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  2. Seven deadly sins - Wikipedia

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    According to a 2009 study by the Jesuit scholar Fr. Roberto Busa, the most common deadly sin confessed by men is lust and the most common deadly sin confessed by women is pride. [50] It was unclear whether these differences were due to the actual number of transgressions committed by each sex or whether differing views on what "counts" or ...

  3. Lust - Wikipedia

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    Lust is an intense desire for something. [1] [2] Lust can take any form such as the lust for sexuality (see libido), money, or power.It can take such mundane forms as the lust for food (see gluttony) as distinct from the need for food or lust for redolence, when one is lusting for a particular smell that brings back memories.

  4. Prince of Darkness (Manichaeism) - Wikipedia

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    To prevent the light particles from returning into their divine origin, they counter by giving birth to two demonic beings: Sakla and Nebroel. As the strict anti-thesis of the pure light, the Prince of Darkness cannot create ex nihilo , but only by copulation.

  5. List of light deities - Wikipedia

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    Hyperion, Titan of light; sometimes conflated with his son Helios; Lampetia, goddess of light, and one of the Heliades or daughters of Helios , god of the Sun, and of the nymph Neera . Theia, Titaness of sight and the shining light of the clear blue sky. She is the consort of Hyperion and mother of Helios, Selene, and Eos.

  6. Eros - Wikipedia

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    In another myth, Eros and Aphrodite played in a meadow, and had a light competition about which would gather the most flowers. Eros was in the lead thanks to his swift wings, but then a nymph named Peristera ("dove") gathered some flowers herself and handed them over to Aphrodite, making her victorious. Eros turned Peristera into a dove. [34]

  7. Passions (philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    In philosophy and religion, the passions are understood to be the emotions, instincts and desires that drive a human being (including lust, anger, aggression, jealousy, etc.). Different philosophical traditions hold different views about the passions.

  8. Greater and lesser magic - Wikipedia

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    Greater and lesser magic (known also as high and low magic or collectively Satanic magic), within LaVeyan Satanism, designate types of beliefs with the term greater magic applying to ritual practice meant as psychodramatic catharsis to focus ones emotions for a specific purpose and lesser magic applied to the practice of manipulation by means of applied psychology and glamour (or "wile and ...

  9. List of plants with symbolism - Wikipedia

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    Passion; lust [4] Diphylleia: I will show my true self to you, clarity, honesty ... affectionate remembrance, chivalry, light, truth [11] Foxglove: Insecurity; ...