The Breath of God = Flatulence?

Fun discovery from dissertation writing today.

What do early Christian myths about how God fertilized Mary (via a dove or angel), the Greek concept of psyche/soul, the 'geist' of geisteswissenschaften (human sciences), and the yoga concept of 'breath' (especially 'Apna') all have in common? They all refer, etymologically and historically, to farting! Yes, that's right.

In the development of the infant's mind (psychogenesis), awareness of farting precedes the awareness of breathing, according to psychoanalyst, Ernest Jones. Breathing is always secondary. It is built upon the associative scaffolding of its early phenomenological experiences with its own gaseous expulsions: warmth, moisture, sound, etc. In other words, the infant interprets breath as a type of fart. Yet, these experiences are deeply repressed and become sublimated into music, speech, or even thinking (e.g. the 'passing thought').

These early unconscious phantasies have also influenced culture. Over time, our cultural myths became purified of all signs regarding contamination by the repulsive orifice of the anus: odor, sound, moisture, warmth, and even movement, until we were left with only the breath. A mere essence, not subject to the physical senses so that only a dove remained, innocent and pure, for example. The divine symbol of God's flatus blowing down from on high to impregnate Mary as a dove (or his 'wind' to vanquish foes). Hegel's ideal of the science of philosophy beginning with spirit. Aristotle's doctrine of 'pneuma'. The depth psychologist's notion of 'soul'. The Yoga master's breath. The artist's īnspīrātiō. All originally referred to flatulence, not the breath!

So much for lofty grandeur. As analysts know well, we're all a bunch of turgent bodies trying to pretend we won't die someday. Etymologically, God created man by farting into some dust. That could be depressing, but I think it's kind of fun. It like my stories complex, surprising, and nuanced, like a good wind.