Will Durant Quotes

Nearly All Ancient Peoples Worshiped Sex In Some Form And Ritual, And Not The Lowest People But The Highest Expressed Their Worship Most Completely [ ... ]. The Sexual Character And Functions Of Primitive Deities Were Held In High Regard, Not Through Any Obscenity Of Mind, But Through A Passion For Fertility In Women And In The Earth. Certain Animals, Like The Bull And The Snake, Were Worshiped As Apparently Possessing Or Symbolizing In A High Degree The Divine Power Of Reproduction.
The Snake In The Story Of Eden Is Doubtless A Phallic Symbol, Representing Sex As The Origin Of Evil, Suggesting Sexual Awakening As The Beginning Of The Knowledge Of Good And Evil, And Perhaps Insinuating A Certain Proverbial Connection Between Mental Innocence And Bliss.

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