He is the reason that
creation is.
He is the life form
through which the creator god expresses His dominion.
In sum,
all life
forms are part of the human web of existence. Human life
is not part of nature or a natural web, rather, anything considered “natural” is
but a subordinated part of a super-natural web which is, so it
is revealed, an expression of Lone Male spiritual intimacy. In
this light, it is significant that the female is the last to
be created. She is an intimate after-thought. An, "Oops!
How are we to make babies? Hmmm."
In contrast, in other creation
stories, if it is the Great Spider who creates, then your body
is part of the fuller body of all life around
you. Humanity is part of a complex and diverse web of living things.
If the creator is a Mother and Father God—even if one or
both is rendered in animal form—then you are part of a clan
or tribe, one which has clear and definite connections to the animal
world.
Through these creation stories males and females
are given an interior identity, and the scope
of their intimate heartfelt actions corresponds to those found within a relationship from
which the tribe, clan, nation, etc., can grow, that is, form
family/kin relationships. You are related to the world and to
the whole of
creation because you are part of—even though not exactly
identical with—all other creatures. In one sense, what is
common to all animals and humans is that all have skin.
Skin is evidence that
each one was born.
Continue—Skin
