heart
The seat of the soul, the seat of intelligence, and the locus of all emotion and of WILL.
In magic, the heart is the seat of the emotions. Some curses against love, such as to break love or prevent love, involve sticking pins or thorns in the heart of a poppet or in the heart of an animal, such as a sheep or pig.
In alchemy, the heart is the sun, or illumination, within a person. The heart also signifies mystical or spiri- tual love, the mystic center, and the temple of God.
