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BUTTERFLY WRANGLER
Earle Whiteley
What do butterflies mean
to you?
The symbolism of butterflies signifies something
different to each person who gets one, while the meaning assigned to
butterflies differs from culture to culture.
The ancient Celts believed that
butterflies were souls seeking a new mother
The ancient Greeks called them
'psyche', because their flitting from flower to flower represented the
constant movement within the human mind.
For many the releasing of
butterflies at weddings symbolizes happiness, as butterflies dart off in
all directions proclaiming the promised marriage of two souls bound in
Gods trust and word.
The Blackfoot tribe of American
Indians believed that they bring dreams to people.
The Chinese see them as a symbol of
love.
Many other cultures see them as a
common symbol of transformation, representing a persons metamorphosis
through life.
In some other cultures, butterflies
are seen as the souls of departed relatives.
In some images of the Garden of Eden, Adam's soul is symbolized by a
butterfly.
In many countries the Cleopatra
butterfly is called the Easter Jesus and tend to appear around Easter and
is considered a symbol of Christ's resurrection.
All around the world butterflies
represent the winged messengers of some kind or other and always touch the
souls of all humans.
A readily new trend in America is to
hold butterfly release ceremonies to symbolize a loved one's "release"
from this life.
According to an American Indian
Legend – If anyone desires a wish to come true they must first capture a
butterfly and whisper that wish to it. Since butterfly can make no sound,
the butterfly can not reveal the wish to anyone but he Great Spirit who
hears and sees all. In gratitude for giving the beautiful butterfly its
freedom, the Great Spirit always grants the wish. So, according to legend,
by making a wish and giving a butterfly its freedom, the wish will be
taken to the heavens and be granted.
Earle Whiteley, born in 1958, has worked with butterflies from the age of
five with his father Deryck and has become an expert on their breeding
processes and individualities of flight patterns, flight paths, habitats,
food plants, symbiotic relationships and is referred to as their
custodian. or simply in the eyes of many, the mad butterfly man.
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Weddings
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African Butterfly Breeding Association
A section 21 Company. Registration
No 2005/035553/08. P.O. Box 599,
Ramsgate, 4285.
Tel: (039) 314 9307 Fax: (086) 742 7951 Cell: 074 4225 587
Websites: (1)
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