NPPF Comm3: Misc notes (6)

[David Morris]

Thanks Dave (and Michael).  This MUST be very relevant to Plae Fire.  I didn't
know...

DM

--- Dave Monroe <monrovius at yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Butterfly" in other languages
>  
> psyche
> ancient Greek
> 
> "The fable of Cupid and Psyche is usually considered
> allegorical. The Greek name for a butterfly is Psyche,
> and the same word means the soul. There is no
> illustration of the immortality of the soul so
> striking and beautiful as the butterfly, bursting on
> brilliant wings from the tomb in which it has lain,
> after a dull, grovelling, caterpillar existence, to
> flutter in the blaze of day and feed on the most
> fragrant and delicate productions of the spring.
> Psyche, then, is the human soul, which is purified by
> sufferings and misfortunes, and is thus prepared for
> the enjoyment of true and pure happiness." Bullfinch's
> Mythology

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