[UA] The Unknown Truth version 1

[Allen Smith]

On Apr 29,  1:00pm, Trent Redfield wrote:
> At  8:56 AM 4/29/0 -0500, Gregory Paul Stolze wrote:
> >Hopefully STATOSPHERE will make it a better fit.  Would it help if I told
> >you that every adept,

I'm interested in the sense in which you mean this... sexual
crossovers are quite common in those practicing magick in various RW
traditions, yes, but not universal by any means.

> > every shaman,

Even more common, but also not universal...

> >and every traitor throughout history supported it?

I'll comment more on this part in my next message.

> The Mystic Hermaphrodite is a great concept.  I suspect Tiresias
> either ascended and created the archetype or was a godwalker of it.
> Tiresias is of the course the blind prophet of ancient Greek myth
> who lived as both a man and a woman in exchange for his powers of
> prophecy.  He's featured in many Greek dramas (Oedipus the King for
> example) and is in the epics (The Odyssey).
>
> As for his place in the collective unconcious, it's quite strong.  I
> had a Greek Myth and Literature class last semester and he was in
> almost everything we read.

Another instance being Hermes, probably the most androgenous of the
Greek deities... and might I remind people of that the order of Magi in 
Ars Magica is the Order of Hermes?

> Our college and universities are probably where the
> Mystic Hermaphrodite is studied and reinforced the most.

Don't forget various androgenous rock stars... Boy George and David
Bowie being excellent examples.

	-Allen

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Allen Smith				easmith at beatrice.rutgers.edu
	

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