Nothing exists in itself or by itself, for the world is a vast tapestry woven of relations.

Not even the smallest strand in this web can be tugged without affecting all the myriad strands and interdependencies to which it is connected, and of which it is composed.

This is true of matter and it is also true of the nature of the human body and the psyche that animates it.

“All that is born, all that is created, all the elements of nature are interwoven and united with each other.”

Jean Yves Leloup, The Gospel of Mary Magdalene.