milton gets it:
for spirits when they please
can either sex assume, or both; so soft
and uncompounded is their essence pure,
not tied or manacled with joint or limb,
nor founded on the brittle strength of bones,
like cumbrous flesh; but in what shape they choose
dilated or condensed, bright or obscure
can execute their airy purposes
and works of love or enmity fulfil
for spirits when they please
can either sex assume, or both; so soft
and uncompounded is their essence pure,
not tied or manacled with joint or limb,
nor founded on the brittle strength of bones,
like cumbrous flesh; but in what shape they choose
dilated or condensed, bright or obscure
can execute their airy purposes
and works of love or enmity fulfil
@moonchild
Is this from Paradise Lost? Woah, I didn't expect to find the word "sex" in something from the 17th century 🤔
@m0xee he talks at length about how adam and eve had really good sex when they were in the garden and all these prudes who say that sex is a sin should stfu. then after they got kicked out they kept having sex but this time it was Wrong and Sinful and Bad for some reason
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@moonchild Ha-ha-ha! No, I can vaguely remember what it is about, but for some reason I don't remember seeing the word explicitly. Somehow it looks surprising to me now 😅
Maybe it's time to revisit it — I've only been reading what is called technical literature for the last… like 5 years and I think I got slow at reading through books, some change of pace (and genre) would be nice — maybe it would reignite my passion for reading.
