Words
1. Concupiscence
Oxford University Press: (Latin, concupiscere, to desire, covet). In theological ethics, concupiscence comes in three grades: it may cover first, the whole range of appetite and desire; secondly, that desire which is not deliberate, but a spontaneous reaction of the appetitive part of a person, and thirdly, that which actively opposes free and rational decision. In this last sense concupiscence is a thoroughly bad thing. The Pelagian heresy contained the view that concupiscence is innocent, and is enthusiastically countered by Augustine, who founded the tradition of identifying concupiscence with fleshly lust, and hence as the vehicle for transmitting original sin.
2. Enantiodromia
(Greek: enantios, opposite + dromos, running course) is a concept introduced by psychiatrist Carl Jung meaning the superabundance of any force inevitably produces its opposite. It is equivalent to the principle of equilibrium in the natural world, in that any extreme is opposed by the system in order to restore balance.
3. Hierosgamos
In Memories Dreams Reflections, C. G. Jung writes of the hierosgamos, the metaphorical sacred internal marriage of the masculine and the feminine within each individual, as necessary for wholeness.
4. Novilunium
the new moon
5. Psychopomp
Relief from a carved funerary lekythos at Athens: Hermes as psychopomp conducts the deceased, Myrrhine, to Hades, ca 430-420 BCE (National Archaeological Museum, Athens) Relief from a carved funerary lekythos at Athens: Hermes as psychopomp conducts the deceased, Myrrhine, to Hades, ca 430-420 BCE (National Archaeological Museum, Athens) Many religious belief systems have a particular spirit, angel, or deity whose responsibility is to escort newly-deceased souls to the afterlife. These creatures are called psychopomps, from the Greek word ?????????? (psychopompos), literally meaning the "guide of souls". Their role is not to judge the deceased, but simply provide safe passage. They are often associated with horses, whippoorwills, ravens, dogs, crows, owls, sparrows, harts, and dolphins.