Aphrodite Aphrodisiac

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  see > AFRICA      
  from AFRICA id+ | South Goddess | 
~ APHRODITE   or VENUS         see> VENAL
^u            or ASTARTE
              or ASHTAROTH
       INSEPARABLE FROM THE MYTH REGARDING
       ADONIS or THAMMUZ in SYRIAN
       APHRODITE from APHROS denote
       HER EMERGING FROM THE FOAM OF THE SEA
       note AFER for SOUTH WIND BLOWING FROM
       THE SOUTH or SOUTHERN LANDS or AFRICA
       VENUS is known by many dozens of names
       some are given next
       APHRODITE PANDEMOS or PANDEMIS
       ply> | LOVE AND PLEASURE ARE PANDEMIC ASPIRATIONS |
       in Phoenician ASTARTE or DIONEA
       also  MORPHO             sug> MORPHOLOGY
       also  MYRTAEA which links VENUS with  IO  note MYRTLE  the SACRED PLANT OF VENUS
       myth> DAUGHTER OF DIONE & ZEUS
             APHRODITE EMERGED FROM THE SEA
       NEAR CYTHERA thus her name CYTHEREA
       SHE LANDED ON CYPRUS       CYPRINA
       near a ROCK or STONE of ROMIOS found today
       on the shores of CYPRUS near Old Paphos
       APHRODITE PANDEMOS implies = FOR ALL PEOPLE
       to denote VENUS is UNIVERSAL or PREVALENT
       gr APHROS      = FOAM and
                DITE    VENUS perhaps unrelated but in
       ukr      DITY    CHILDREN
                DETYNA  CHILD
                DE      WHERE
                  TY    THOU THINE THY
                    NA  TAKE
       note VENUS is presented as a PROFOUND PARADOX
           A COMPLEX SYMBOL OF LOVE PERSONIFIED IN
       THE BROADEST SENSE
       LOVE FOR ALL LIVING
       IRREDUCIBLE TO JUDGMENTS OF GOOD or BAD
       VENUS IS NEITHER PERFECT NOR KIND
       LOVE IS IRRELEVANT TO WILL therefore
       IT CAN NOT BE JUST or OBJECTIVE or RATIONAL
       INSTINCTIVE IDEAS ABOUT LOVE ARE PRESENTED
       THROUGH BEAUTY AND A FEMININE NATURE
       IN PARTICULAR HER NEED TO RECEIVE AND GIVE LOVE
       WITHIN AND BEYOND THE HUMAN SCOPE
       VENUS INCLUDED IN HER LOVE THE DIVINE PLUS
       ALL NATURE  in contrast to
       LOVE REDUCED TO HUMANITY AS DE FACTO
       EMPHASIZED BY BIBLICAL RELIGIONS  WHICH
       THUS FAR FAIL TO PREACH LOVE FOR THE REST
       OF THE GODLY CREATURES       EXPLOIT
       sug> LIBIDO as in CARDINAL ATTACHMENT
       sug> ROMANTIC  PASSION  INFATUATE  INSTINCT
       APHRODITE IS GIVING AND DEMANDING
       sug> MONOGAMY  CUCKOLD  REVENGE
       INSPIRING AND BLINDING         sug> PREJUDICE
       CREATIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE       sug> JEALOUSY
       CAUSE OF DESIRE AND ATTACHMENT sug> VENEREAL
       CAPABLE OF SACRIFICE           sug> LOVE
       as in speech figures
       " LOVE OF LIFE "               sug> INSTINCT
       " LOVE SICKNESS  "             sug> DAPHNE
       " LOVE TO DEATH "              sug> HERO
       perhaps VENUS is linked with
       " TO BE " and with             sug> MOTHER
       " TO BECOME "                  sug> CHILD
       HER LOVE FOR ADONIS WAS ENORMOUS
       WHEN HE DIED HER IMMENSE GRIEF
               SECURED HIS RESURRECTION or RENAISSANCE
~ APHRODISIAC  med> MEDICINE or POTION USED
                    TO INDUCE SEXUAL DESIRE
  ply> | perhaps the MOST NATURAL APHRODISIAC IS
         CHARMING BEAUTY |
  note VENEREAL VENALITY underscored by the fusion of
       CHARIS with VENUS or APHRODITE   sug> CHARISMA
  myth> VENUS AS A GODDESS OF LOVE AND BEAUTY
        WAS SHOWN WITH ALL HER FLAWS
  THESE WERE NOT SEEN AS DEGRADING
  INSTEAD THE FLAWS OF VENUS HUMANIZED HER
  HER IMPERFECTIONS WERE READILY ACCEPTED
  note how some modern dogmatists who ADORE LOVE
  REJECT VENUS AND STRIP HER FROM REPRESENTING LOVE AND
  REDUCE HER TO A SYMBOL OF LUST or SIN or
  EROTIC or CARNAL DESIRE
  note APHRODITE WAS AN UNFAITHFUL WIFE
  perhaps the DEBASEMENT OF VENUS     sug> VENALITY
  may reflect the difficulty that
  CHRISTIAN ZEALOTS HAD IN CRUSHING THE ADAMANT GRIP
  THE SYMBOL OF VENUS HAD AND CONTINUES TO HAVE
  AS A PAGAN ICON STANDING FOR THE UNTAMABLE PERPLEXING
  PARADOXICAL UNIVERSAL FORCE OF THE
  UNIVERSAL INSTINCTIVE HUMAN GENERATIVE POWER
  NOT JUST IN CARNALITY BUT IN ARTS AND
  OTHER PURSUITS DENOTING LOVE or LIBIDO   JEALOUSY
  SUADELA     SEDUCTION
  EROS        LUST
  ADONIS      AMOR  AMATEUR
  THE RESURRECTION OF ADONIS         sug> REVIVAL
  stands for LOVE INFUSING LIFE      sug> TRUE LOVE IS ETERNAL
  expressed in classic mythology as  sug> RESURRECTION
  " ADONIS IS AND IS RISEN AGAIN "   and perhaps reflected in
  note " CHRIST IS RISEN AND RISEN TRULY "
  note VENUS AS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN WAS MARRIED TO
       CRIPPLED UNATTRACTIVE VULCANUS         ARES
  SECURED THEM BOTH ENSNARED AS THEY EMBRACED ...
  VENUS DID NOT FORGET ...
  AND BROUGHT TO RUIN THE LOVE SHE HOPED TO HIDE
  SHE PUNISHED WITH A LOVE AS RUINOUS ... "
  in Metamorphoses [13] iv 170 by OVID [#]
  some versions state that APHRODITE
  BECAME FUSED WITH CHARIS         CHARISMA
  ply> | CHARISMA COMBINED WITH VENALITY IS
         A FORMIDABLE AND PHANTASTIC CUPIDITY but
         NEITHER VENUS NOR CHARIS HAD CHILDREN |
  note other versions suggesting that
  VENUS or CHARIS HAD A SON EROS or CUPID
  cont> in addenda under development   see>  ~& VENUS
  hx> ROMAN PROPAGANDA implied that    sug>  PROPAGATE
      APHRODITE & ANCHISES HAD AENEAS WHO IN TURN HAD
  A SON ASCANIOUS OR JULIUS WHO BECAME THE FOUNDER OF
  THE ROMAN JULIAN FAMILY
  cont> in addenda under development see> ~& VENUS
  art> VENUS HELD THE DEAD BODY OF ADONIS
        UNTIL HE WAS RESURRECTED
  note similar concept in
  THE PIETA by MICHELANGELO    in sp PIEDAD = PITY
  SHOWING THE SUFFERING BY THE VIRGIN MARY OVER
  THE DEATH OF HER SON JESUS
  THE LOVE THAT REVIVED ADONIS
  RETURNS EACH SPRING WHEN             sug> EASTER
  VENUS AND ADONIS ROAM THE EARTH      sug> SEASON
  TO BE FOLLOWED BY AUTUMN AND WINTER
  WHEN THEY RETURN TO REJOIN
  PERSEPHONE IN THE UNDERWORLD
  note VENUS AND ADONIS CAN BE SEEN AS
       SYMBOLS OF THE SEASONS or
  THE ESSENCE OF THE LIFE CYCLE AT LARGE
  biol> APHRODITI are MARINE WORMS
        NOTED FOR THE BEAUTY OF THE
  BROAD OVERLAPPING SCALES ON THEIR BACKS
  cont> in addenda under development see> ~& VENUS