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RE: A Good Science Radio Show on Hermetic Principles
Isn't gender and polarity a different way to put the same concept? That's one part of the hermetic principles that I've always gotten stuck on...
Isn't gender and polarity a different way to put the same concept? That's one part of the hermetic principles that I've always gotten stuck on...
In a way yes, but in another way, no. A lock and key make a differently gendered pair, but i don't think of them as a duality. Russell assigned genders to the elements based on electronegativity values - whether the element is giving or taking electrons. Is a good question, thank you for asking.
I suppose studying qabalah and the tree of life is what gives me this perspective. Energy flows from the kether through each level with each side representing the masculine force and the feminine form. A filter which I've learned to consider everything as an embodiment of