Hunting Butterflies

[stiobhanrune]

I thought I'd post something real, instead of the usual silliness and meme-whoring I tend to work with.

Comments

[ta_nefer]

that's spectacular. i could really use reminders like that lately; i feel like i've had a distinctly fewer number of those things than usual. although it could be that i'm just missing them and some spirits somewhere are stomping and shouting at my obliviousness.

[stiobhanrune]

*laughs* I know exactly what you mean, about the stomping and shouting. Some times I'm surprised that mine even put up with me. LOL

[qos]

This is truly beautiful.

Thank you.

[gwelt]

Awesome. The thing that turned me on to butterflies is when I learned about the Imaginal buds. Imaginal buds are special cells within a caterpiller. When it goes into the chrysalis the Imaginal buds act as a foreign body and the caterpiller's anti bodies go into overdrive and completely liquify the caterpillers body. Then miraculously the liquid resolidifies into the butterfly.

I know that there have been times in my life when the Imaginal buds were activated and I felt like I had been liquified. That is why I sometimes refer to true initiation as the Chrysalis. To be taken apart so thoroughly and then put together again. Very scary, but ultimately worth it for the transformation.

[stiobhanrune]

Hmmm... imaginal buds, huh? Very cool- I'm going to have to do some research into that one. Thank you for the info!