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Chapter thirteen. Gender. Gender isin everything, Everything has its masculine and
feminine principles. Gender manifests on allplanes. The Cobollian the great seventh Hermetic
principle, the principle of gender,embodies the truth that there is gender manifested
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in everything, that the masculine andfeminine principles are ever present and active in
all phases of phenomena, on eachand every plane of life. At this
point, we think it well tocall your attention to the fact that gender
in its hermetic sense and sex inthe ordinarily accepted use of the term are
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not the same. The word genderis derived from the Latin root meaning to
beget, to procreate, to generate, to create, to produce. A
moment's consideration will show you that theword has a much broader and more general
meaning than the term sex, thelatter referring to the physical distinctions between male
and female living things. Sex ismerely a manifestation of gender on a certain
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plane of the great physical plane,the plane of organic life. We wish
to impress this distinction upon your mindsfor the reason that certain writers who have
acquired a smattering of the hermetic philosophyhave sought to identify this seventh hermetic principle
with wild and fanciful and often reprehensibletheories and teachings regarding sex. The office
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of gender is solely that of creating, producing, generating, etc. And
its manifestations are visible on every planeof phenomena. It is somewhat difficult to
produce proofs of this along scientific lines, for the reason that science has not
yet recognized this principle as of universalapplication. But still some proofs are forthcoming
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from scientific sources. In the firstplace, 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 knowsthe latter, and which, by forming
certain combinations, form the atom,which until lately was regarded as final and
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indivisible. The latest word of scienceis 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 andvibrating at a high degree and intensity.
But the accompanying statement is made thatthe formation of the atom is really due
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to the clustering of negative corpuscles arounda positive one, the positive corpuscles seeming
to exert a certain influence upon thenegative corepuscles, causing the latter to assume
certain combinations and thus create or generatean atom. This is in line with
the most ancient hermetic teachings, whichhave always identified the masculine principle of with
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the positive and the feminine with thenegative poles of electricity, so called now
a word. At this point regardingthis identification, the public mind has formed
an entirely erroneous impression regarding the qualitiesof the so called negative pole of electrified
or magnetized matter. The term positiveand negative are very wrongly applied to this
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phenomenon by science. The word positivemeans 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 negativepole of the battery is really the pole
in and by which the generation orproduction of new forms and energies are manifested.
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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 generation,etc. From the cathode pole emerge the
swarm of electrons or corpuscles. Fromthe same pole emerged these wonderful rays which
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have revolutionized scientific conceptions during the pastdecade. The cathode pole is the mother
of all of the strange phenomena whichhave rendered useless the old textbooks, and
which have caused many long accepted theoriesto be relegated to the scrap pile of
scientific speculation. The cathode or negativepole is the mother principle of electrical phenomena
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and of the finest forms of matteras yet known to science. So you
will see we are justified in refusingto use the term negative in our consideration
of the subject, and in insistingupon substituting the word feminine for the old
term. The facts of the casebear us out in this without taking the
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hermetic teachings into consideration, and sowe shall use the word feminine in place
of negative in speaking of that poleof activity. The latest scientific teachings are
that the creative corpuscles or electrons arefeminine. Science says they are composed of
negative electricity. We say they arecomposed of feminine energy. A feminine corpuscle
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becomes detached from, or rather leaves, a masculine corpuscle, and starts on
a new career. It actively seeksa union with a masculine corpuscle, being
urged there too by the natural impulseto create new forms of matter or energy.
One writer goes so far as touse the term it at once seeks
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of its own volition, a union, etc. This detachment and uniting form
the basis of the greater part ofthe activities of the chemical world. When
the feminine corpuscle unites with a masculinecorpuscle, a certain process is begun.
The feminine particles vibrate rapidly under theinfluence of the masculine energy and circle rapidly
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around the latter. The result isthe birth of a new atom. This
new atom is really composed of aunion of the masculine and feminine electrons or
corpuscles, But when the union isformed, the atom is a separate thing,
having certain properties, but no longermanifesting the property of free electricity.
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The process of detachment or separation ofthe feminine electrons is called ionization. These
electrons or corpuscles are the most activeworkers in nature's field, arising from their
unions or combinations, manifests the variedphenomena of light, heat, electricity,
magnetism, attraction, repulsion, chemicalaffinity, and the reverse and similar phenomena.
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And all this arises from the operationof the principle of gender on the
plane of energy. The part ofthe skulline principle seems to be that of
directing a certain inherent energy towards thefeminine principle, and thus starting into activity
the creative processes. But the feminineprinciple is the one always doing the active
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creative work. And this is soon all planes. And yet each principle
is incapable of operative energy without theassistance of the other. In some of
the forms of life, the twoprinciples are combined in one organism. For
that matter, everything in the organicworld manifests both genders. There is always
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the masculine present in the feminine form. The hermetic teachings include much regarding the
operation of the two principles of genderin the production and manifestation of various forms
of energy, etc. But wedo not deem it expedient to go into
detail regarding the same at this pointbecause we are unable to back up the
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same with scientific proof, for thereason that science has not yet progressed thus
far. But the example we havegiven you of the phenomena of electrons or
corpuscles will show you that science ison the right path, and will also
give you a general idea of theunderlying principles. Some leading scientific investigators have
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announced their belief that in the formationof crystals there was to be found something
that corresponded to sex activity, whichis another straw showing the direction the scientific
winds are blowing, and each yearwill bring other facts to cooborate the correctness
of the hermetic principle of gender.It will be found that gender is in
constant operation and manifestation in the fieldof inorganic matter and in the field of
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energy or force. Electricity is nowgenerally regarded as the something into which all
other forms of energy seem to meltor dissolve. The electrical theory of the
universe is the latest scientific doctrine andis growing rapidly in popularity and general acceptance.
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And thus it follows that if weare able to discover in the phenomena
of electricity, even at the veryroot and source of its manifestations, a
clear and unmistakable evidence of the presenceof gender and its activities. We are
justified in asking you to believe thatscience at last has offered proofs of the
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existence and all universal phenomena of thatgreat Hermetic principle, the principle of gender.
It is not necessary to take upyour time with the well known phenomena
of the attraction and repulsion of theatoms, chemical affinity, the loves and
hates of the atomic particles, theattraction or cohesion between the molecules of matter.
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These facts are too well known toneed extended comment from us. But
have you ever considered that all ofthese things are manifestations of the gender principle?
Can you not see that the phenomenais on all fours with that of
the corpuscles or electrons. And morethan this, can you not see the
reasonableness of the Hermetic teachings which assertthat the very law of gravitation, that
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strange attraction, by reason of whichall particles and bodies of matter in the
universe tend toward each other, isbut another manifestation of the principle of gender,
which operates in the direction of attractingthe masculine to the feminine energies,
and vice versa. We cannot offeryou scientific proof of this at this time,
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but examine the phenomena in the lightof the hermetic teachings on the subject,
and see if you have not abetter working hypothesis than any offered by
physical science. Submit all physical phenomenato the test, and you will discern
the principle of gender. Ever inevidence, let us now pass on to
a consideration of the operation of theprinciple on the mental plane. Many interesting
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features are there awaiting examination. Endof Chapter thirteen.