is a fact which at the present time seems to be clearly proven;
that it constituted, however, the dual or triune unity venerated
by all the nations on the globe of which we have any record,
appears to be well established.
[41] Bunsen, History of Egypt, vol. iv., p. 421.
We have seen that although the two sex-principles which underlie
Nature constituted the Creator, the ancients thought of it only
as one and indivisible. This indivisible aspect was the sacred
Iav, the Holy of Holies. When it was contemplated in its
individual aspect it was Creator, Preserver, and Destroyer, each
of which was female and male.
The difficulty of the ancients in establishing a First Cause
seems to have been exactly the same as is ours at the present
time. When we say there must have been a God who created all
things, the question at once arises, Who created God? According
to their theories, nothing could be brought forth without the
interaction of two creative principles, female and male; yet
everything, even these principles, must proceed from an
indivisible energy--an energy which, as the idea of the sex
functions became more and more clearly defined, could not be
contemplated except in its dual aspect. So soon, therefore, as
the Great First Cause was separated into its elements, a still
higher power was immediately stationed above it as its Creator.
This Creator was designated as female. It was the Mother idea
Even gods could not be produced without a mother.
In referring to the doctrines contained in the Geeta, one of the
sacred writings of the Hindoos, Faber observes:
"In the single character of Brahm, all the three offices of
Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva are united. He is at once the Creator,
the Preserver, and the Destroyer. He is the primeval
Hermaphrodite, or the Great Father and the Great Mother blended
together in one person."
The fact that a trinity in unity, representing the female and
male energies symbolized by the organs of generation, formerly
constituted the Deity throughout Asia is acknowledged by all
those who have examined either the literature or monumental
records of oriental countries. The Rev. Mr. Maurice bears
testimony to the character of Eastern religious ideas in the
following language:
"Whoever will read the Geeta with attention, will perceive in
that small tract the outlines of all the various systems of
theology in Asia. The curious and ancient doctrine of the
