used it to describe the function of the ANIMA AND ANIMUS in
connecting a person with a sense of his ultimate purpose, calling or
destiny; in psychological terms, acting as a go-between connecting
EGO and UNCONSCIOUS (see SELF).
See MANA PERSONALITIES.