18 Oct

At the beginning…

Taoist creation myths are SEXY.

“At ‘the beginning of anteriority before the beginning’ the fluid of heaven first descended and the fluid of earth first ascended. The male and female principles interosculated, prompting and striving among the elements of the cosmos. The forces wandered hither and thither, pursuing, competing, interpenetrating. Clothed with energy, they moved, sifted, separated, impregnated the various elements as they moved in the fluid ocean, each aura desiring to ally itself with another, even when, as yet, there was no appearance of any created form.”

from The Huainanzi as translated by Evan S. Morgan, Shanghai, 1933.

One Comment

  1. 1 October 25, 2006 at 6:36 pm
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    I think I have been in the sticks too long…All I could think of was Guinness on tap…

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