Acedia and tristitia, the two-fold gift of Belphagor, the demon of Sloth. In the sixteenth century, Peter Binsfeld, a German theologian, assigned to each of the seven deadly sins a demon "sponser", who was the
embodiment and bearer of said sin. I'm of the belief that I have been the recipient of such a gift, it comes gift-wrapped every winter, as I suppose it does to many others. I lack zeal, even just a little zip; all I want to do is stay
in bed. Cold, snow, long nights...all contribute to my general malaise. In the old days, folks called this thing "cabin fever". Blah.....!.....Where's my receipt? I wanna take this back.
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