Cupid and Psyche is love story. This also includes beauty, honesty and goodness, for these are three facets of love: death, the afterlife, and rebirth. The simplicity touches our souls, and at the same time tempts our minds with hints of teachings learned by neophytes during the higher degrees of initiation in the ancient Mystery schools.
A profound theme lies underneath the romantic portrayal of the story: the search for the human soul, Psyche, for divine love, Eros (Cupid) and the desire for expression of Divinity. Although particularly popular with the Greeks, this theme has been articulated with variations in poetry and fairy tale, sculpture and painting.
