❤♥♥♥❤TYPES OF LOVE ❤♥♥♥❤
❤❤❤ 8 DIFFERENT TYPES OF LOVE❤❤❤
1.EROS
The
first kind of love is Eros, which is named after
the Greek god of love and fertility. Eros represents the idea of sexual
passion and desire.
The
ancient Greeks considered Eros to be dangerous and frightening as it involves a
“loss of control” through the primal impulse to procreate. Eros is a passionate
and intense form of love that arouses romantic and sexual feelings.
2. PHILIA
The
second type of love is phyla, or friendship. The
ancient Greeks valued phyla far above Eros because it was considered a love
between equals.
Plato
felt that physical attraction was not a necessary part of love, hence the use
of the word platonic to
mean, “Without physical attraction.” Philip is a type of love that is felt
among friends who’ve endured hard times together.
3. STORGE
Although storage closely
resembles phyla in
that it is a love without physical attraction, storage is primarily to do with
kinship and familiarity. Storage is a natural form of affection that often
flows between parents and their children, and children for their parents.
Storage
love can even be found among childhood friends that are later shared as adults.
But although storage is a powerful form of love, it can also become an obstacle
on our spiritual paths, especially when our family or friends don’t align with
or support our journey.
4. LUDUS
Although lauds have
a bit of the erotic Eros in it, it is much more
than that. The Greeks thought of lauds as a playful form of love, for example,
the affection between young lovers.
Lauds
is that feeling we have when we go through the early stages of falling in love
with someone, e.g. the fluttering heart, flirting, teasing, and feelings of
euphoria.
5. MANIA
Mania
love is a type of love that leads a partner into a type of madness and possessiveness.
It occurs when there is an imbalance between Eros and lauds.
To
those who experience mania, love itself is a means of rescuing themselves; a
reinforcement of their own value as the sufferer of poor self-esteem. This
person wants to love and be loved to find a sense of self-value. Because of
this, they can become possessive and jealous lovers, feeling as though they
desperately “need” their partners.
6. PRAGMA
Pregame
is a love that has aged, matured and developed over time. It is beyond the
physical, it has transcended the casual, and it is a unique harmony that has
formed over time.
You
can find pregame in
married couples who’ve been together for a long time, or in friendships that
have endured for decades. Unfortunately pregame is a type of love that is not
easily found. We spend so much time and energy trying to find love and so
little time in learning how to maintain it.

7. PHILAUTIA
The
Greeks understood that in order to care for others, we must first learn to care
for ourselves. This form of self-love is not the unhealthy vanity and
self-obsession that is focused on personal fame, gain and fortune as is the
case with Narcissism.
8. AGAPE
The
highest and most radical type of love according to the Greeks is agape, or
selfless unconditional love.
This type of love is
not the sentimental outpouring that often passes as love in our society. It has
nothing to do with the condition-based type of love that our sex-obsessed
culture tries to pass as love