Willendorf "Gnostic and sexual presence reflects qualities

and sexual presence reflects qualities of beingness common to vegetative and animal life forms unburdened by the human quest for rationality

Instead of marriage

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Willendorf "Gnostic and sexual presence reflects qualitiesAncient Mother Goddess. Willendorf Goddess represents Gaia, Mother Earth in all her raw and fertile splendor. The proud stance of this great breasted nurturer, one of the earliest religious images of the Mother Goddess, is a powerful reminder that there is a far older standard for feminine beauty.[Natural History Museum, Vienna, c. 30,000 BCE] 6 1 4" Ganges clay statue, unfinished. #W