The nymph bride Ippomene Atala and so brings about the mental metamorphosis of the nymphs of the drive in the "sense of self" of women. Aphrodite said the "rules of metamorphosis" and invites human beings (souls) to be aware of bodily sensations, not just those raised from eros and beauty aesthetics, but especially those who experience the the invisible, mysterious and often hidden, the infrared frequencies that warn of danger, trouble and possible problems inherent in any type of relationship, even love.
Greek mythology tells the complex story of Psyche, then picked up and rewritten in key fable by Apuleius in the first centuries of the Christian era, who disobeys the order not to look in the face of the beloved face. The mechanism of the story is the same as tested in Genesis in which Eve disobeyed God not to bite the apple of knowledge, knowing well that the female psyche is biologically in-sub-ordinate, that is intended to avoid any proposition and commandment from rationalization of the drives.
Psyche is not a nymph (psychic perception), but it is a woman (psychic sense of self) forced by parents to climb up a mountain (the brain) to become a bride to be horrible (the saturnine reason), just punishment for who "reads" a role (the "femme fatal" for example) and do not evolve in perceptual awareness.
Psyche has a remarkable control of his "records" emotional, and as an actress, artist's sense of himself as a psychic "means" for the express purpose of female intelligence purposes. To his way "mischievous" and to pretend crying on command, the Aphrodite punishes and forces her to face four trials.
The stakes are very high. In each test, Psyche must demonstrate that they can overcome their limitations biopsychological otherwise he must die, remaining confined forever nellzdimensione psychic existence. The symbolism of the story describes a real possibility for any individual to process sensory perception of Psyche in cognitive perception, understanding, symbolic and spiritual knowledge of its core feature of Proserpine, a symbol of the soul by marrying Pluto, descends into hell and knows the subconscious dimension (hell), unconscious (Purgatory) and iperconscia (Paradise) of the mind
The first test
The transformation of perception sensory perception requires a critical increase in mental energy, which translates into patience, perseverance and method. The beautiful Psyche is asked to separate the various types of pulses contained in a vessel and to group them by seed. Impossible task, but to his aid comes an army of ants.
"And so saying the rushed him and began tearing her dress in a thousand pieces, to tear her hair, to shake his head to strike furiously." Then he did bring the grains of wheat, d ' barley, millet, poppy seeds, chickpeas, lentils and beans, mixed them, made a great bunch and said, 'You are a slave so bad that it seems to me you you can not in any way of lovers, if not at the price of a diligent service. So I want to test your skills: divide all these seeds, choose that one by one, and make so many little heaps, in good order. Before the evening will be checking that the work has been done. ' It left her in front of that big pile of seeds went to a wedding dinner. "Psyche will not even try to put a hand in that confused, inextricable overlapping but dismayed by the enormity of that order as it stood in stunned silence. Then that tiny little animal of the field, the formicuccia, who knew how difficult it was for a job such, he felt compassion for the companion of the great Cupid and condemned the cruelty of the mother-in-law. So he began to get busy, up and down, rallying from its surroundings, all the people of the ants, 'Run, run agile daughters of fertile land and give a hand, soon, a lovely girl in peril, the wife of Love! ' And those all came running, in waves, a tiny six-foot people, and working with a zeal never seen, grain after grain, undid the whole pile, separate the seeds, set them in piles according to quality and then, in the twinkling of ' eye disappeared.
The second test
The second test requires the development of critical perception in the rational evaluation evidence of visible and invisible, obvious and hidden. Psyche comes to the aid of the "rod" that is still watching the true nature of things and "men".
"willingly walked Psyche not to execute that order, but to find a remedy to his tribbles falling from a cliff down into the river, but from the bank a green cane, the kind where you draw the melodies Possoni soft, as if inspired by a god, so he spoke in gentle murmur of the breeze: "'Oh, Psyche, plagued with so much pain, not to profane my holy waters with your miserable death and do not come near, now, the terrible and wild sheep, because the fiery blaze of the sun makes ferocious and with their sharp horns and with their faces as hard as rock, sometimes even poisonous bites, they rushed on the men to kill them. Meanwhile, till the sun of the afternoon will have softened his zeal, and the sheep will not appease the cool breeze that rises from the river, you can hide a leisurely under the great plane tree, with me drinking the same current. When the sheep will be quiet, then went to the nearby woods and shake the branches and find the gold wool remained attached here and there in the tangle of branches. '
"So humble cane immeasurable human psyche to the poor the way to salvation and that he regretted not having hearkened not hesitated to follow any instruction to the letter, so that was easy to make the theft and return from Venus even with the lap full of soft golden wool.
The third round
The transformation of rational perception in intuitive perception requires mental determination to trace the source of knowledge which is on the mountain ridge. Psyche begins to climb and an eagle came to his aid that fills the ampulla of knowledge of the sages.
"But even this second test, so risky, moreover, earned her captivity in favor of his mistress who, frowning and smiling so bitter he said, 'Do not is that I do not know who was also the author of this rascally business, but I still put to the test, just to see if you really have so much fortitude and a lot of wisdom. See there the cliff top of that highest mountain? There is a spring whose waters flowing down into the dark bottom of a valley near they end up in the swamp Stygia and feed the swirling currents of Cocytus. I want you to go up there, just where is the source, and instantly bring me in this little jar, a bit 'of that water cold' and so saying, not without threat of punishment more severe, the handed a phial of polished crystal.
The fourth round The transformation of intuitive perception, perception in cognitive, symbolic and abstract, then takes a deep dive into the ground, a metaphor for the exploration of the subconscious made his trip from Proserpine in hell. Psyche must select at Proserpine at least part of his knowledge in order to hope to overcome the fourth try and help him reach the tower.
XVII "Then Psyche realized that for her it was really over and he saw clearly that by now you wanted to send certain death. There was, in fact, be doubted since he forced himself to go with his feet Tartarus, the world of the dead? Without further ado well then went on a high tower to throw herself headlong up there thinking that this was the best way to reach and more sent to the underworld. But the tower suddenly spoke: 'Why, wretch, you want to kill you, throwing them down? Why before the latter risk, the latter want to try now to give you won? Once your spirit will be separated from the body go, yes, at the bottom of Tartarus, of course, but there's no way you can in return.
"'Listen to me: not far from here is Sparta, the famous city of Achaia, the promontory of Tenaro look that far is not even located a bit' out of reach. There is the entrance to hell through its doors wide open and you see the road inaccessible. You cross the threshold and get on the road following the dungeon and you will be entitled to the palace of Pluto. You do not need yet also in the darkness with nothing but bears two donuts of barley mixed with wine and honey, one in each hand, and two coins in his mouth. Walk a good stretch of road that leads to death and you will meet a lame ass laden with wood and a lame donkey driver he will pray you to pick up some fallen branches from his harness, but you do not listen to him, passing over in silence. "'Soon after came the river of the dead who is guarding whom to Charon patched his boat to ferry those who go to the other side you pay the toll. As you see, even among the dead there is the greed of money and even the famous Charon, or the same father, say, a god so powerful, they never do anything for free and when he died a poor man must get the price of the trip and if by chance there does not have the money ready in hand does not even give him permission to die. "'At that sordid old to give a toll of coins that you brought with you, but let him be himself, with his hands, to take it out of your mouth. Moreover, while the lazy current cross from the hair of an old dead 'at you raise the water putrid hands and beg you to welcome him into the boat, but do not let you bend a pity that you are not allowed.
"'Cross the river, a little further on, the old intent on weaving a web please give them a hand, but you do not, do not touch the canvas, because it is a snare of Venus, like all Moreover, to make you fall from the hand of a two donuts. Do not think that losing a cake thing is trivial: this would be enough, in fact, never see the light. Why is there a huge dog with three heads, Dick, terrible monster, huge, and with his mouth wide open howl against the dead but who now can not do no harm, and he tries in vain to scare them and eternally awake while outside the door to the dark caverns of Proserpine, the guardian of the empty house of Dis. "'You keep it at bay, throwing one of the donuts, so you can easily go up and come to Persephone who will welcome you with courtesy and kindness, and will invite you to sit at ease and enjoy a hearty meal."' But you will sit on the floor and ask only a loaf of bread and eat that, then tell her the reason of your coming and got what you will be given back, appease the ferocity of the other dog with bun, a coin that will give you the miser Pilot preserved and, again crossed the river, follow in the footprints to review our sky with its chorus of stars. "'But above all I recommend one thing: Do not open the box you bring with you, look inside, do not be curious, no note of that treasure of divine beauty that hides it.' "
So that tower providential acquitted his prophetic office and Psyche did not delay, reached the promontory of Tenaro and took the coins and donuts as instructed, hell descended on the road, past the donkey driver, without saying a word lame, gave the helmsman the money for the ferry, was deaf to the wishes of the dead floating, do not take any notice of menacing prayers of the weavers, subsided with the donut anger scary dog, and finally came to the house of Proserpine. "You refused to seat the soft and tasty food that the host offered her sat humbly at his feet, but contented himself with a dark bread, then told the embassy of Venus." It immediately took the box, and filled in secret sealed, he shut the mouths of the barking dog with the deception of the second ring, gave the boatman, the currency that had been hell, and came up with a much lighter step. "But after this magazine and adored white light, although he was in a hurry to make a success of his tenure, he was attacked by imprudent curiosity, 'I just a fool 'he said to himself:' I carry with me the divine beauty and will not take even a pocolino, if only to please the lover, my beautiful 'and said that he opened the box.
"But inside there was nothing, no beauty, but only sleeping, a lethargy of death came over her when she lifted the lid and which spread to all its members in a heavy fog of sleepiness making her fall asleep right where he was, there on the trail. "Psyche And he lay motionless in her sleep, as if dead."
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