3.7 ANDROGYNE, CELIBACY, AND THE THIRD SEX

ZEPHYR Other dimensions and awareness - UPDATED July 2010

androgynous - having both male and female characteristics. Collins New Pocket English Dictionary

A test for the girls to see how one-sided you are:

Which are you:

An interesting, amusing test at the following web-site - not to be taken as definitive but certainly defines androgyne and the grades on each side http://members.tripod.com/~womens_voices

There is a good discernment between those struggling to come to grips with androgyne who will waver between hard androgyne and soft androgyne, before coming home to balance in pure androgyne.

celibate - 1. unmarried or abstaining from sex esp. because of a religious vow of chastity 2. celibate person

Abstinance or chosen celibacy? It is suggested in many eastern religions that abstinance is an opportunity to consider re-directing one's energy to higher matters.

The following are lionks to articles on the Third Sex from the GALVA website

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/galva108/

http://www.nine9.ukshells.co.uk/galva108/

http://www.geocities.com/galva108/

"napumsaka," or "those who do not engage in procreation."

There are five different types of napumsaka people:

(1) children,

(2) the elderly,

(3) neuters,

(4) the celibate and

(5) the third sex