The Gender Principle

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The Nazarene Way of Essenic Studies

 

~ The Principle of Gender ~

 

 

Excerpt compiled from the teachings of the Kybalion

" Gender is in everything and manifests on every plane of phenomena.

Gender is in constant operation in the fields of Matter, in the

fields of Energy, and in the fields of Force. The word " Gender " is

derived from Latin meaning to beget; to produce; to generate; or to

create. The dichotomy of two sexes is merely an organic manifestation

of Gender on a physical plane. "

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The great Seventh Essenic Principle - the Principle of Gender -

embodies the truth that there is Gender manifested in everything -

that the Masculine and Feminine principles are ever present and

active in all phases of phenomena and on each and every plane of

existence. It is important to note that Gender, in its Hermetic

sense, and Sex in the ordinarily accepted use of the term, are not

the same.

The word " Gender " is derived from the Latin root meaning " to beget;

to procreate; to generate; to create; to produce. " The word has a

much broader and more general meaning than the term " Sex, " the latter

referring to the physical distinctions between male and female living

things. Sex is merely an organic manifestation of Gender on a

physical plane.

The office of Gender is solely that of creating, producing,

generating, etc., and its manifestations are visible on every plane

of existence. We find a distinct manifestation of the Principle of

Gender among the corpuscles, ions, or electrons, which constitute the

basis of all Matter, as science now knows it, and which by forming

certain combinations form the Atom, which until lately was regarded

as final and indivisible.

The atom is composed of a multitude of corpuscles, electrons, or ions

(the various names being applied by different authorities) revolving

around each other and vibrating at a high degree and intensity. But

the accompanying statement is made that the formation of the atom is

really due to the clustering of negative corpuscles around a positive

one---the positive corpuscles seeming to exert a certain influence

upon the negative corpuscles, causing the latter to assume certain

combinations and thus " create " or " generate " an atom. This is in line

with the most ancient Hermetic Teachings, which have always

identified the Masculine principle of Gender with the " Positive, " and

the Feminine with the " Negative " (or so called).

Now a word at this point regarding this identification. The public

mind has formed an entirely erroneous impression regarding the

qualities of the so-called " Negative " pole of electrified or

magnetized Matter. The terms Positive and Negative are very wrongly

applied to this phenomenon by science. The word Positive means

something real and strong, as compared with a Negative unreality or

weakness. Nothing is further from the real facts of electrical

physics. The so-called Negative pole of the battery is really the

pole in and by which the generation or production of new forms and

energies is manifested. There is nothing " negative " about it. The

best scientific authorities now use the word " Cathode " in place

of " Negative, " the word Cathode coming from the Greek root

meaning " descent; the path of generation, etc, " From the Cathode pole

emerge the swarm of electrons or corpuscles; from the same pole

emerge those wonderful " rays " which have revolutionized scientific

conceptions during the past decade. The Cathode pole is the Mother of

all of the strange phenomena which have rendered useless the old text-

books, and which have caused many long accepted theories to be

relegated to the scrap-pile of scientific speculation. The Cathode,

or Negative Pole, is the Mother Principle of Electrical Phenomena,

and of the finest forms of matter as yet known to science.

The latest scientific teachings are that the creative corpuscles or

electrons are Feminine (science says they are composed of " negative "

electricity). A Feminine corpuscle becomes detached from, or rather

leaves, a Masculine corpuscle, and starts on a new endeavor. It

actively seeks a union with a Masculine corpuscle, being urged

thereto by the natural impulse to create new forms of Matter or

Energy. One writer goes so far as to use the term " it at once seeks,

of its own volition, a union, " etc. This detachment and uniting form

the basis of the greater part of the activities of the chemical

world. When the Feminine corpuscle unites with a Masculine corpuscle,

a certain process is begun. The Feminine particles vibrate rapidly

under the influence of the Masculine energy, and circle rapidly

around the latter. The result is the birth of a new atom. This new

atom is really composed of a union of the Masculine and Feminine

electrons, or corpuscles, but when the union is formed the atom is a

separate thing, having certain properties, but no longer manifesting

the property of free electricity. The process of detachment or

separation of the Feminine electrons is called " ionization. " These

electrons, or corpuscles, are the most active workers in Nature's

field. Arising from their unions, or combinations, manifest the

varied phenomena of light, heat, electricity, magnetism, attraction,

repulsion, chemical affinity and the reverse. And all this arises

from the operation of the Principle of Gender on the plane of Energy.

The part of the Masculine principle seems to be that of directing a

certain inherent energy toward the Feminine principle, and thus

starting into activity the creative processes. But the Feminine

principle is the one always doing the active creative work - and this

is so on all planes. And yet, each principle is incapable of

operative energy without the assistance of the other. In some of the

forms of life, the two principles are combined in one organism. For

that matter, everything in the organic world manifests both genders -

there is always the Masculine present in the Feminine form, and the

Feminine present in the Masculine form.

Some leading scientific investigators have announced their belief

that in the formation of crystals there was to be found something

that corresponded to " sex activity " which is another example showing

the direction the scientific winds are blowing. And each year will

bring other facts to corroborate the correctness of the Principle of

Gender.

Gender is in constant operation and manifestation in the field of

inorganic matter, and in the field of Energy or Force. Electricity is

now generally regarded as the " Something " into which all other forms

of energy seem to melt or dissolve. The " Electrical Theory of the

Universe " is the latest scientific doctrine, and is growing rapidly

in popularity and general acceptance. And it thus follows that if we

are able to discover in the phenomena of electricity - even at the

very root and source of its manifestations a clear and unmistakable

evidence of the presence of Gender and its activities, then science

at last has offered proofs of its existence in all universal

phenomena.

It is not necessary to elaborate on the well known phenomena

of " attraction and repulsion " of the atoms; chemical affinity;

the " loves and hates " of the atomic particles; the attraction or

cohesion between the molecules of matter. These facts are too well

known to need extended comment here but, we need to realize that all

of these things are manifestations of the Gender Principle.

The teachings which assert that the very Law of Gravitation - that

strange attraction by reason of which all particles and bodies of

matter in the universe tend toward each other - is but another

manifestation of the Principle of Gender which operates in the

direction of attracting the Masculine to the Feminine energies, and

vice versa.

Examine all phenomena in the light of the Principle of Gender. Submit

all physical phenomena to investigation and you will discover the

Principle of Gender is extant in everything ... everywhere.