St. Valentine's Day
Lupercalia Lupus Love
Value Valiant Valence

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"The greatest enterprise of the mind has always 
been and always will be the attempted linkage 
of the sciences and humanities ..." 
Edward O. Wilson, in "Consilience", 1998.
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Happy St. Valentine's Day

This special day lends itself to bring 
"Arts & Sciences" closer to Medicine and 
Biology. The ideas in St. Valentine's Day 
include those in LUPERcalia and LUPUS.
 
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Happy St. Valentine's Day with implicit wishes for

Love and Fecundity ... also a reminder of
Carnal, Carnival, Lupercalia, Lupus ... and
Lupus and Consummated Love can Consume ...

To blow or hurl a kiss with the Cupid's bow 
outlined by the vermilion of the upper lip ... 
like capricious arrows akin to those shot 
blindly by baby Cupid ... can become a cause of 
Love sickness ... underscore the blindness of 
Love  ... consuming Love ... even Zeus became 
a victim of Cupid, so did Eros and his beloved 
Psyche.

An early custom in England was to draw a name
and give the chosen person a present ...

Little is known about Valentine except that he 
was clubbed to death in 269. Christians made him 
a Saint and chose February 14 as his memorial day. 
Some say the intent was to obliterate a popular 
Roman feast of Lupercalia dedicated to Juno or 
Pan as symbols of Love and Fecundity. In any case, 
these sort of festivities stubbornly persists as 
carnal Carnival.

St. Valentine's day is now a compound idea. On the 
forefront is Love and faded into the background 
is St. Valentine's tragedy. Fecundity, on the 
other hand, is politely ignored, both by religion 
and MERChants. Perhaps modern St. Valentine's day 
should also be in honor of MERCury in recognition 
of the labor of those engaged in MERCiless 
MERCenary MERChandizing of "Valentine".

View Image and Fundamentals in Valentine, valet,
valiant, valor, valence ...

Expanded vistas in 
Lupus and Lupercalia
Kiss and Love