Conscience of a Conservative Psychologist: Return of the Mysteriously Illusive Psyche

Psyche, the daughter of a Greek king, was so beautiful that people stopped worshipping Aphrodite; instead they turned their adoration to the girl who modestly rejected any divine honours. Aphrodite, enraged, sent her son Eros to contrive a spell to make this beautiful maiden fall in love with an ugl...

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Main Author: Kunz, George 1934- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Rhodes University 2012
In: The Indo-Pacific journal of phenomenology
Year: 2012, Volume: 12, Issue: 3, Pages: 1-13
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