The Guide Uncrossed
There is no myth of Charon being ferried. The Ferryman’s Post I looked for it. The stories tell us who Charon guides — the dead who have the coin, the souls who wander the shores if they don’t. But there is no story of Charon himself crossing. He is always at his post. He is the crossing, but never the crossed. Hermes moves freely between all worlds. He passes through boundaries without being bound by them. But Hermes is not the ferryman. He doesn’t carry you across — he shows you the way. ...