“Androgyny: Toward a New Theory of Sexuality” by June Singer (1976 edition)

"Scientists and mystics throughout history have realized that every human being is the carrier of complementary life energies. Given a variety of names— yin and yang, poetic and rational, left-handed and right-handed, emotional and intellectual, feminine and masculine—these energies interact in everyone, regardless of sex. Androgyny involves recognizing the eternal flux of these opposing energies within us.

On a journey that takes us through Tao, Gnosticism, Kabbalah, Alchemy, Astrology, Tibetan Tantra, Kundalini Yoga, and the works of Plato, Freud and Jung, June Singer shows how crucial has been the awareness of the androgynous soul to those who would inquire into the mysteries of human nature. In modern science, too, from molecular biology to astrophysics, we see the interplay of opposing energies.

Consciousness of our own androgyny can lead to a new sense of personal unity within the larger universe. It is no accident that men and women today are expressing previously undeveloped sides of their natures and taking roles generally assigned to the opposite sex. Women are thriving in the business world; men are finding new fulfillment in child rearing and in the home.

One of the most thorough investigations of the subject in the current literature, Androgyny is a book full of psychological and spiritual insights that speak to today's sexual confusion. The author shows how a person can at once embrace complementary and contradictory attitudes toward sex and gender. Finally, she proposes a range of choices by which people can identify themselves, secure that the masculine/feminine interaction within each individual is not only normal, but the dynamic factor in their wholeness."

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