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Prelest, [note 1] also known as spiritual delusion, spiritual deception, or spiritual illusion, is an Eastern Orthodox Christian term for a spiritual state of false holiness or deluded self-righteousness, believing in one's own spiritual superiority.
Abstinence is the practice of self-enforced restraint from indulging in bodily activities that are widely experienced as giving pleasure.Most frequently, the term refers to sexual abstinence, but it can also mean abstinence from alcohol, drugs, food, or other comforts.
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Physicians viewed his case with much interest, as his weakness seemed almost to amount to a kind of monomania, in the intervals of which his life was marked by abstemiousness and refined tastes. Fitzgibbon often promised that he would write his experiences of intoxication , which his friends persuaded themselves would have won him fame.
The three-story brick mansion was designed in 1889 by architect Frank Edbrooke, designer of Denver’s famous Brown Palace Hotel. The mansion has been listed as a Denver landmark since 1993. The mansion was originally owned by battlefield surgeon and prominent early figure in Denver's medical community Dr. William Riddick Whitehead.
A man who kidnapped and sexually assaulted a Northern California woman in what became widely known as the “Gone Girl” kidnapping has been charged with two 15-year-old home invasion sexual ...
Few foods are more appetizing to people than a juicy steak. Grilled to order and garnished with herbs like basil and chives, sauces such as au jus, peppercorn and A1, or vegetables like grilled ...
Tattered Cover opened in 1971 in the Cherry Creek district of Denver as a small 950 sq ft (88 m 2) bookshop. The original owner was Stephen Cogil, an Aurora native who became a Bookstore Consultant. It was purchased in 1974 by Joyce Meskis. Between 1973 and 1983, it expanded seven times, and in 1986 it moved into and consolidated at a new ...