When a man had won his wings, he was formally initiated into the mystery of s*x and all its ‘biologico-religious’ significance. He was also allowed to take a ‘domestic wife,’ and after a much more severe aviation test, any number of ‘symbolical’ wives. Similarly with the woman. These two kinds of partnership differed greatly. The ‘domestic’ husband and wife appeared in public together, and their union was indissoluble. The ‘symbolic’ union, on the other hand, could be dissolved by either party. Also it was too sacred ever to be revealed, or even mentioned, in public.
A very large number of persons never passed the test which sanctioned sexuality. These either remained virgin, or indulged in s****l relations which were not only illegal but sacrilegious. The successful, on the other hand, w
