Sex-androgyny in mythology
Ancient mythologies tell stories of androgyn archetypal beings, existing prior to the split in male and female.
Tantra
In Tantra, God, the unmovable Absolute, and Shakti, the sacred force or primordial cosmic energy are often depicted in a sexual embrace. Gross calls the Tantra-iconography nondual, when countering erotic interpretations of Tantra:
Plato's Symposium
In Plato's Symposium, Aristophanes tells of a primeval state of eternal bliss, which split into homosexuals, lesbians and heterosexuals:
Construction of gender-opposites
Modern medicine and genetics construct opposite sexes:
Tantra
In Tantra, God, the unmovable Absolute, and Shakti, the sacred force or primordial cosmic energy are often depicted in a sexual embrace. Gross calls the Tantra-iconography nondual, when countering erotic interpretations of Tantra:
Plato's Symposium
In Plato's Symposium, Aristophanes tells of a primeval state of eternal bliss, which split into homosexuals, lesbians and heterosexuals:
Construction of gender-opposites
Modern medicine and genetics construct opposite sexes:
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