One more thing about your statement, @web-gnar, that really got me thinking: in line with the idea that certain phenomena have a tendency to "disrupt" the soul due to their being--if I'm reading you right--basically "too complex" for that soul to comprehend. This idea leads me to think the next logical step would be, that, perhaps some kind of evolution would permit "souls" (imo, "mind") to grow and therefore to comprehend increasingly complex structures... In that sense, "beauty" is something constantly evolving and changing, and our "souls" change, too, in order to comprehend it--but also to influence it and add our own perceptions into the milieu.