Psyche: Greek Goddess of the Soul

"Psyche was a daughter of mortals. She had two more sisters. Cupid, the god of love, fell in love with her. They had a daughter Hedone/ Pleasure. 
Psyche, the soul of humans, was exploited by the philosophers of the ancient times as well as by all religions. The majority accept that Psyche is immortal. 

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Psyche never was part of Greek mythology. The word is Greek for soul (as in psychology). Not until about about 160 AD does Psyche appear as a person, and it was in a piece of Roman fiction. The Roman philosopher and writer Lucius Apuleius wrote a long story called The Golden Ass. In this an old woman tells about Cupid and Psyche and in her tale Psyche is taken into the company of the Greek deities, or rather their Roman counterparts. 


In Roman mythology, she is the girl whom Cupid fell in love with. She is said to be more beautiful than Venus, Goddess of Love and Beauty, herself. Since Venus wont stop in making Psyche suffer, Cupid asks Zeus for help and makes Psyche as a Goddess...Goddess of soul."


PSYCHE was cursed by her sister, Aphrodite (Venus), to marry the ugliest man on earth. Aphrodite, despite being beautiful herself, was jealous of her sister, Psyche, and of the love and attention she received. 
Aphrodite commanded the god Eros to cast this spell onto Psyche. However, he feel in love with her, and instead hid her away in his secret palace. 
Psyche was cast out, per some mistake, by Eros, and returned to Venus, by whom she was enslaved. Psyche suffered and suffered as Venus' slave, doing very hard work and labor in the Underworld. Eros returned to Psyche in love, and aided her in overcoming her despair...ultimately, the two were wed, and Psyche became forever immortal (she is often represented as a butterfly). 


REMEMBER, Psyche in Greek means...Soul!!!
Yes, psychology, is and should be a scientifically-based study...but if it completely ignores the soul, the spiritual side of the human, than it has not done its job. 

Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_Greek_goddess_Psyche_goddess_of#ixzz18zJVNS3m
Additional Source: http://www.theoi.com/Ouranios/Psykhe.html

Serial Predator in Kensington (PHILADELPHIA)

Police Deem Killer A 'Serial Predator'

DNA Returns As A Match In Kensington

Just in the the Fox 29 Newsroom:

Philadelphia police and investigators have just wrapped up a news conference where they  announced that DNA from the 3rd strangulation victim in Kensington has returned a match to the other two strangulation victims.

Last week, 27 year-old Casey Mahoney was found strangled in a vacant lot on Front & Tusculum Street.   She is now the third victim of the so-called 'Kensington Strangler' .  The other victims, Nicole Piacentini and Elaine Goldberg were also found strangled and beaten in early November.

Fox 29's Sean Tobin was at that news conference and reports that a serial predator is now responsible for these three murders.

Earliet this afternoon, city officials announced the total reward is now at  $37,000 to help find a man who has now killed three times.  Officals were also quick to discourage vigilante justice.

Mayor Michael Nutter said during a Tuesday morning news conference on the 1900 block of East Cumberland Street there's "a very dangerous person on the streets of Philadelphia."

"We need to find this person, we need to capture this person. We need to get this individual off the streets of our city," he said.

To take a look at portions of that press conference, click here.  

The Mayor and police stress that anyone with information on these crimes should call 911, or you can call 215-686-TIPS (8477).

Stay tuned to Fox 29 for the latest updates.

Basic Science

If you've done cocaine for ten years, your brain is no longer normal.
If you've drank gin for thirty years, your brain is no longer normal.

I have done neither of these.
I take a small dose of Prozac, and Adderall, to help me stay focused, and drive my dopamine levels up (which were depleted through sadistic abuse and stress as a child...stress creates synapse damage in the brain).

I have spent the last six years fixing my brain, to make it the most optimal, functional thing I can make it.
This included:
graduating Honors and taking Honors courses in English & History in high school,
three years studying in college,
two and a half years in counseling,
two years psychotherapy and being seen by two of the top psychiatrists in Pennsylvania,
taking the proper medications, and the most functional diet possible in order to help my brain
(2 Tbs fish oil / day, ginko biloba, NADH, L-Theanine, dL-phenylalaline, L-Tyrosine, lots of fresh fruits and veggies, lean meats & proteins, omega-3 fatty acids like walnuts and almonds, regular exercise, yoga, meditation, etc.)
doing crossword puzzles and playing Tetris to help with cognitive function
forcing myself to learn to read maps because I did not and still do not have a GPS.

Don't hate me because I'm smarter than you.
Hate yourself because you have not optimized your brain properly, in order to think, function, and rationalize clearly.

My opinions are based on science and fact. Not my emotions, my satanic soul, or my paranoia.
Unless you have completed more schooling, professional therapy, reading, and have stayed clean (no drugs, no nicotine, cigarettes, other foul chemical agents), then you will not tell me that I'm crazy or dumber than you.

Thanks :)