Luce Irigaray and divine matter
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their becoming, the basis for their becoming lovers.16 In their marriage they
are never one, always two; limit is never overcome, transgressed; men and
women are each to have their own divine. And there is a suggestion that this
time women might be the messengers of the Incarnation:
Aprts Fenveloppe pleine d’eau de notre s⅛our prenatal, nous avons a
Construire, peu ⅛ peu, Fenveloppe d’air de notre s6jour terrestre, air
encore Iibre 4 respirer et a chanter, air ou se deploient nos apparences,
nos mouvements. Nous avons ⅛t⅛ poissons. Nous aurions a devenir
oiseaux. (Sexes, 78)
Birds or angels of the Annunciation, women are to incarnate their divine here
on earth. Timely good news—or a rather untimely and even unwelcome
announcement? Only time will tell.
16 See, particularly, ‘Toi qui ne seras jamais mien’ in J'aimea toi, 161-70.
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