Psyche

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~ PSYCHE   id+ | OUR SOUL IS A 
                 TENDER BUTTERFLY |
  gr PSYCHE = BREATH or  sug> INSPIRE
     PSYKHE   SOUL       see> MIND 
  myth> art> THE SYMBOL OF PERSONIFIED PSYCHE 
             IS THE BUTTERFLY
  id+ | A HARSHER VIEW IS TO CALL 
        PSYCHE OUR MIND | see> PSYCHO~ 
  med> THE MIND IS PART OF AN ORGANIC SYSTEM
  note A COMMON MISTAKE BY SOME EXPERTS IN PSYCHOLOGY 
       IS TO EXAGGERATE THE MIND AS 
  A SEPARATE COMPONENT FROM THE REST OF THE ORGANISM 
  note THE ALTERNATIVE EXTREME VIEW 
  maxim> "YOU CAN NOT CHANGE HUMAN NATURE" 
  such nonsense is pervasive as in
  maxim> "HUMAN NATURE IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE THE SAME"
  in fact THE TASK OF EDUCATION 
          IS TO CHANGE HUMAN NATURE 
  note how WAR LOVE and other dramatic events 
  ALTER "HUMAN NATURE"
  id+ | THE UNION OF EROS WITH PSYCHE 
        ENGENDERED BLISS | 
  id+ | perhaps EROS BONDED WITH PSYCHE 
        represents BONDING OF SOUL and MIND | 
  myth> PSYCHE AND EROS or CUPID 
        convey the idea of CUPID CURED FROM LUST 
  note PSYCHE WAS GRANTED IMMORTALITY BY ZEUS
  see> CUPID for POETIC EXTRACTS 
  lit+ note that the sole extant source for the 
       above is LUCIUS APULEIUS [#] and HIS TALE 
  "THE GOLDEN ASS" [23]
  cont> in addenda under development see> ~& PSYCHE
  art> often PSYCHE IS SHOWN AS A BUTTERFLY or CHRYSALIS
       often represented as the 
  PERSONIFICATION OF A SOUL FULFILLED 
  DEPICTED AT TIMES AS A SMALL WINGED MAIDEN or
  AT TIMES AS A BUTTERFLY
  also a marble statue "PSYCHE ABANDONED" 1790 by 
       Augustin PAJOU [#] at the Musee du LOUVRE in PARIS is 
  a LOVELY example of the period 
  cont> in addenda under development see> ~& PSYCHE
  PSYCHE MAY BE DEPICTED WITH WINGS OF A BUTTERFLY 
  cont> in addenda under development see> ~& PSYCHE
  WINGED FIGURES OF CHILDREN CALLED EROTES MAY
  SURROUND PSYCHE AND EROS
  often NEMESIS STANDS BEHIND EROS AND IN FRONT OF HER 
  MAY STAND ELPIS or HOPE 
  HOLDING A LILY or LILA LILLY
  cont> in addenda under development see> ~& PSYCHE
  lit+ some passages translated by Robert GRAVES [#] [23]
       illustrate poetic vistas of a son and his love 
  for his mother and his prospective bride
  " ... THIS TIME THE EARTH
  NOT THE SEA
  HAS BEEN IMPREGNATED BY A HEAVENLY EMANATION AND
  HAS BORNE A NEW GODDESS OF LOVE ...     {PSYCHE}
  UNABLE TO SUPPRESS HER FEELINGS ... 
  {VENUS} SAID TO HERSELF
  "REALLY NOW!
  WHOEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT
  THAT I'D BE TREATED LIKE THIS? "        sug> PRIDE  
  SHE AT ONCE CALLED HER WINGED SON EROS ...
  THAT VERY WICKED BOY ... "
  VENUS WISHED HIM TO WOUND PSYCHE 
  WITH LOVE FOR A DESPICABLE MORTAL BUT INSTEAD   
  EROS FELL IN LOVE HIMSELF
  biol> note species and families named 
        PSYCHIDAE  PSYCHINA  PSYCHINE  
  PSYCHODA  PSYCHODIDAE etc