Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

mythic explanation of erotic attachments

mythic_explanation_of_erotic_attachments

A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Divine and Sacred Love. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


greek

  • Symposium Symposium / SYMPOSIUM / INTRODUCTION. / SYMPOSIUM; lines 1661-1745 confidence: high

    The speaker states that ancient desire reunites original nature, makes one out of two, and heals the human condition.

    The passage explains different sexual and romantic attachments by reference to the original whole of which a person is a section.

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