The Irrepressible Pulses of the Jungle
\n\u00a9 Copyright, Frank W. Andres, 1983, 2012, 2015. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n
‘Today, we know nothing. We accept everything. The truths of
\nyesterday are gone and we are too clever, too chic, too modern, to search for
\nnew truths. Having a taste of freedom, we are slow to begin buidling new
\ncages, which trap and enslave and then melt as castles on the beach in the
\nface of implacable time.
\n‘In such a condition, can one be blamed for reverting to the pleasures of
\nthe senses and the sensuality of the body as the only truths we can know? Yet
\nthis base nature we can quickly know too well. If we plunge directly to its
\ndepths without preparation and care. For to surrender to sensuality is to
\nconfirm the dark suspicion that long has been luring within, hulking over
\nus …that in the end, we are but animals. If we are but animals, then we are
\nbut dust. If we are but dust, then…
\n‘In reality something has already been learned from this preoccupation
\nwith the body. A hope has begun to emerge. First, as man and woman have
\nbecome preoccupied with their bodies, the myths from the past concerning
\nthis body have been brushed aside. Factual information about sex and the
\nbody has been gained which will be important to building the future. Second,
\npreoccupation with the body has given man and woman the final proof he
\nand she have needed to convince themselves that they are indeed animals.
\nThe comparison between the anatomies of man and woman\u00a0‘Today, we know nothing. We accept everything. The truths of
\nyesterday are gone and we are too clever, too chic, too modern, to search for
\nnew truths. Having a taste of freedom, we are slow to begin buidling new
\ncages, which trap and enslave and then melt as castles on the beach in the
\nface of implacable time.
\n‘In such a condition, can one be blamed for reverting to the pleasures of
\nthe senses and the sensuality of the body as the only truths we can know? Yet
\nthis base nature we can quickly know too well. If we plunge directly to its
\ndepths without preparation and care. For to surrender to sensuality is to
\nconfirm the dark suspicion that long has been luring within, hulking over
\nus …that in the end, we are but animals. If we are but animals, then we are
\nbut dust. If we are but dust, then…
\n‘In reality something has already been learned from this preoccupation
\nwith the body. A hope has begun to emerge. First, as man and woman have
\nbecome preoccupied with their bodies, the myths from the past concerning
\nthis body have been brushed aside. Factual information about sex and the
\nbody has been gained which will be important to building the future. Second,
\npreoccupation with the body has given man and woman the final proof he
\nand she have needed to convince themselves that they are indeed animals.
\nThe comparison between the anatomies of man and woman\u00a0the stomping of feet, the whirling of skirts. In the primal band is there Love,
\nthe true sharing of blood, which our flesh craves. In the whirl of the skirt are
\nwe made one. We are made brothers and sisters in the flesh. And this
\nbrotherhood and sisterhood of human beings, which we are fast gaining, will
\nalso be essential to the creation of the future.’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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