Angel sex!
Jun. 13th, 2005 11:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
avramStill reading Paradise Lost, which is far more interesting than I’d thought it would be. Here’s Adam and Raphael, talking about sex:
And the best part is that so far in the text all angels have been described as male. The only female other than Eve is Sin, who erupts from Lucifer’s forehead when he first thinks of defying God. And Sin and Lucifer get it on too; she gives birth to Death, who rapes her, producing Guilt. If all this sounds a bit like Greek mythology, it’s no accident; Milton draws deliberate parallels.
...Bear with me then, if lawful what I ask:
Love not the heavenly Spirits, and how their love
Express they? by looks only? or do they mix
Irradiance, virtual or immediate touch?
To whom the Angel, with a smile that glowed
Celestial rosy red, Love's proper hue,
Answered. Let it suffice thee that thou knowest
Us happy, and without love no happiness.
Whatever pure thou in the body enjoyest,
(And pure thou wert created) we enjoy
In eminence; and obstacle find none
Of membrane, joint, or limb, exclusive bars;
Easier than air with air, if Spirits embrace,
Total they mix, union of pure with pure
Desiring, nor restrained conveyance need,
As flesh to mix with flesh, or soul with soul....
And the best part is that so far in the text all angels have been described as male. The only female other than Eve is Sin, who erupts from Lucifer’s forehead when he first thinks of defying God. And Sin and Lucifer get it on too; she gives birth to Death, who rapes her, producing Guilt. If all this sounds a bit like Greek mythology, it’s no accident; Milton draws deliberate parallels.
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Date: 2005-07-07 07:01 am (UTC)read some russian poety from silver age of it..