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84:1.2 [[Woman]], because of [[physical]] and [[emotional]] attachment to her [[offspring]], is dependent on [[co-operation]] with the [[male]], and this urges her into the sheltering [[protection]] of [[marriage]]. But no direct [[biologic]] urge led man into marriage—much less held him in. It was not [[love]] that made marriage [[attractive]] to man, but [[food]] hunger which first attracted [[savage]] man to woman and the [[primitive]] [[shelter]] shared by her [[children]].

84:1.2 [[Woman]], because of [[physical]] and [[emotional]] attachment to her [[offspring]], is dependent on [[co-operation]] with the [[male]], and this urges her into the sheltering [[protection]] of [[marriage]]. But no direct [[biologic]] urge led man into marriage—much less held him in. It was not [[love]] that made marriage [[attractive]] to man, but [[food]] hunger which first attracted [[savage]] man to woman and the [[primitive]] [[shelter]] shared by her [[children]].

84:1.3 [[Marriage]] was not even brought about by the [[conscious]] realization of the [[obligations]] of [[sex]] [[relations]]. [[Primitive]] man [[comprehended]] no [[connection]] between [[sex]] indulgence and the subsequent [[birth]] of a child. It was once [[universally]] believed that a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin virgin] could become [[pregnant]]. The [[savage]] early conceived the [[idea]] that babies were made in spiritland; [[pregnancy]] was believed to be the result of a [[woman]]'s being entered by a [[spirit]], an evolving [[ghost]]. Both diet and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_eye evil eye] were also believed to be capable of causing [[pregnancy]] in a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin virgin] or unmarried woman, while later [[beliefs]] connected the beginnings of life with the [[breath]] and with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunlight sunlight].

84:1.3 [[Marriage]] was not even brought about by the [[conscious]] realization of the [[obligations]] of [[sex]] [[relations]]. [[Primitive]] man [[comprehended]] no [[connection]] between [[sex]] indulgence and the subsequent [[birth]] of a child. It was once [[universally]] believed that a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin virgin] could become [[pregnant]]. The [[savage]] early conceived the [[idea]] that babies were made in spiritland; [[pregnancy]] was believed to be the result of a [[woman]]'s being entered by a [[spirit]], an evolving [[ghost]]. Both diet and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_eye evil eye] were also believed to be capable of causing [[pregnancy]] in a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin virgin] or unmarried woman, while later [[beliefs]] connected the beginnings of life with the [[breath]] and with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunlight sunlight].

84:1.4 Many early peoples [[associated]] [[ghosts]] with the [[sea]]; hence virgins were greatly restricted in their bathing [[practices]]; young women were far more afraid of bathing in the [[sea]] at high [[tide]] than of having [[sex]] relations. Deformed or premature babies were regarded as the young of [[animals]] which had found their way into a [[woman]]'s [[body]] as a result of careless [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathing bathing] or through malevolent [[spirit]] [[activity]]. [[Savage]]s, of course, thought nothing of strangling such [[offspring]] at [[birth]].

84:1.4 Many early peoples [[associated]] [[ghosts]] with the [[sea]]; hence virgins were greatly restricted in their bathing [[practices]]; young women were far more afraid of bathing in the [[sea]] at high [[tide]] than of having [[sex]] relations. Deformed or premature babies were regarded as the young of [[animals]] which had found their way into a [[woman]]'s [[body]] as a result of careless [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathing bathing] or through malevolent [[spirit]] [[activity]]. [[Savage]]s, of course, thought nothing of strangling such [[offspring]] at [[birth]].

84:1.5 The first step in [[enlightenment]] came with the [[belief]] that [[sex]] relations opened up the way for the impregnating [[ghost]] to enter the [[female]]. Man has since [[discovered]] that [[father]] and [[mother]] are [[equal]] contributors of the living [[inheritance]] [[factors]] which [[initiate]] [[offspring]]. But even in the twentieth century many [[parents]] still endeavor to keep their [[children]] in more or less [[ignorance]] as to the [[origin]] of [[human]] life.

84:1.5 The first step in [[enlightenment]] came with the [[belief]] that [[sex]] relations opened up the way for the impregnating [[ghost]] to enter the [[female]]. Man has since [[discovered]] that [[father]] and [[mother]] are [[equal]] contributors of the living [[inheritance]] [[factors]] which [[initiate]] [[offspring]]. But even in the twentieth century many [[parents]] still endeavor to keep their [[children]] in more or less [[ignorance]] as to the [[origin]] of [[human]] life.

84:1.6 A [[family]] of some simple sort was insured by the [[fact]] that the [[reproductive]] [[function]] entails the [[mother]]-[[child]] [[relationship]]. [[Mother]] [[love]] is [[instinctive]]; it did not originate in the [[mores]] as did marriage. All [[mammal]]ian [[mother]] [[love]] is the [[inherent]] [[endowment]] of the [[adjutant mind-spirits]] of the [[local universe]] and is in [[strength]] and [[devotion]] always directly [[proportional]] to the length of the helpless [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infancy infancy] of the [[species]].

84:1.6 A [[family]] of some simple sort was insured by the [[fact]] that the [[reproductive]] [[function]] entails the [[mother]]-[[child]] [[relationship]]. [[Mother]] [[love]] is [[instinctive]]; it did not originate in the [[mores]] as did marriage. All [[mammal]]ian [[mother]] [[love]] is the [[inherent]] [[endowment]] of the [[adjutant mind-spirits]] of the [[local universe]] and is in [[strength]] and [[devotion]] always directly [[proportional]] to the length of the helpless [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infancy infancy] of the [[species]].

84:1.7 The [[mother]] and [[child]] [[relation]] is [[natural]], strong, and [[instinctive]], and one which, therefore, constrained [[primitive]] [[woman]] to submit to many strange conditions and to [[endure]] untold [[hardships]]. This compelling mother [[love]] is the [[handicapping]] [[emotion]] which has always placed [[woman]] at such a tremendous disadvantage in all her [[struggles]] with man. Even at that, [[maternal]] [[instinct]] in the [[human]] [[species]] is not overpowering; it may be thwarted by [[ambition]], selfishness, and [[religious]] [[conviction]].

84:1.7 The [[mother]] and [[child]] [[relation]] is [[natural]], strong, and [[instinctive]], and one which, therefore, constrained [[primitive]] [[woman]] to submit to many strange conditions and to [[endure]] untold [[hardships]]. This compelling mother [[love]] is the [[handicapping]] [[emotion]] which has always placed [[woman]] at such a tremendous disadvantage in all her [[struggles]] with man. Even at that, [[maternal]] [[instinct]] in the [[human]] [[species]] is not overpowering; it may be thwarted by [[ambition]], selfishness, and [[religious]] [[conviction]].