The Seba library treats Palm in 9 passages, across 8 authors (including John of Damascus, Beekes, Robert, Jung, C. G. and Kerényi, C.).
this heaven which is held in the palm of God is also His throne, and the earth which is grasped in His hand is also the footstool beneath His feet
John of Damascus uses the palm as a theological metaphor for divine omnipotence and omnipresence, arguing that the palm-as-holding simultaneously signifies external cosmic control and interior indwelling of God in all created things.
, Saint John of Damascus Collection, 2016thesis
‘palm of the hand’ (also metaph.), ‘sole of the foot’ … Old word for ‘palm of the hand’, also found in Gm.: OHG tenar [m.], tenra [f.] ‘id.’
Beekes establishes the etymological antiquity of the Greek term for the palm of the hand, tracing it to a Proto-Indo-European root shared across Germanic languages, grounding the anatomical term in deep linguistic prehistory.
, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, 2010thesis
βαΐς [f.] ‘palm leaf’ (LXX, pap.) … From Eg. b’j, Copt. bai.
Beekes traces the Greek word for palm leaf to an Egyptian loanword, documenting the cultural transmission of palm symbolism from Egyptian into Greek religious and textual contexts.
, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, 2010supporting
the appearance of a pig … the moon-maiden whose second form was the pig … “coco-nut-palm branch”—for that is the meaning of the word “Hainuwele”
Jung and Kerényi interpret the mythological name Hainuwele as ‘coco-nut-palm branch,’ embedding the palm within a lunar mythologem of death, transformation, and the feminine archetype.
, Essays on a Science of Mythology: The Myth of the Divine Child and the Mysteries of Eleusis, 1949supporting
palm, 318 tree, 315
In the index of Alchemical Studies, Jung catalogues the palm and palm tree as distinct symbolic entries, signalling their presence within the alchemical symbolic lexicon alongside vegetal and cosmological imagery.
, Alchemical Studies, 1967supporting
I put my left index and middle fingers into the palm of her tightly closed left hand … I found my fingers microscopically pushing against the palm of her hand and curled fingers
Heller uses the palm as a somatic site of therapeutic contact and relational attunement, where the closed fist and the therapist’s pressure upon the palm become indices of developmental trauma and its potential resolution.
, Healing Developmental Trauma How Early Trauma Affectssupporting
notice the large lines on your palm … notice the shapes they make where they come together or diverge or intersect … notice how it continues into your palm
Harris deploys close attention to the palm’s lines and fingerprint patterns as a mindfulness exercise for defusion, anchoring psychological presence in the bodily detail of the hand’s surface.
, ACT Made Simple: An Easy-To-Read Primer on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, 2009supporting
The influence of “Orphic” ideas on 4.86 has been pointed out by A. Palm, Studien zur Hippokratischen Schrift
Dodds cites A. Palm as a scholarly authority on Orphic influence in Hippocratic dream theory, here functioning as a proper name rather than a symbolic register, yet contextually adjacent to the dream-soul discourse central to depth psychology.
, The Greeks and the Irrational, 1951aside
L wrist, thumb, and palm … palm and middle finger
Gallagher’s phenomenological data on phantom limbs records the persistence of palm-awareness in congenitally absent or amputated hands, raising questions about the body schema’s pre-experiential constitution of the hand.
, How the Body Shapes the Mind, 2005aside