Hermes ($\text{E}$)
Hermes is the faculty of Doing, Moving, and Executing. It is the “Hand” that shapes the world and the “Feet” that cross thresholds. Its primary function is to translate intention into actuality.
Detailed Specification: Hermes
Core Characteristics
- Axis Resonance: Relation ($\text{M} \leftrightarrow \Phi$). Hermes navigates the tension between Agency and Communion in action.
- Stance: “I do what is needed.”
- Function: Execution, communication, boundary-crossing, skill application.
- Somatic Signature: Hands ready/engaged, feet grounded but mobile, spine flexible.
Operational Dynamics
The Moving Function
Hermes bridges the gap between the inner world and outer reality.
- Agentic Action ($\text{E}:\text{M}$): Assertive, boundary-setting, distinct, force-application.
- Communal Action ($\text{E}:\Phi$): Connecting, harmonizing, exchanging, merging.
Shadow Risks (Faculty Capture)
- Isolation/Aggression (Fortress-Capture): Action that walls off or attacks. Rigid self-reliance.
- Enmeshment/Paralysis (Swarm-Capture): Action that placates or dissolves. Inability to act alone.
Training & Development
Hermes is trained through Volition and Skill.
- ACT Skill: Committed Action. Taking effective action guided by values, even in the presence of difficult thoughts or feelings.
- Skill Building: The repetitive practice that turns conscious incompetence into unconscious competence.
- Transition: Moving from “My habits run me” (Subject) to “I choose my actions” (Object).