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The Dance of Love

School of Information Management, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand. peter.murphy{at}vuw.ac.nz

This is a comparative essay on two types of love: the Christian or Romantic type of love that equates love and death; and classical or amicable love that equates love with rhythmical rituals and conjugations. The essay explores the role of instincts, desire, aggression, ecstasy, oblivion, pneumatics, meters and eternal recurrence in love. The question of the relation between love and marriage, love and adultery is posed. Historical forms of love are reviewed, from pederasty and renunciation to courtly and companionate love.

Key Words: adultery • breath • creation • dance • death • desire • erotic • God • love • marriage • rhythm

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