Psyche Psychology Psychiatry Psychic Psychoanalysis Psychopomp Psychosis Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury
(Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine,
Hygiene
and Panacea) Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals
with Clients
~ 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
represent 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
~ PSYCHO~ lat prefix for MIND or
^u SPIRIT or SOUL from sug> ATMOSPHERE
gr DELEIN = TO MAKE and
PSYCHE MIND also
PSYKHO BREATH or TO BREATHE
sug> or SPIRIT SPIRITUAL
ATMOS VAPOR AIR BREATH SOUL
skt ATMAN BREATH SOUL
sp ALMA SOUL
ukr DUKH SPIRIT
DUCHA SOUL
PODUKHAI BLOW AIR EXPIRE
DYKHAI BREATHING
ger DUFT SCENT ODOR
the above evolves into
~ PSYCHEDELIC id+ AGENT CAPABLE OF MAKING MANIFEST
CHANGES OF THE MIND
sug> HALLUCINATION DELUSION
~ PSYCHIATRY gr PSYCHE and
IATREIA = HEALING
med> BRANCH OF MEDICINE CONCERNED WITH
HEALING MENTAL DISORDERS
sug> PSYCHOSES NEUROSES
~ PSYCHIC CONCERNING THE SPIRIT or SOUL or
gr PSUKHO = BREATH
~ PSYCHISM A DOCTRINE PROPOSING THAT
A DIFFUSE FLUID IS THE ANIMATING FACTOR
OF THE SUBSTANCE OF ANIMALS
~ PSYCHOANALYSIS med> EXPERIMENTAL THEORETICAL EFFORT
CONCENTRATED ON THE STUDY OF
UNCONSCIOUS EFFECTS ON CONCIOUSNESS
ply> | STUDY OF UNCONSCIOUSLY
STORED PSYCHIC DETRITUS |
note NEUROTICS are called " IMMATURE " as if
IN NEED TO COMPLETE THE DIGESTION OF
"CHILDISH" REMNANTS
ukr DETYNA = CHILD
DETY WHERE ARE YOU?
sp DESTINO DESTINY
ply> | EVERY NORMAL CHILD SEEKS A DESTINY |
med> PSHYCOANALYIS or a method developed by
Sigmund FREUD [#] for the
THE TREATMENT OF NEUROSES BASED ON
ASSUMPTIONS THAT NEUROSES ARE CAUSED BY
UNCONSCIOUSLY REPRESSED EXPERIENCES THAT
DISTURB CONSCIOUSNESS
hx> S FREUD [#] ESTABLISHED THE IMPORTANCE
OF THE UNCONSCIOUS IN GENERAL AND THE
SEXUAL INSTINCT IN PARTICULAR
C JUNG [#] STUDIED THE COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS AND
THEREFORE THE MYTHOLOGY OF SOCIETIES AND IN HISTORY
ADLER [#] STROVE TO HELP PEOPLE TO LIVE MORE
EFFECTIVELY THUS HOW TO FIT INTO SOCIETY
HIS MOTTO COULD BE DEFINED AS
" HAVE THE COURAGE TO BE IMPERFECT "
attr to Rudolf DREIKURS [#]
lit+ Carl JUNG [#] PROPOSED THAT DREAMS AND
THE UNCONSCIOUS ARE PRESENTED TO THE
CONSCIOUS BUT NOT IN " LOGICAL " or
ORGANIZED FASHION
THOSE ELEMENTS THAT RECUR AND ARE COMMON TO
MOST OF HUMANITY DO NOT STEM FROM
PERSONAL GROWTH AND EXPERIENCE BUT
CAN BE VIEWED AS BEING OF
INBORN HUMAN NATURE
COMMON TO MOST PEOPLE
may be seen as
INBORN CONDITIONED REFLEXES
JUNG CALLED THESE " ARCHETYPES " or
PSYCHOLOGICAL MYTHS
id+ GREEK MYTHS ARE AT THE ROOTS OF
THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE
MYTHOLOGY AND A MYTH ARE " PUBLIC DREAMS "
attr to CAMBLE [#] but in fact
such idea is quite old
lit+ HERODOTUS [#] [I:60] recognized how
MYTHOLOGIES SPEAK FOR THE PEOPLE
" ... OF OLD THE HELLENIC RACE
WAS MARKED OFF FROM THE BARBARIAN AS
MORE KEEN WITTED AND MORE FREE FROM NONSENSE "
id+ POPULAR MYTHOLOGY OF A PEOPLE IS A CLUE
TO THE PSYCHOLOGICAL MAKEUP OF A NATION [12]
sug> ISRAEL USSR NAZI GERMANY
id+ | MYTHOLOGY or IDEOLOGY IS A SYSTEM OF
INTEGRATING SOCIETAL PSYCHOLOGY WITH
A WORLD OUTLOOK | or in short
A WAY TO FILL A VACUUM IN COGNITION OF THE WORLD
IN THIS SENSE MYTHOLOGY IS MORE AKIN TO KNOWLEDGE
THAN SCIENCE or
RELIGION but admittedly MYTHOLOGY DID ENTER
INTO RELIGION TO THE DEGREE THAT IT HAS BECOME
THE CULTURAL HERITAGE AND PART OF
THE TRADITIONS OF A PEOPLE see> MYTH
lit+ Alfred ADLER [#] 1870-1937 in
"Understading Human Nature" Oneworld Ltd
Oxford 1992 offers views about
SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF INDIVIDUAL DAILY BEHAVIOR
"IN THE PAST IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HUMAN BEINGS
TO LIVE SUCH ISOLATED LIVES ...
WE HAVE FEW CONNECTIONS WITH HUMANITY ...
INSUFFICIENT CONTACT WITH OUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS
... APPROACH EACH OTHER AS STRANGERS ...
LITERATURE AND POETRY ...
BROADEN OUR KNOWLEDGE OF HUMAN BEINGS ...
ENABLE US ALL TO BECOME BETTER FULLER AND
FINER PEOPLE ...
{MANY WILL BLAME} PARENTS ... EDUCATION ...
BEING OVERINDULGED ... ABUSE
{BUT REGARDLESS OF THE EXCUSE}
THERE IS THE DESIRE TO BE RELIEVED
OF FURTHER RESPONSIBILITY ...
THE HARDEST ... IS ...
TO KNOW THEMSELVES AND TO
CHANGE THEMSELVES "
~ PSYCHOLOGY STUDY OF BEHAVIOR also
A DISCIPLINE CONCERNED WITH
THE MIND AND THE MENTAL PROCESS in fact
MOSTLY CONCERNED WITH BEHAVIOR or
CONDUCT sug> DUCTILE
ukr POVEDINKA from
PO and
VEDE = HOW and WAY sug> VADE VEGA VEDA
~ PSYCHOPOMP myth> THE GUIDE or
CONDUCTOR OF DEPARTED SOULS
~ PSYCHOPOMPOS or HERMES in his role as
A LEADER OF SOULS OF THE DEAD or better
LEADER OF THE SOULS OF THE DEPARTED
from sp or lat POMPA or
gr POMPEIN = DISPLAY PAGEANT
GRANDEUR SPLENDOR
MAGNIFICENCE STATELY SOLEMN
ply> | STATELY SOLEMN RETIREMENT PARTIES ARE
PSYCHOPOMPOS RATHER THAN SPLENDID |
art> a popular theme is
HERMES as PSYCHOPOMPOS leading
EURYDICE to ORPHEUS as shown in the
RELIEF IN THE VILLA ALBANI OF ROME
~ PSYCHOSIS id+ | MENTAL DISORDER see> NEUROSIS
A DISINTEGRATED " PERSONA " |
ply> | loss of PERSONAL PERSONALITY as in
STRANGER TO SELF |
sp LOCO = CRAZY or INSANE or MENTALLY ILL
" OUT OF PLACE " ALIENATED STRANGE
VARIANT or AT VARIANCE FROM NORMAL
lat LOCUS PLACE
med> note alternative views
BOH GOD
VOLA WILL
BOZHEVILNYJ MENTALLY INSANE or SET FREE FROM REASON
ukr VARIAT OUT OF PLACE VARIANT ALIENATED " CRAZY "
lat VARIUS CHANGING
sp DESVARIA INSANE DELUSION ILLUSION
ukr BOZHEVILNYJ FREED BY GOD from REASON thus INNOCENT
VILNYJ FREE
NEVILNYK SLAVE
VILNO FREE or PERMITTED
VOLA WILL sug> VOLUNTARY
eng ALIENATION as in FOREIGN STRANGE ALIEN WEIRD
MUTANT ALTERED INCONSTANT SHIFTING
sp MUTAR CHANGE
NORMA RULE leads to ABNORMAL ANOMALY
ukr ZDURIV INSANE
DURNYJ DUMB with NO REASON UNREASONABLE
ply> | HUMAN LIMITS are IMPOSED by
LIMITS OF PHYSICS AND REASON |
ply> | VARIANT ALIENS at VARIANCE with
LOCALS ALIENATE LOCALITIES |
id+ | THOSE THAT DO NOT FIT THE NORM may be
CONSIDERED DUMB RUDE INSANE or
OUT OF PLACE common TAGS FOR ALIENS |
hx> SOVIET PSYCHIATRY TREATED DISSIDENTS
AS MENTALLY ILL or ALIENS TO
COMMUNIST IDEALS
MARX STARTED WITH THE PREMISE THAT
THE MASSES WERE ALIENATED AND MARXISM WAS
THE " CURE " FOR SOCIAL ALIENATION or
THE WAY TO UTOPIA sug> EU TOPOS or BEST PLACE
BOLSHEVIKS AND LATER OTHER COMMUNISTS
TO GAIN POWER USED THE STRATEGY sug> SUBVERT
TO INCREASE THE ALIENATION OF PEOPLE sug> CONVERT
ONCE IN POWER THE COMMUNISTS
DISPOSE OF THOSE WHO ARE NOT HAPPY
" PURGES " or sug> CATHARSIS PURGE PURGATORY
REMOVAL or sug> PSYCHOSIS GULAG PENITENTIARY
KILLING sug> CAUSTIC HOLOCAUST
sug> CAUSE CASUALTY
med> PSYCHOSIS IMPLIES LOSS OR
DISORGANIZATION OF NORMAL CONSCIOUSNESS
THAT INTEGRATES A PERSONALITY
in NEUROSIS THE " PERSONA " IS PRESERVED
PSYCHOSIS IS CONSIDERED " ORGANIC BRAIN DISEASE "
NEUROSIS IMPLIES A " FUNCTIONAL" BRAIN DISORDER OF AFFECT
see> MAD ALIEN CRAZY INSANE VARIANT
hx> HUMAN RIGHTS IDEALS DECLARE THAT MEDICINE CAN NOT
BE USED AS A POLITICAL WEAPON BUT
MANY MOST NOTABLY JAPAN GERMANY AND USSR
HAVE USED MEDICINE TO COMMIT CRIMES
note IN SPAIN and other cultures
THE ALIENATED ARE " INNOCENT" as are the
MENTALLY RETARDED sug> AMENTIA = LACKING INTELLIGENCE
note CHILDREN ARE CONSIDERED INNOCENT sug> DEMENTED
GUILT IMPLIES ACTS UNDER A CONSCIOUS CONSCIENCE <sug
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