The Mystery of Sex, or Sex Polarity

Sex is a manifestation of the great Law of Polarity, which is evident throughout the cosmos. The sexes are counterparts, opposites, and contrasting poles of being. One always finds the Male Principle, which energizes, procreates, and stirs things into activity; and one always finds the Female Principle, which produces, conceives, and brings forth.

In fact, the ancient Arcane original: "Arcane"; meaning secret, mysterious, or understood by only a few. teachers directed the attention of their students original: "neophytes"; meaning beginners or new initiates into a secret system. to the fact that the principle of sex was apparent even in the fundamental activities of the creation of the cosmos. The LAW In this philosophy, "The LAW" refers to the supreme, absolute governing principle of the universe. was held to represent the Male Principle, acting and moving upon the Infinity of Nothingness and causing the latter to conceive, bear, and bring forth the activities, shapes, and forms of the universe. We should remember that The LAW itself does not conceive, bear, or bring forth. Instead, it acts merely as the controlling, energizing spirit that stirs the creative powers inherent in the Infinity of Nothingness into activity. The latter is clearly the Female Principle because it is acted upon by the energies of The LAW, goes through a period of cosmic conception, bears the new cosmos in its body, and finally brings forth the new world in all its youthful vigor and activity. The LAW is the Absolute; the cosmos is the Infinite. The Absolute is the moving and energizing power, while the Infinite contains within itself the "possibility" of all things—the creative properties that conceive, bear, and bring forth the cosmos.

This idea of the sex principle manifesting in cosmic activities is carried out in the symbolism of the ages. Even the figurative terms of our own time show the mind's persistent desire to express this thought. We always speak and think of "Nature" as the feminine principle, which contains in her womb the seeds of all shapes, forms, and things, and brings forth all the forms of life that fill the world. "Mother Nature" is the term embodying this idea. How ridiculous it would seem to speak or think of "Father Nature!" And yet, the mind instinctively recognizes that there can be no mother without a father, and it seeks to find the paternal principle above Nature.