Aarathi prasad daughter quotes

Ex ovo omnia [out of the egg, all things]

— William Harvey, Experiments concerning the Generation of Animals

i. The old Virgin Madonna and “the facts of life”

WHY DOES VIRGINITY FASCINATE US? On its face it seems like a simplistic question. Yet generations of human societies have fallen victim to this strange fascination, even organizing some of their greatest legends and myths around the body of the unadulterated virgin Madonna. The Greek goddess Hera found it profitable to “renew” her virginity every year at the holy waters of Kanathos. The promise of a host of willing virgins in heaven allegedly fueled the ardor of at least some of the 9/11 martyrs. And then there’s the enchanted figure of the virgin mother, inseminated by spirit. She has often had a starring role in origin myths — at times even out-starring her infant.

According to Aarathi Prasad, just about every culture tells a tale about a virgin who gives birth, whose unlikely fecundity is held up as material proof of divine interest — and intervention — in humans affairs. Neith, for instance, was an ancient Egyptian goddess, who was virgin, mother, and, significantly, nurse. She may be a prototype of sorts for th

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