Psyche - she's a Greek mythological being

[soleil2666]

Just discovered today - Psyche is a mythical being

Let me elaborate - most, if not all, our psychological states (see the word, psyche, in there) are reflected in some mythical beings - Aphrodite (the hot little blondie) is in love with Aries (the crazy fool that falls for her). Zeus (the boss) is married to Hera (the wiser version of Aphrodite that realised his affairs are not to be fought over).

But we seem to take as a norm - and then end up gravely disappointed - that Psyche is the 'normal' female role - and that corresponds to Eros as a man - which means just erotic pleasure, no pursuit of the soul.

Psyche, defined by today's dictionaries, is that - the soul (or the looking for the soul - in what the mythology already ascribes to her trying to have Zeus and then failing - and settling for just eroticism (queue in Freud and Jung and the gang trying to unravel what is obvious - living with each other's interests - perhaps business interests - cast as affairs, at least in split devotion, if not in flesh)

From that perspective, the normalisation of Psychology is the normalisation of love failing (and then of course you go see a therapist to tell you it's all normal and prescribe some sex - also the field where we all seem to seek salvation)

But nobody deals with the intellect, with what is intellectually stimulating - intellectually arousing - as if there is only one Zeus and one Hera, as if every couple can not be based on mastery of their own little domain (a shop, a village, a market stall, whatever it may be).

[Avicenna]

Very interesting, thanks