Death and Virgin Natality
by Ed Mooney
Leafing through Kathleen Norris’ The Cloister Walk, I came across this quite startling paragraph: If Eve is the mother of the living, she is also the mother of the dead. One of the most astonishing and precious things about motherhood is the brave way in which women consent to give birth to creatures who will one day die. That they do this is an awesome thing, as is their virginity, their existence in and of themselves, apart from that potential […]
Categories: Ed Mooney, ZiR • Tags: Hannah Arendt, Heidegger, motherhood, women
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