{Virginity}[27th December 1987]

[Redbook4:267-270][19871227:2320]{Virginity}[27th December 1987]

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'Everyman'* on the cult of the Virgin Mary – when xS appeared, as yet unnamed, in '[2]', I tried to remember what her name had been in '[1]'; and the only name that I could recall having had in mind for her was: Mary. In fact no name is written in '[1]':** she is unnamed, 'my*** little dancer'(?).

Although the G~ hemisphere is more 'feminine' than 'masculine', it is neither exclusively nor solely [sic] female: cf the Sistine Chapel Ceiling, which simply has more females on that side, more males on the other (in the proportion 3:2).

The problem is the Zodiac Virgo, just below M~ on the 'masculine' side: {with} Tarot VIII 'Justice' (female figure) (Astrea?) at M~ and (e.g.) the Erythraean Sibyl between Joel and Ezekiel on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. M~ has in my imagination always (with the exception of one horrendous ****short story) appeared relatively celibate; xS in '[2]' would seem to be extremely so, xL less so by inclination and interest at least (bearing in mind that, as Angelic Archetypes, their purpose (as xP explains)# does not include sex: one should look for indications of the behaviour of their 'followers' or Individuals of #*[sic] whom they may be wholly or partly models).#**

*[Television programme]

**[early draft, subsequently changed: in later drafts she is named from the start; and primarily a musician, secondarily a dancer.]

***{or 'the'?} [Both, in the original ms.; 'the' at first, 'my' later/at the end when better known.]

****[early(?)]

#{of herself [in [2]]}

#*{for?}

#**? [referring to everything after the colon.]

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