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The Psychology of the Man-Child (Puer Aeternus)

 This powerful and richly woven video by Eternalised brings together psychological insights from Jung, mythological symbols, literary reflections, and spiritual themes to explore the dynamic tension between the puer (the eternal youth) and the senex (the old man). It touches on a universal human challenge: How do we grow up without losing the vitality, magic, and authenticity of youth? The puer aeternus , or "eternal boy," is a mythological and psychological archetype representing eternal youth. Rooted in ancient mythology (e.g., Iacchus, Dionysus, Eros), it was later explored by Carl Jung and Marie-Louise von Franz in terms of its influence on adult psychology. As an archetype, it has both positive (creativity, vitality, hope) and negative (irresponsibility, avoidance of reality) aspects. Negatively , the puer is someone who avoids responsibility, resists maturation, and lives in fantasy rather than reality. He may have a rich inner world and high potential , b...
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Universe & Astronomy: Pluto

PLUTO FACTS

Pluto in 2015 by the New Horizons spacecraft, the first of its kind to visit Pluto and its moons

  • Pluto is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt
    • A dwarf planet is a celestial body that orbits the Sun directly and is massive enough for its own gravity to shape it into a rounded or ellipsoidal form (i.e. gravitationally rounded).
    • Unlike these classical planets, Pluto resides in the Kuiper Belt, a region filled with many other icy bodies. Because it hasn’t cleared its neighborhood of similar-sized objects, it does not qualify as a full-fledged planet.

  • Pluto is composed primarily of ice and rock, with a surface covered in frozen nitrogen, methane, and carbon monoxide. Its interior is believed to have a rocky core surrounded by layers of water ice.
  • Pluto has five moons.
    • Charon (the largest)
      • named after the ferryman of the dead in Greek mythology who transports souls accros the river Styx
      • often considered a binary system (with Pluto)
    • Styx
      • named after the mythological river that separates the world of the living form the underworld
    • Nix
      • named after Nyx, the Greek goddess of the night and mother of Charon
    • Kerberos
      • named after Cerberus, the three-headed dog that guards the entrance to the underworld
    • Hydra
      • named after the nine-headed serpent from Greek Mythology, which was also associated with the underworld
  • The name Pluto comes from the Roman god of the underworld, who is the equivalent of Hades in Greek mythology. In some interpretations, "Pluto" was used as a byname for Hades, emphasizing his role as the ruler of the dead and the giver of wealth (due to precious minerals found underground).
    • The god Pluto was one of the six surviving children of Saturn alongside his brothers Jupiter and Neptune and sisters Ceres, Juno and Vesta.
    • both god and planet live in dark regions, and are able to make them invisible (the planet was long searched after its existence was known)
  • Pluto was the first known object in the Kuiper Belt and was discovered in 1930 by Clyde W. Tombaugh.
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