Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id TAA20572 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Sat, 21 Apr 2001 19:57:44 +0100 Message-ID: <001501c0ca99$e95d8080$6f03bed4@default> From: "Kenneth Van Oost" <Kenneth.Van.Oost@village.uunet.be> To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> References: <20010420235553.25747.qmail@awcst094.netaddress.usa.net> Subject: Re: Genetic transmission of phallic attraction?!? [was Re: memes andsexuality] Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 21:32:35 +0200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Hi EM, you wrote,
Is it at all
possible that the ancient cultures noticed a correlation between the moon
cycles and the female's menstrual cycle? From that correlation they
abstracted
(brought from the REAL world to the abstract world) a certain mysticism in
female... hence female worship (which was, and somewhat continues to be the
seminal idea in the Wiccan religions.)
<< Female worship was to my knowledge the only one existing in those
early days. It was later in history, somewhat around the period when we
became farmers that the picture changed from female to male.
Mother Earth, remerber !?
Best,
Kenneth
( I am, because we are)
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