The Origin of Love

I am focused on gathering bits of information for my next book - Love Poems to Aphrodite. Its on the black goddess and love culture. So I thought it fitting to learn about love or get some general idea. I want to focus on the goddess so I have to be a little more clever and find those pieces. I thought I start with the Western concepts of love. I searched the web and found this interesting site that looks at love. Although the site is Christian, it does cover the tradition of love as it relates to Christianity and philosophers of the past. Love is important in the Christian cosmos. The Virgin Mary for instance is thought to be the embodiment of compassion, mercy and love for all humanity, especially children and the suffering. Her black goddess version, the Black Madonna is also a powerful symbol of love, unshakable love for her child, for heaven and for the people. Incidentally their love is also the source of their suffering. Such great love only leads to deep suffering.

Here is the four major types of love, modified for a goddess-centered audience.

Philios Love - Every one is born with an innate desire to be loved and accepted, Creation intended us to be social beings, and we must have others around us to survive.

Storge Love - A mothers love for her child, which begins at the moment of conception and follows the child all their lives.

Eros Love - God made man and woman to be attracted to one another.

Agape Love - This love is perfect, complete, selfless, undying, unconditional, eternal, and it is for all men for all times.