Tuesday, November 16, 2004

Of an Observation

A proper covenant is sealed in blood. In the marriage covenant (and I realize I am generalizing, since a number of factors can eliminate this symbolic moment), the solemnizing blood is spilt from the new bride's torn hymen (I hope it will not be thought too vulgar of me to allude to the significance of a "rending of the veil"), by which, in true Levitical fashion, the husband's generative member is sprinkled (baptized), and so consecrated to service in his temple.

posted by Jeremy at 1:30 AM

1 Marginalia:

I'm glad, kind of, that you said it, Jeremy. That's a thought that I've held near and dear to my heart for some time, but always felt it was improper to voice. Thank God for your impropriety. That, by the way, is most emphatically NOT a back-handed compliment.

Josh Stevenson

By  Anonymous, at 9:08 AM  

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