I'm reading The Meaning of Witchcraft, and I came across something that doesn't make sense.
of the Goddess: "...the Great Mother, who is also the Eternal Virgin..."
My problem with this is that I don't see the point in an Eternal Virgin. the only reason i could see is if sex taints you, but... that doesn't make sense either. I must be missing something here. I thought fertility was something to be celebrated, something that an "eternal virgin" doesn't invoke. It makes me think of the virgin mary, but... I can't reconcile that with everything else I've read about wicca. Can someone explain what Gardner means by Eternal Virgin?
Many Thanks!
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