Narcist Narcissism Narcissus Narcotic Narco Narcolepsy Narcose Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury
(Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine,
Hygiene
and Panacea) Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals
with Clients
~ NARCIST or
~ NARCISSISM med> TERM denoting a rather
COMMON PERSONALITY DISORDER
id+ | AN EXCESS of SELF LOVE or
SELF ESTEEM or SELFISHNESS |
lit+ "... NOT KNOWING WHAT HE SEES
HE ADORES THE SIGHT
THAT FALSE FACE FOOLS AND
FUELS HIS DELIGHT"
from "Metamorphoses" by OVID [13]
~ NARCISSUS gr NARKISOS = FLOWER
id+ | THE FLOWER REPRESENTS
A METAMORPHOSED CORPSE sug> CORPS
OF NARCISSUS and is linked see> CORPORATION
WITH IDEAS OF DEATH | see> CEMETERY
biol> extracts from sug> ESSENCE
NARCISSUS are see> ASPHODELUS
NARCOTIC sug> ATARAXIA
ukr NARCOMAN = DRUG ADDICT
note link of NARCISSUS with sug> DAFFODIL
and see> AMARYLLIS
or see> SNOW DROP
and see> ASPHODEL
which implies see> CEMETERY
the above are grouped with the
LILLIEACEA FAMILY
med> the extract NARCISSINE was used as an
EMETIC
hx> one NARCISSUS was a
FREEDMAN SECRETARY of Emperor CLAUDIUS [#]
WHO ACCUMULATED IMMENSE WEALTH
NOT WITHOUT ENGAGING IN NUMEROUS BLOODY CRIMES
another NARCISSUS was an ATHLETE
who was PERHAPS SOMEWHAT STUPID sug> STUPOR
HE HAD GREAT INFLUENCE upon Emperor COMMODUS [#]
BUT STRANGLED HIM FOR SOME MONEY
FOR WHICH HE WAS PUNISHED by Emperor SEVERUS [#]
WHO ORDERED HIM TO BE EXPOSED TO LIONS
myth> many discrepant versions exist
about NARCISSUS but all include his
METAMORPHOSIS into a FLOWER of this name
representing PERISHABLENESS AND DEATH
these FLOWERS GROW IN THE UNDERWORLD
AND ARE SACRED TO HADES
ukr ZHADA = NOSTALGIA REMEMBRANCE see> HADES
NARCISSUS WAS THE SON OF
THE RIVER GOD CEPHISUS but more often it is said
his parents were KEPHISSOS & LIRIOPE
in PAUSANIAS IX it is written that
NARCISSUS HAD A TWIN SISTER
WHOM HE LOVED SO MUCH
THAT AFTER HER DEATH
SEEING HIS OWN REFLECTION IN A POOL
HE IMAGINED THAT IT WAS THAT OF HIS SISTER
NARCISSUS COULD NOT PART FROM SEEING HER
AND PERISHED BY BEING FIXATED ON THIS SPOT
note A MORE POPULAR VERSION stating that
NARCISSUS or NARKISOS
WAS LOVED BY ECHO WHO WAS
A NYMPH WHOSE SPEECH WAS LIMITED
TO REPEATING WHAT OTHERS SAID
NARKISOS REJECTED HER ADVANCES AND
THE DEJECTED ECHO
GRIEVED AND PINED AWAY
UNTIL ONLY HER VOICE WAS LEFT
NEMESIS PUNISHED THE VAIN AND IDLE NARCISSUS
FOR IGNORING ECHO
WITH THE FATE THAT NARCISSUS HAD TO
GAZE UPON THE REFLECTION OF HIS OWN FACE AND
NEMESIS HAD HIM " PINE AWAY " UNTIL HE
ENTERED INTO A STUPOR see> STUPID
AND METAMORPHOSED HIS CORPSE sug> CADAVER
into a FLOWER known as NARCISSUS
eng PINE = ARCHAIC TERM for
TORMENT LEADING TO
FADE WASTE DROOP or
TO LOSE FLESH or
TO LOSE DESIRE LUST etc
alt NARCISSUS SENT A SWORD TO HIS LOVER
AMEINIUS WHO KILLED HIMSELF WITH IT
LATER NARCISSUS REPENTED AND KILLED HIMSELF
FROM HIS BLOOD SPRANG THE FLOWER NARCISSUS
lit+ "SO BLIND TIRESIAS GAVE
TO ALL WHO CAME sug> ORACLE
FAULTLESS AND SURE REPLY ... sug> PROPHET
TO TEST HIS TRUTH ...
THE FIRST WHO TRIED WAS sug> SEER
WAVE BLUE WATER NYMPH LIRIOPE ...
SHE BORE A FINE INFANT BOY
FROM BIRTH ADORABLE AND NAMED HER SON
NARCISSUS AND OF HIM SHE ASKED THE SEER
WOULD HE LONG YEARS AND RIPE OLD AGE ENJOY
WHO ANSWERED
" IF HE SHALL HIMSELF NOT KNOW "
FOR LONG HIS WORDS SEEMED VAIN
WHAT THEY CONCEALED
THE LAD'S STRANGE DEATH AND
STRANGER LOVE REVEALED ... "
OVID [#] in Metamorphoses [13] iii 326
also in [6] OVID [#] continues
Echo cursed Narcissus
" NEMESIS HEARD HER
GODDESS OF VENGEANCE ...
THERE WAS A POOL
SILVER WITH SHINING WATER ...
HERE NARCISSUS ...
CAME TO REST ...
TO QUENCH HIS THIRST ...
AND FELL IN LOVE WITH THAT UNBODIED HOPE ...
THE VISION IS ONLY SHADOW
ONLY REFLECTION ...
I KNOW MY IMAGE NOW ...
AND EVEN IN HELL HE FOUND A POOL TO GAZE IN
WATCHING HIS IMAGE IN THE STYGIAN WATER ... "
cont> in addenda
see> ~& NARCISSUS
~ NARCO~ prefix for STUPOR INDUCING AGENTS
^u gr NARKE = NUMB or
TORPOR as in
STUPOR
eng NARCOTIC MORON
MOROSE see> SLEEP
~ NARCOLEPSY PAROXYSMAL SLEEP sug> LETHARGY
med> gr LEPSIS = TAKING HOLD
EPILEPSY SEIZURES
SEIZE WREST TWIST CONVULSE
UNCONTROLLABLE ATTACKS OF SLEEP sug> SLUMBER
ASSOCIATED WITH HALLUCINATIONS
CATAPLEXY or PARALYSIS
~ NARCOSE med> ANESTHESIA
id+ | NUMB as in sug> DUMB
TORPOR TORPITUDE|
~ NARCOTIC id+ AGENT CAPABALE OF ALTERING SENSES
from WORDS MUSIC FLOWERS to DRUGS
gr NARKO = to NUMB sug> DUMB
TORPID sug> APATHY
NARKE STUPOR sug> STUPID
ukr NARKOSA ANESTHETIC sug> ESTHETIC
SUBSTANCE THAT DEADENS as sug> THANATOS
TO " PUT TO SLEEP " sug> DIM WIT
id+ WORDS my be NARCOTIC sug> EUPHEMISM
such terms seek to sug> COVER
OBSCURE or DIM VISTAS or VIEWS and sug> PERVERT
block ideas as in IDIOT or DIMWIT
id+ NARCOTICS MAKE MIND AND BODY DULLER
med> NARCOTICS INCLUDE NATURAL AGENTS LIKE
MORPHINE ALCOHOL AGAVE see> PULQUE
note how DRUG ADDICTION represents
A PERVERSION OF HUMAN HEALTH sug> PERVERSE
note that NEW WORDS ALIKE TO NARCOTICS
CAN OBSCURE CLARITY OF MIND
hx> MARXISM HOLDS THAT RELIGION IS
THE "OPIUM OF THE PEOPLE" AND
PROPOSES THAT THE PROLETARIAT IS sug> PROLIFERATE
THE "ALIENATED VICTIM"
see> MARX MARXISM USSR VICTIM
perhaps a consequence of
"BLAMING SOCIETY and NOT INDIVIDUALS" is
one reason for the spread by
"SOCIAL WORK" and "HEALTH CARE" PROFESSIONALS
of SUBSTITUTE WORD IDEAS
many of which are not even found in dictionaries
"RE CREATIONAL" DRUGS for NARCOTICS
FAMILY PLANNING ANTICONCEPTIVES
ABORTION TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY
PREGNANT CHILD YOUNG MOTHER
VANDALISM PROTEST
HOMOSEXUAL GAY
LAZY UNMOTIVATED
WILD HYPERACTIVE
IGNORANT NEGLECTED
AGGRESSIVE IMPULSIVE
CRIMINAL CONFRONTATIONAL
note that some trace the above to ideas as
reflecting ideas emanating from the
FRENCH REVOLUTION and PROPAGATED by
"SOCIALISTS" including MARXISTS and COMMUNISTS
upholding the DOGMA THAT ALL HUMANS
ARE INHERENTLY "GOOD" UNTIL SOCIETY FAILS THEM
a corollary is a trend to
" MEDICALIZE " HUMAN FLAWS and therefore to
diminish INDIVIDUAL DIGNITY RESPONSIBILITY
thus INDIVIDUALITY
note how in the USSR BOLSHEVIKS TREATED
SOCIAL DISSENT AS EVIDENCE OF MENTAL INSANITY
see> MARX MORPHINE
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