before dividing — a mixing that greatly
facilitated genetic change. Specialized egg
and sperm cells became necessary around a
billion years ago, when many-celled
organisms evolved and this simple transfer of
DNA was no longer possible.
The World Egg
In the beginning this world was
nonexistent. It became existent. It
developed. It turned into an egg. It lay for
the period of a year. It split apart. One of
the parts became silver, one gold.
That which was silver is this earth. That
which was gold is the sky. That which was
the outer membrane is the mountains. That
which was the inner membrane is clouds
and mist. What were the veins are the
rivers. What was the fluid within is the
ocean.
What was born from the egg is the sun.
When it was born, shouts and hurrahs and