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One will notice that in all religions—whether past or present, living or dead—the Supreme Power or Supreme Deity is always portrayed as male. However, at the same time, this Supreme Male Principle is never imagined or thought of as personally producing the universe of individual shapes and forms in the same way we think of Nature doing. Instead, the Male Divine Principle original: "Deific Principle" is always depicted as performing a creative act of some sort—through a word, a thought, or an act of will. This act then influences an indefinite and misty "Something" (or even a "Nothing"), causing it to produce, bear, and give birth to all things.
In ancient religions, there was always a recognition of both Male and Female Divine Principles. In some cases, these were symbolized by specific gods and goddesses—for instance, the male Osiris and the female Isis in Egyptian mythology In Egyptian myth, Osiris represented kingship and the afterlife, while his wife Isis represented motherhood and magic.. In other systems, there was a personification of "God" and "Nature" as male and female in principle. All Hindu religions recognize this principle of Divine Sex original: "Deific Sex"; their male gods are always pictured as having female counterparts or mates In Hinduism, this is often referred to as Shakti, the feminine energy that allows a male deity to act in the world.. Even when their gods are understood as abstract principles rather than people, the female principle is always found accompanying the male. To the Eastern mind, there is always a Divine Mother as well as a Divine Father, whether they are viewed as principles or as actual persons.
Sex is evident in all material forms, from the atom to the most complex living beings. In the particles that compose matter—both the atoms themselves and the even smaller particles that form them—we find the polarity of sex. This is expressed through the activities of attraction and repulsion, or metaphorically, "love and hate."
Leading scientific authorities now believe that the atom itself is composed of thousands of extremely small particles called ions, electrons, or corpuscles original: "corpuscles"; an early scientific term for subatomic particles, specifically electrons.. These electrons are considered to be of two kinds: "positive" and "negative." These positive and negative electrons whirl around each other, never coming into actual contact but always exerting an attractive or repulsive force upon one another. The best authorities hold that the atom is formed by many negative particles clustering around a single positive particle, the latter seemingly...