Originally posted by hopscotchthx U
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cute couple.
We met upon the Internet,
A friendship electronic,
Expressed alone in words and thoughts,
Inevitably platonic.
We live too far apart for us
To mingle in the flesh,
But much more close than family,
Our hearts and feelings mesh.
Your dear, dear self reveals itself
Without a voice or face.
We have our own sweet home within
Our precious cyberspace.
The ancient Etruscan wolf-god Lupercus, protector of herds and flocks, god of fertility and agriculture was honoured on February 15th at Lupercalia – known as “the festival of sexual license”. To celebrate, young women would put their names in a large urn and the young men of the town would draw the name of their consort for the year.
On February 14th we send each other commercialized cardboard declarations of love and ply each other with aphrodisial oysters, wine and chocolates. The word “aphrodisiac” – something that excites sexual desire – is derived from the Greek goddess of love and beauty, Aphrodite, who sprung from the sea on the shell of an oyster. Ever since, oysters have been credited with aphrodisial qualities.
To put an end to pagan Lupercalia, Pope Gelasius declared February 14th St. Valentine's Day around 498 A.D. St.Valentine has a mixed bag of responsibilities: the “Patron Saint” of beekeepers, engaged couples, epilepsy, fainting, greetings, happy marriages, love, lovers, plague, travellers and young people.
Some of our lovestruck Saint Valentine's Day customs have their origin in the conventional belief in the Middle Ages that on February 14th, half way through the second month of the year, birds begin to pair up -for better or for worse...
Chocolate contains a natural 'love drug' called tryptophan, an amino acid that the brain uses to make a neurotransmitter called serotonin - high levels can produce feelings of elation, even ecstasy. Chocolate also contains phenylethlamine - the “love chemical” which stimulates the brain’s pleasure centers. 😀
Originally posted by widgetNow there is a tradition that we should campaign to be brought back.
The ancient Etruscan wolf-god Lupercus, protector of herds and flocks, god of fertility and agriculture was honoured on February 15th at Lupercalia – known as “the festival of sexual license”. To celebrate, young women would put their names in a large urn and the young men of the town would draw the name of their consort for the year.