M. Denis de Rougement wrote, "Love ceases to be a demon only when he ceases to be a god." C.S. Lewis paraphrased it be,"[love] begins to be a demon the moment he begins to be a god."*
God is love, but love is not God. There is "nearness by likeness" and there is "nearness by approach".* If love becomes a persons's god, it becomes a person's demon.*
*C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
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