Excerpt from Mrs. D'Albani's "Treatise on the Aesthetic of the Ascetic"

Nov 13, 2006 02:35

Denial is the essence of love, just as pain is the ultimate core of pleasure. Both are centered on the absence of the object, since total union results in alteration of the individual. When a larva becomes a queen ant by eating royal jelly, the jelly brings her no pleasure; rather it alters her very being and no longer holds power over her as an ( Read more... )

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archaeo November 18 2006, 07:32:50 UTC
While this certainly has its merits, I find acceptance has worked out extraordinarily well.

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