Friday, April 29, 2011
The Logic Behind the Lust
There were possibly hominid species who were inherently monogamous and chaste and as a result died out. Those species whose nature drove them in their rapacious appetite to inseminate anything that moved produced a more robust species precisely because of the genetic shuffle. A Romanov Tsar was invited to America for 6 months and taken on buffalo hunts. He wrote back to a friend that "there are women here more beautiful that any I have seen in Russia." I saw the letter at the Brooklyn museum at a Romanov exhibit. I instantly realized that he was drooling after women with a mixture of African Asian and Native American blood with darker skin and eyes, deliciously different hair, breasts and nipples which intrigued... whereas all the women in Russia were kind of a boring mix of Slavic and European strains.
I have seen articles and studies to the effect that in the U.A.E there is evidence of illness due to consanguineous marriages. I realize that different religions and cultures have taboos aimed at preventing inbreeding. I wondered if one might deduce that Jewish laws were more successful than Islamic law. I do know that small groups such as the Samaritans have genetic disease because they simply cannot find enough women from distant places to provide a healthy genetic mix. On Youtube there is a video of two Samaritan men who were allowed to take Russian "mail-order" brides. They had to nag their high priest for years before he finally gave consent. Some of the Samaritans have speech impediments because of inbreeding. I believe that other groups such as the Amish or Parsi suffer from such problems. And of course we all know of the hemophilia which resulted from European royalty arranging weddings to conserve power and hegemony. Apparently among Muslims a weak family will arrange a union with a strong family by means of marriage in order to benefit from the alliance.
India's ancient law on avoiding in-breeding:
1. He shall not give his daughter to a man belonging to the same Gotra (family).
2. Nor to one related within six degrees (six preceding generations) on the mother's or the father's side. - Apastamba Sutras (Prasna II, Patala 5, Khanda 11, Verses 15/16)
1. He shall not give his daughter to a man belonging to the same Gotra (family).
2. Nor to one related within six degrees (six preceding generations) on the mother's or the father's side. - Apastamba Sutras (Prasna II, Patala 5, Khanda 11, Verses 15/16)
