Careful analysis of Genesis / Bereshit, the first book in the Bible or Tanakh written by Moshe (Moses), causes one to realize that we require a dramatic revision of many of our inherited beliefs, ideas, and assumptions. These few passages alone, if considered carefully and without bias, can single-handedly unravel the entire basis of most modern religious beliefs, and set one on the path towards genuine comprehension. However, Moses wrote his books for initiates of his tradition who were deeply versed in mysticism and esoteric understanding. Moses had mastery of Kabbalah and Egyptian religious principles, thus to understand his writings it is necessary for us to become educated in those traditions.

Entire libraries have been written about the deep meanings hidden just in the first chapter of Genesis / Bereshit. It is stated that every religious symbol contains seven levels of application; this partly explains why some become confused when attempting to unravel the mysteries hidden in esoteric texts. For our purpose here, we will try to keep it as simple as possible. We reproduce here only short passages as relevant to our investigation into sexuality. Be assured that the rest of the text deserves to be studied as well.

Genesis / Bereshit 1

The Sixth Day

1:24 God [Elohim] said, 'The earth shall bring forth particular species of living creatures, particular species of livestock, land animals, and beasts of the earth.' It happened.

Most scriptures use the word "God" in place of a wide variety of very specific Kabbalistic terminology and sacred names. The word Elohim (אלהים) is plural, and contains within itself these forms:

• El (אל): masculine, god
• Eloah (אלוה): feminine, goddess

In Kabbalah, Elohim refers to the Multiple Perfect Unity, or divine androgyne, who is not an individual or a great man in the sky, but a supernal intelligence. Elohim is neither male nor female, but both. Elohim is not one, but many. That is why the passage below speaks with a pluralized perspective.

1:25 God [thus] made particular species of beasts of the earth, particular species of livestock, and particular species of animals that walk the land. God saw that it was good.

1:26 God said, 'Let us make man with our image and likeness. Let him dominate the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock animals, and all the earth - and every land animal that walks the earth.'

1:27 God [Elohim thus] created man with His image. In the image of God [Elohim], He created him, male and female He created them.

It should be clearly noted that the scripture states that man (ADM) was created in the image of the Elohim, as male-female: androgynous.

A quote fromThe Zohar:

"Note that Adam and Eve were at first created androgynous. Wherefore were they not created face to face, or separated individuals? Because, as Scripture states, 'The Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth.' The union of man and wife is a type of a great spiritual fact, viz., the union of heaven and earth which could not be accomplished until the rain which united them descended. Then Adam and Eve ceased to be androgynous and gazed into each other's faces, as is the case with heaven and earth, the one reflecting the image of the other."

Thus is the entire basis of most modern religious dogma revealed as built upon sand.

"Consider in thoughtful silence the startling use of pronouns in the above extract from "the most perfect example of English literature." When the plural and androgynous Hebrew word Elohim was translated into the singular and sexless word God, the opening chapters of Genesis were rendered comparatively meaningless. It may have been feared that had the word been correctly translated as "the male and female creative agencies," the Christians would have been justly accused of worshiping a plurality of gods in the face of their repeated claims to monotheism! The plural form of the pronouns us and our reveals unmistakably, however, the pantheistic nature of Divinity. Further, the androgynous constitution of the Elohim (God) is disclosed in the next verse, where he (referring to God) is said to have created man in his own image, male and female; or, more properly, as the division of the sexes had not yet taken place, male-female. This is a deathblow to the time-honored concept that God is a masculine potency as portrayed by Michelangelo on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The Elohim then order these androgynous beings to be fruitful. Note that neither the masculine nor the feminine principle as yet existed in a separate state! And, lastly, note the word "replenish." The prefix re denotes "back to an original or former state or position," or "repetition or restoration." (See Webster's International Dictionary, 1926.) This definite reference to a humanity existing prior to the "creation of man" described in Genesis must be evident to the most casual reader of Scripture." - Manly P. Hall, Secret Teachings of All Ages (1928)