[UA] UA Inspiration

[masque]

Jonathan wrote:
> For example, while intellectually I understand the
> concept of the Mystic Hermaphrodite, the emphasis on
> contradiction, etc., in my heart of hearts, I really
> don't get it.  
> 
> When discussing the avatar before, there was
> discussion about ritual cross-dressing, etc., from
> various cultures in the distant past; however, I feel
> like I'm missing something in terms of what keeps this
> avatar current and relevant (i.e. why doesn't it get
> replaced by "The Crossdresser," or "The Tranny" or
> whatever).
> 
> Is there a "Mystic Hermaphrodite" Illuminatus! that
> I'm missing?

If you search for "alchemical hermaphrodite", you should come up with a 
wealth of information.  I always took the UA Mystic Hermaphrodite to be 
a reference to it.

-masque

-- 
The "one if by land, two if by sea" signal from the Old North Church was 
actually a two-slit experiment designed to collapse the probability wave 
of the Revolution and force the British imperial Order to "fuzz out" 
into Revolutionary American Chaos. Hail Eris, Hail Revere!
-Kenneth Hite, "Suppressed Transmission"
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