Sunday, December 09, 2007
Another Eve
posted by John Davies at 10:51 PM
It is I who am the part of my mother; And it is I who am the mother; It is I who am the wife; It is I who am the virgin; It is I who am pregnant; It is I who am the midwife; It is I who am the one that comforts pains of travail; It is my husband who bore me; And it is I who am his mother, And it is he who is my father and my lord. It is he who is my force; What he desires, he says with reason. I am in the process of becoming. Yet I have borne a man as lord. - On the Origin of the World, from the Nag Hammadi texts, thus describes Eve. Struck me that it's equally suggestive of Mary, as her week in Advent approaches...
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