Myth of Psyche

Psyche’s Fourth Task: Go to Hell…

Crossing the River Styx Joachim Patinir 1521 Transitions as Liminal and Archetypal Situations From a lecture delivered by Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D. at the Mythic Journeys Conference June 2004, Atlanta, Georgia The fourth step is the first time that Psyche will end up accomplishing the task herself. As her very last task, Aphrodite commands that…

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Psyche’s Third Task: Fetch water from that black river…

The River Styx Luca Giordano 1684-1686. Fresco in the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi From: The Golden Asse by Lucius Apuleius Adlington’s translation, 1566 THE FIFTH BOOKE THE TWENTY-SECOND CHAPTER The most pleasant and delectable tale of the marriage of Cupid and Psyches … Then Venus spake unto Psyches againe saying: Seest thou the toppe of yonder great…

Psyche’s First Task: Sort the Seeds!

Psyche at the Throne of Venus Jungian analysts