THE KYBALION/PART 13
CHAPTER XIII
GENDER
"Gender
is in everything; everything has its Masculine and Feminine Principles; Gender
manifests on all planes."—The Kybalion.
The
great Seventh Hermetic 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, on each and
every plane of life. At this point we think it well to call your attention to
the fact 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." A moment's
consideration will show you that 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 a
manifestation of Gender on a certain plane of the Great Physical Plane—the
plane of organic life. We wish to impress this distinction upon your minds, for
the reason that certain writers, who have acquired a smattering of the Hermetic
Philosophy, have sought to identify this Seventh Hermetic Principle with wild
and fanciful, and often reprehensible, theories and teachings regarding Sex.
The
office of Gender is solely that of creating, producing, generating, etc., and
its manifestations are visible on every plane of phenomena. It is somewhat
difficult to produce proofs of this along scientific lines, for the reason that
science has not as yet recognized this Principle as of universal application.
But still some proofs are forthcoming from scientific sources. In the first
place, we find a distinct manifestation of the Principle of Gender among the
corpuscles, ions, or electrons, which constitute the basis of Matter as science
now knows the latter, and which by forming certain combinations form the Atom,
which until lately was regarded as final and indivisible.
The
latest word of science is that 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"
Poles of Electricity (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
phenomenon. 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 textbooks, 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. So you see we are justified in refusing to
use the term "Negative" in our consideration of the subject, and in
insisting upon substituting the word "Feminine" for the old term. The
facts of the case bear us out in this, without taking the Hermetic Teachings
into consideration. And so we shall use the word "Feminine" in the
place of "Negative" in speaking of that pole of activity.
The
latest scientific teachings are that the creative corpuscles or electrons are
Feminine (science says "they are composed of negative electricity"-we
say they are composed of Feminine energy). A Feminine corpuscle becomes
detached from, or rather leaves, a Masculine corpuscle, and starts on a new
career. 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
similar phenomena. 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 form. The Hermetic
Teachings include much regarding the operation of the two principles of Gender
in the production and manifestation of various forms of energy, etc., but we do
not deem it expedient to go into detail regarding the same at this point,
because we are unable to back up the same with scientific proof, for the reason
that science has not as yet progressed thus far. But the example we have given
you of the phenomena of the electrons or corpuscles will show you that science
is on the right path, and will also give you a general idea of the underlying
principles.
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 straw showing the direction the
scientific winds are blowing. And each year will bring other facts to corroborate
the correctness of the Hermetic Principle of Gender. It will be found that
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,
we are justified in asking you to believe that science at last has offered
proofs of the existence in all universal phenomena of that great Hermetic
Principle-the Principle of Gender.
It
is not necessary to take up your time with the well known phenomena of the
"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 from us. But, have you ever considered that all of these
things are manifestations of the Gender Principle? Can you not see that the
phenomena is "on all fours" with that of the corpuscles or electrons?
And more than this, can you not see the reasonableness of the Hermetic
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? We cannot offer you scientific proof of this at this
time-but examine the phenomena in the light of the Hermetic Teachings on the
subject, and see if you have not a better working hypothesis than any offered
by physical science. Submit all physical phenomena to the test, and you will
discern the Principle of Gender ever in evidence.
Let
us now pass on to a consideration of the operation of the Principle on the
Mental Plane. Many interesting features are there awaiting examination.
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