Wonderful…

I've just taken a few minutes off from Sigmund Freud and Chapter 15 of The Book. Freud was a determined Materialist, which means that his underlying premiss is flawed, which means that by definition we can't rely on any of his conclusions. If you start from the wrong assumption, you are going to get things wrong, aren't you? So does that mean that everything he wrote must be wrong? No, I don't think so. But it must surely mean that things won't dovetail neatly. And neither did my writing about him. Grr…

Anyway… I was getting a bit fed up with banging the same old drum all the time and happened to look up and out into the garden. The buddleia is in full bloom, and finally the butterflies have turned up, after being absent for all of the 'summer' so far. One cone of purple florets had five on it: two admirals, two tortoiseshells and a peacock. I had to dash out with my camera.

Is there anything lovelier than a peacock beauterfly? Except perhaps a peacock bird? The tones and designs on its wings are unbelievable. And they are remarkably tame. I could get my macro lens within a centimetre and they wouldn't budge. Admirals are a bit more nervous. They either flap off when you get a bit close, or at least close their wings up. Tortoiseshells are bold as well. One jumped up off the flower and onto my hand. A peacock brushed my ear. I could hear it.
Then a couple of painted ladies joined in. The little buddleia had something like fifteen items of mother nature's jewellery on it, along with three or four 'penny whites'. Plenty for all, of the bittersweet nectar. Everyone getting tanked up as fast as they could.
Just wonderful…

People who think that butterflies just flap about aimlessly have never seen one pick its way faultlessly through a forest of grass stalks in an overgrown meadow, or watched a courting couple in flight. The leader jinks and jiggles 'randomly', but the follower jinks in perfect tune, and instantly, and stays at a constant distance. That isn't random flapping. It is extreme control and intent.

So back now and mentally refreshed; ready to do battle with Freud again. All good stuff, but I'll be glad when I've finished.
The next subject will be 'Hypnosis'. Materialist science hasn't got a clue how it works and thus does its best to avoid dealing with it at all, but it does work and won't go away. How shall I write about this, I wonder?

Onwards…. Have a great day Chas