Is there a deeper purpose and beauty in relationship than what we might have been conditioned to see? Traveling back to ancient times, we may find a clue.

What we may know of Aphrodite-Venus is that she was the Goddess of Love and Beauty. In more recent times this has taken on a kind of greeting-card quality, where love or relationship is the romantic fantasy, all rose-colored lenses, chocolates and flowers. And that’s lovely enough. […]