FYI...these aren't Monarch butterflies, they're Painted Lady butterflies. We did this at our wedding 25 years ago: https://butterflyreleasecompany.com/
The Monarch Program was specifically named that, it seems to me, because of the process of transformation that a butterfly goes through to become a butterfly, and also because Monarch Butterflies seem to have genetic memory (are encoded somehow with the information about their migration path). I do think that the genetic memory part is/was of great interest to the program runners.
But the process of taking a worm and making it into a butterfly is equally symbolic and relevant here.
A worm turning into a butterfly has occult meaning. But it is about the human soul leaving the limitations of the body and becoming something higher and beautiful.
FYI...these aren't Monarch butterflies, they're Painted Lady butterflies. We did this at our wedding 25 years ago: https://butterflyreleasecompany.com/
kind of invalidates the entire post
Yes and no.
The Monarch Program was specifically named that, it seems to me, because of the process of transformation that a butterfly goes through to become a butterfly, and also because Monarch Butterflies seem to have genetic memory (are encoded somehow with the information about their migration path). I do think that the genetic memory part is/was of great interest to the program runners.
But the process of taking a worm and making it into a butterfly is equally symbolic and relevant here.
So, in my opinion, "Yes. But also no." :)
A worm turning into a butterfly has occult meaning. But it is about the human soul leaving the limitations of the body and becoming something higher and beautiful.
So that's why they call humans worms!
Caterpillars, to be precise -- because we're supposed to transform.