Hera Enlightened
The Throne Between Realms
Poetry is a language of Aletheia, revealing truth from the liminal space where the divine meets the mortal. Alongside music and art, poetry transcends metaphysics and calculative thought, becoming a final frontier for what lies beyond.
Through myth, we communicate "beyond the gods," navigating the liminal to glimpse the heavens. This poetic and mythological lens moves us beyond Husserl’s phenomenology of consciousness toward Heidegger’s heralding of Being.
Mythic poetry seeks to transcend the confines of subjective and objective thought. It stands before Being, open to grace and the gifts it bestows. By drawing allegories of “the gods,” from their universal archetypes, I aim to reframe them, seeking the liminal, where the light of “God” may be revealed.
My spiritual journey unfolded three understandings of Being in the world. The first was divine love with redeemed “laughter-loving” Aphrodite as the embodied archetype. The second was divine wisdom, guidance, and intellect with redeemed “grey-eyed” Athena as the embodied archetype. The third was Divine Order with “ox-eyed” Hera as the embodied archetype of royalty and majesty. My mythic poetry emerges from a Catholic mind interpreting Being as God has revealed it to me through stories and myths.
Hera Enlightened
The Throne Between Realms
Enlightened Hera, majesty enthroned
The empress reigning in the space between
Arrayed in precious jewels all around
Your crown of glowing stars for all to see
No longer angry, jealous, anxious eyes
Queen Hera, in the middle spaces reigns
Immortal but still bound in time you find
That Being flows across the breezy plains
All wise, O Hera, yet you cannot know
In hiding, Being clears what angels see
The purity of night unseen yet gleams
You rule between with grace and majesty
To Hera mortals look for shimmers ‘round
The gleaming night in purity resounds
Beyond the realm where Hera’s power rules
The light beyond the middle space is found
©Walter Emerson AdamsEnjoy this video presentation of Hera Enlightened. The presentation of Hera’s royal majesty is a key element of my spiritual journey told not through a religious lens but through my experience of Being in the enigmatic liminal space where God works mysteries of grace. Many years ago, the Holy Spirit’s majesty, wisdom, and divine love overwhelmed me. Understood through my Catholic lens, this transformation in my Being came through the loving care of St. Joan of Arc who gleamed in a hidden light in the pure night of faith. With Joan’s guidance I looked beyond metaphysics to that light. The aurora gleaming around Joan’s Being reflected Hera’s mythological archetype as majestic power and royal might. This reflection transformed me in the heart of St. Joan through my now enriched and empowered Catholic spirituality.
This is an important chapter in my story of Being, recounting the journey through the liminal space. You can read the religious account on my Walter Emerson Adams page, my About page, and Is this for you? Here, however, is my story as confronting Being in the liminal.
This is a “power” version, so ear buds and a respectable volume will help!
Lyrics by Walter Emerson Adams. Music and vocals by Suno. ©Walter Emerson Adams.