Thursday, April 28

gaze

Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss by Antonio Canova


Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss by Antonio Canova

She gazed again and again upon the beauty of that divine face and her soul drew joy and strength. She beheld the glorious hair of his golden head streaming with ambrosia, and curling locks that strayed over his snow-white neck and crimson cheeks ... and before the lightnings of their exceeding splendor even the light of the lamp grew weak and faint. From the shoulders of the winged god sprang dewy pinions, shining like white flowers, and the topmost feathers, so soft and delicate were they, quivered tremulously in a restless dance, though all the rest were still.

-- Erich Neumann Amor and Psyche: The Psychic Development of the Feminine

Myth of Psyche

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