Mission Terms Defined

Courtesan

Courtesans are highly educated in multi-disciplines such as philosophy, the arts, sex, spirituality. business, psychology, sociology, politics, law, and more. They were worldly and cultured, sometimes even more so than the average upper-class woman and often held simultaneous careers. They were typically chosen on the basis of their "breeding"—social and conversational skills, intelligence, business and political sense, and companionship—as well as their physical attributes. It was usually their wit and personality that set them apart from regular women.

Erotica

Creative activity intended to arouse sexual desire.

Eroticism is an aesthetic focused on sexual desire, especially the feelings of anticipation of sexual activity. It is not only the state of arousal and anticipation, but also the attempt through whatever means of representation to incite those feelings.

The word "eroticism" is derived from the name of the Greek god of love, Eros. It is conceived as sensual love or the human sex drive (libido).  Eros was after all the primordial god of unhinged sexual desire.  In the Platonic ordered system of ideal forms, eros corresponds to the subject's yearning for ideal beauty and finality. It is the harmonious unification not only between bodies, but between knowledge and pleasure. Eros takes an almost transcendent manifestation when the subject seeks to go beyond itself and form a communion with the objectival other. This corresponds to attaining orgasm in erotic love-making. The French philosopher Georges Bataille believed eroticism was a movement towards the limits of our own subjectivity and humanity - a transgression that dissolves the rational world but is always transitory.

Ethereal

1. Of the celestial spheres; heavenly.
2. Not of this world; spiritual.

Evolution

A gradual process in which something changes into a different and usually more complex or better form. See Synonyms at development.

1. The process of developing.
2. Gradual development.

Persian

1. Of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture;
2. The Persian is another name for the star Alpha Gruis.
3. The Persian Arabic meaning "the light" or "the bright one"

Satiate

1. To satisfy (an appetite or desire) fully.
2. To satisfy to excess.