On his visit to the second level of the inferno, Dante witnesses the souls of those overcome by lust being blown around aimlessly and ceaselessly in a violent whirlwind, representing the power of lust and the lack of self-control

Lust is more than a feeling, a desire, or an
impulse of nature. It’s the foundation for all the
animal drives that exist, and sex itself goes to the
root and nature of creation. So if you want to
understand sex and lust and the impact it has on
your life, you’ll have to seriously study yourself
and work esoterically, observing yourself very
clearly, using dreams, out-of-body experiences,
and alchemy.
The complete understanding of
lust and sex cannot be found
through the mind; the mind itself
is composed of sexual energy. To
understand sex and lust, you
have to be able to go beyond the
mind, you have to go into
internal worlds, to go deep into
the subconscious, and to explore
various regions. To see the
impact of lust, you have to be
able to explore esoterically, to
explore things that can’t be seen
with physical eyes.
Sexual desires have a profound
impact upon the human psyche,
greatly affecting the way lives
are led. Lust can enslave a
person and can make someone
completely bound by its powers.
It is of course the foundation for
family life as well, but it modifies
itself in so many different ways, bringing all kinds
of variations of sexual energy; all the different
sexual desires are all modifications of the same
sexual energy that alter from the simple male-
female attraction and go in a spiral in other
directions as different desires are fed. As they
feed, they change and divide, until the original
simple desire is greatly modified, eventually
becoming so altered it polarizes the other way.