Thus far, we have spoken of "Man" with no mention of "Woman" generally, we refer to Mankind, i.e., the human race, as "Man: and speak of Woman specifically only when there is need to separate or define the sexes.

The Bible states: "...she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man." This implies a One-ness, a time when male and female were in fact one. The Infinite Being is neither Man nor Woman, and if we must use labels, we might say that the Divine Law governing the physical-material would be masculine and the Laws governing the Spiritual would be feminine.

A Soul, upon seeking to inhabit a human form, would take on the character of the personality of that particular human. The gender of the human is NOT dependent upon the body but upon the personality. Thus the ideal Man would have none of the characteristics of the Woman, though his ACTION may be influenced by a Woman. A Woman would have none of the Man's characteristics but may be influenced by a Man. An ideal Man-Woman pair would have no need to share their duties since, by attending to their own duties, their Work would be completed. This constitutes the "partnership" of marriage.

When defined, PARTNERSHIP infers equality, the state of quality of being equal, as in value or degree. The state of condition of being a partner. The relationship subsisting between partners.

"Equality improves manner, for it strengthens the basis of all good manners, respect for the other men and women simply as men and women." Respect for others requires respect for oneself.

A partnership consists of a mutual agreement on the part of each participant to do his or her "part" toward the achievement of a mutual goal. As such, each agrees to fulfill his or her responsibilities and duties toward the end in view. Where by necessity (as with the working wife and mother) those responsibilities overlap, the goal should be the governing factor, spurring each to assume his or her fair share. This can and should be accomplished without usurping either "partner's" status as male and female, husband and wife, father and mother.

Woman is Man's partner by choice, by nature, by DIVINE INTENT. She, in her function as a total Woman, finds her fulfillment as a wife and mother. The Woman most content with her role as such, has first of all, a strong sense of identity, a FULL ASSURANCE of her own worth as a human being. In that awareness and assurance, she finds no need to "compete"(1) as it were, with her husband or any other man. Man and woman, being so totally diverse, physically, emotionally, mentally, therefore cannot be "equal" as such. Nonetheless, each is NECESSARY to the other, "completing and complementing" one another IDEALLY.
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(1) The tragedy of the so-called, "woman's-liberation" (?), movement is that woman in seeking this questionable achievement has failed to realize that she must "STEP DOWN" from her pedestal to become man's equal.
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It would be strange if no mention were made of LOVE. Unless one has a marriage merely of convenience or expediency, there should exist a LOVING REGARD for the other that permits him (or her) to be himself, with no demand that he be otherwise.

Hence, a true marriage must be based on separate, complete identities functioning side by side, by choice, in loving acceptance of each as his own person, toward a common and SHARED GOAL: that of lives spent together, each complementing and completing the other, according to DIVINE LAW.

This does not mean that there may not be times when it is necessary for Man to do Woman's work it is necessary for Man to do Woman's work. and vice versa. It is only when one wishes to do the work of the other, instead of his or her own, that Divine Law is broken. The personality inhabiting a male body that wants(2) to look like a Woman, dress like a Woman and ACT like a Woman is NOT a Man but is, in fact, a Woman.
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(2) THIS IS THE AGE OF REVERSE. The man or woman betraying their CREATIVE FORCES and EMOTIONS may through this CHANGE lose the possibility of BECOMING a Conscious Individuality.
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Throughout the centuries, but more especially today, we see the results of one sex's desiring the rights and privileges of the other. Effeminate "men" and masculine "women" are in evidence in all walks of life.

Under Divine Law, the PERSONALITY has a right to change; the personality in a male body that truly desires to be a Woman IN A WOMAN'S BODY may make that transition in a succeeding incarnation, but when the personality now inhabiting a male body decides to assume feminine characteristics and become a "wife" to a so-called "man," it is an abomination unto the Divine Law.

There may be instances where a man may do the work of a woman and still remain all Man. Thus a man who takes care of a household during his wife's illness is NOT assuming the role of a woman, but the role of a protector of Woman. The Woman working to earn a living for herself and children (through necessity) is NOT assuming the role of Man but rather carrying out her role as a mother in taking care of her family.

When a Woman complains of the "inequality of women" she is unhappy with herself as a Woman, for the Woman complete within herself has an awareness of her innate equal-while-diverse being and can FIND and MAKE contentment in her role.

Woman's place in Mankind is to be "honored above all else" (the Spiritual in relation to the Physical) only so long as she is content to be so honored. In today's world, women all too often are UNCERTAIN of what their aim and duty in life should be, and question: "Is a woman to be ONLY a housekeeper, sweetheart and mother to her husband's children?"

While being housekeeper, sweetheart and mother may readily be conceded to be an all-time, full-time "job," it does not offer the wise Woman a complete life, a life she can make possible if she gives the necessary consideration and wise planning to her future, BEFORE marriage. Admittedly and truthfully, "love is blind" and seldom is able to see any weaknesses in those loved. But foreknowledge and wise planning may be combined with even the most perfect love.

It IS possible to be sweetheart (Biblically, everything in its proper place or "there is a time for everything") wife, mother and housekeeper, to which FOR A HAPPILY MARRIED LIFE must be added: A COMPANION TO HER HUSBAND. It is in this one respect, more than in anything else, that marriages so frequently fail.

Before marriage, the Woman who is then just a sweetheart, makes every effort to share all things with her beloved. But by and large, no sooner are they married than she begins to feel that her various duties are so many, and so demanding, that she has little or no time to be actually a companion and share the "little" things, which to her husband are so important. To be enjoyed, they MUST BE SHARED WITH A WOMAN - SWEET-HEART OR WIFE. if possible. If not...then with ANOTHER woman, and the sorrows of the wife begin. Women, wise in the ways of men and generally of none too noble character, are aware of this necessity in the life of the best and most moral men who ever lived, and for selfish purposes, use it to their advantage.

The first step, then - the initial need, is for the young Woman who wishes to be loved, who yearns for one to love and be loved by in return - to make this great need of Man a SUBCONSCIOUS IMPRESSION. It must guide her FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF HER MARRIED LIFE. She must combine this as BOTH A PLEASURE AND A DUTY WITH HER OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES. If she does, assuming her husband is a Man of honor, responsibility and high moral sense, her life will be as complete and happy as possible in a world where there is much sorrow and disappointment.

Considering further this most vital need for companionship on the part of Man, how many women whose married life ended in sorrow and failure can think back to early married life? The husband, no more than a BOY IN SPIRIT, wanted to do something which interested him as a Man, but which held little interest for her as a Woman. He requested or invited her companionship in what we wished to do, but she, having various household "duties" in mind (which she would realize, if she gave it a thought -that he too realized - might well be done later), answered often in an off-hand manner: "You go ahead and do what you wish - there is so much work for me to do in the house, or for the children." The first refusals and his comment to himself will be: "Oh, what's the use?" And she has lost the most important part of her husband: HIS NEED FOR HER.

To abdicate her rightful place and responsibility as a Woman, to want the benefits that are properly the rights of Man, can only bring about her fall from her high position with resultant unhappiness and disharmony within her inmost being.

Biblically and under Divine Law, Man is the PROVIDER, the strength, the protector, the builder, the physical-material. His inmost desire should be to BE A MAN. TO BE A SUCCESS IN HIS ENDEAVORS. This would at first glance appear to be selfish. But beneath this desire is the ideal, the Spiritual outlook: TO PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE FOR THE WELFARE OF THOSE HE LOVES, FOR THE HAPPINESS OF THOSE WHO ARE HIS ASSOCIATES AND COMPANIONS, AND SHARE HIS LIFE AND HELP TO MAKE IT HAPPY. Directly associated with this is the moral and spiritual duty of the wife and, later, of the family, to MAKE THIS AS EASY AS POSSIBLE, by patiently and sympathetically listening to his problems, his failures if any, and even his weaknesses. They should offer counsel where possible, BUT NEVER CENSURE OR ACCUSE.(3)
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(3) It has become commonplace in stories, movies and television to distort the DIVINE responsibility of the husband as a father and protector of the HOME. It is the intent and purpose of the evil forces at work to first debase and destroy the FAMILY and HOME PRINCIPLE in order to achieve their fiendish purposes.
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Primarily and simply, although not so easily carried out as it may appear, the husband's duty is to make the best home possible for his wife and children. He must engage in some work, business or profession to provide for them to the best of his ability. To be morally and Spiritually loyal to them and to protect them under all conditions and circumstances.

Under the Law governing every man's responsibility to himself and those for whom he has assumed responsibility (as an example, his family) HE IS COMPELLED TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT, EVEN IN THE MOST ADVERSE CONDITIONS, TO EARN BY HIS LABOR THE WHEREWITHAL TO SUPPORT HIMSELF AND HIS FAMILY. Similarly, his family is bound by the Law to make sacrifices and even suffer until such time as he, BY HIS OWN EFFORTS, IMPROVES HIS CIRCUMSTANCES. He is entirely under the Law of "the laborer is worthy of his hire" and only he who labors, i.e., makes an effort, is entitled to a livelihood for himself and his family.

This is naturally a strict interpretation of the Divine Law, that governs Man whether he will or not. Just as naturally, there are exceptions when it is ACTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE for him to obey the Law, as in emergencies. It is here that charity steps in for the time being to help him - as he still continues to do all in his power to HELP HIMSELF.

To live within one's income, whatever that may be, is the Divine Law. Within the family circle, this same Law applies. IT IS PART OF THE LAW THAT MAN SHOULD DESIRE TO IMPROVE HIS EVERY POSITION, SATISFY HIS EVERY NATURAL, RIGHTFUL DESIRE: BECAUSE THIS IS THE INCENTIVE TO EFFORT. It is also a Law, part of the Divine Law, that he (including the family) shall not become impatient and dissatisfied if he is unable to fulfill his desires as quickly as he might wish, or if he is unable to keep pace with his friends and neighbors.

He is bound by the Law that there shall be no waste. He must husband his resources in every respect, and give first consideration to the physical needs and comforts of his family and himself. He can then gradually, as he is able, by every honest means, supply the things that make life easier and more pleasant. This he can do without the shame and Spiritual self-condemnation which would follow were he to use the substance required for well-being, for the purpose of ease and comfort, however desirable such may be when honestly and rightfully attained.

Some women question, "I feel I would want to share my husband's life, his work and interests. Is this an unnatural or abnormal desire?" The desire is entirely natural and normal, and may be made the basis or foundation of a perfectly happy life. It is likewise the desire of every normal husband in the beginning of married life unless, as so frequently happens, there have been misunderstandings, which may have given rise to doubts and fears before marriage. In this case, it is wise not to marry, because the delicate or sensitive feelings have been disturbed or at least badly strained.

The outline of understanding and the sharing of interest are based on COMPANIONSHIP, INTEREST IN WHAT THE HUSBAND IS ENGAGED IN, AND WHAT THEY PLAN TO ACCOMPLISH TOGETHER. They should discuss all important affairs, never arguing any point where there is lack of harmony, but AGREEING TO DISAGREE, EACH ONE POSSESSING LIKE PRIVILEGES. (These disagreements should be controlled and discussed only in privacy, not in the presence of the children.)

Finally, the husband is to remember that: You have made your wife the mistress of your house, treat her with the respect and affection due her so that by your example there will be born respect and adoration for the good, the beautiful, the just and the righteous in the minds and hearts of your children, that they may display these virtues before men, and possess the strength and the moral courage to uphold all rights as did the fathers of old. In this respect there can be no halfway measures under the Divine Law, and your obedience will govern your future destiny."

Therefore, the Man is the provider, protector, builder and his strength is the physical-material. The Woman is the gentle side; her strength is in her being, not in her muscles. She is the recipient of the provider, the Spiritual. There would be no purpose in life if the provider had no one for whom to provide, the lover no one to love, if strength were not tempered by compassion or the Spiritual had no material-physical in which to reside. Just as "Faith without works is dead," just so is the spiritual without the material-physical. The Earth is organic and inorganic, the Spiritual and the material. Without both, it can never be "Heaven."

This duality,(4) the masculine and feminine, is essential to "all that is." The Gospel according to St. John begins: "In the beginning was the Word (Law) and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
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(4) MALE and FEMALE created HE them, all in accordance with HIS wisdom and HIS DIVINE PLAN. Man cannot change this except to his own destruction.

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Being "with God" implies that while the "Word is God," God is also more than the Word. The finite mind cannot grasp that which is infinite, but by reasoning it may be able to come to an understanding of it. Just as a child may not be able to grasp what "two" is - but by first giving him ONE apple and then another, he is able to comprehend that "two" is more that one. Thus, while the finite mind may not be able to grasp the Infiniteness of God, it CAN grasp the understanding that God is complete - dual, positive and negative, masculine and feminine, Spirit and Form., the Way (procedure) and the Word (Law).

If we will consider our Earth as the Form and God as the Spirit, we can better understand our reason for being. NOTHING can exist without a purpose, thus The Word could have no meaning until there was Form to which the Word would be Law. When the first matter appeared, a governing Law (gravity) regulated it. The simplest forms of duality came into being. Night and Day, Light and Darkness, Heat and Cold. Later came the more complex dualities: Land and Water, Male and Female and Good and Evil.

Actually, there is no such thing as "evil" since all God's creations, being of God, can only be good. It is only in the misuse of good that evil can exist; having free Will, Man could use all things on this Earth for good, or for evil (misuse), i.e., for the "flesh (animal) or spirit (soul)." An elementary example: Food eaten to satisfy the appetite would be "for the flesh" while food eaten to maintain the balance of the body's needs would be "for the spirit."

Man was given a brain to be used as an instrument to receive from the Infinite Intelligence as well as to reason. This brain contains billions of cells that "record" not only guidance from the Infinite Intelligence but also events in daily life. The guidance from the Infinite Intelligence serves as Man's CONSCIENCE and when the Conscience is not influenced by Man's judgment it is infallible. Only when his physical appetites influence his reason is Man led astray. Thus, while Man's Conscience may guide him into a marriage that is under the Law, his physical appetite may lead him to "reason" that; if marriage to one woman is good, then surely it is better to marry two women. Experience would soon show him the error of his "reasoning" and, if compensation is made, he will have enlarged his knowledge and been made aware of "moral law" and the rules and regulations governing behavior is society.

The original "spark" taken in with Man's first breath was an extension of the All-Soul and NOT an INDIVIDUAL SOUL. it was not until this Man partook of the fruit of the tree of knowledge that he became a living Soul, capable of becoming a Conscious Soul.

We can relate this to the first "earthly father" who having taken unto himself a wife and desiring to expand his capabilities, decided to have a son. This son would not have been born because of HIS (the son's) desire, but would be an extension of the father and would remain so until he also would partake of the tree of knowledge, i.e., begin to think for himself, be responsible unto himself and become an individual personality apart from his father.

Thus did Adam and Eve have two sons, one of whom took upon himself the way of the flesh (physical) and one of whom returned to the Heavenly Father (Spiritual). Thereafter many sons and daughters were born to Adam and Eve (Mankind).

The Eden of the Bible was an earthly Paradise without sin - an extension of the Infinite, and Adam and Eve were children of the All-Father. When these children ate of the forbidden fruit, they were responsible unto themselves under Divine Law. They were then capable of sin (the Misuse of God-given rights). This may be likened to an earthly child, coming of age, who is permitted use of the family car. He could use the car to carry on his family's interest, or he could use it for personal interests, good or bad. In itself this right granted by the father was good, but an instrument that could extend the son's ability to expand his own interest, or those of his family.

Man can become a Conscious Soul by coming into a Oneness with God. Being totally aware of all that is God, he can become so pure that, like Elijah, he could ascend to Heaven in pure Spirit. Thus a Soul could ascend to Heaven in pure Spirit. Thus a Soul could merge with the PERSONALITY and that personality could attain to Spiritual Immortality with no desire to return to Earth. This Immortal Soul would then, having known good and evil, be capable of guiding earthly Souls. These Souls are known as the Hierarchies, Angels, Seraphims and so on, according to their desires and capabilities. It must be kept in mind that there are LEVELS of Consciousness in the Spiritual world just as there are in the physical world which Randolph, in his AFTER DEATH, describes in great detail.

To attain to PHYSICAL Immortality,(5) Man must seek marriage with woman and produce offspring, in order to perpetuate his physical personality. It is this physical personality, through many or few incarnations, that may reach perfection of body, mind and Spirit and thus become an Immortal Being. A God. -----------------------------------------------------
(5) This has no reference to the perpetuation of the present physical body but the PERSONALITY. Although Biblically, Methuselah did prolong his existence close to a thousand years, longevity generally is not desirable where congenital weaknesses or other imperfections exist.
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In the higher group of Man, wherein are found the Saints, the Mystics, the Holy Men, a sublimated sex-drive prevails. Since there is no desire to Immortalize the physical self, there is no need of Woman. The one great desire is to attain to a Spiritual Consciousness and serve God and Man.

In the lower grouping, the sex drive is THE, and very often the MOST powerful, force in their lives, since children are necessary to their physical Immortality. For this reason alone have the gods of mythology performed their godlike accomplishments - in order that they might win a goddess to bring their children into being.

At the other end of the scale - the animal (two-or four-legged) has an Nature-ordained drive to reproduce itself, perverted in the two-legged animal by a desire for self-gratification.

Sex has a far greater purpose in Man. It is a means of rejuvenation of body and the raising up of, or transmutation of, the gross into the Spiritual. When sexual intercourse is the culmination of love, it is the highest form of devotion to Divine Law.(6)
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(6) The text THE MYSTERY OF SEX: RACE REGENERATION, this publisher, emphasizes this as follows: "Time and again we have emphasized the ABSOLUTELY IRREVOCABLE LAW that the marriage rite may be indulged only for three purposes: Procreation, Recreation and Regeneration. It is Divinely forbidden for man and women to seek gratification for SELF-SATISFACTION AND PLEASURE ALONE. There must always be a deeper incentive as already pointed out; such as the mutual exchange of the magnetic-electric forces between those engaged in the rite, or for self-elevation and spiritualization.
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Unfortunately, throughout history, youth have tried to find love through sex and have found only disappointment and heartbreak. Much is being written today of the "technique" of sex and the rights of women in sex. Two people who truly love need no one to tell them "how" or what their rights are. The old cliche' of "Love will find a way" is true in this, as in many other instances. There ARE, of course, exceptions, but these need professional and INDIVIDUAL counseling, NOT the distorted and often perverted advice of so-called "experts." Several of those who give advice admit to "uncounted affairs" as "proof" of their authority.

Like the food glutton, the sex glutton can never find peace. The glutton feeds an insatiable appetite that demands more and more until the carnal controls every thought and act. Like alcohol and drugs, carnal sex is a sickness that is the master, never the slave.

The individual who has been taught to regard the sexual expression as primarily a physical and/or reproductive act, without regard to the Spiritual or REgenerative aspect, will develop a taste for unnatural or unbalanced expression. The Desire of the individual for the emotional or Spiritual essence (love) will not be recognized for what it is; consequently, the individual will try to satisfy the longing by more and more variety in sexual expression. The more variance in his indulgence, the greater will be the "craving." Thus the individual, unable to understand the reason for his inability to satisfy this craving, will become a sexual "glutton," not realizing that the marital embrace must be the ultimate expression of Love - for only then can it be a regeneration and completely satisfying act.

The unknowing individual feels a physical urge and seeks a partner who meets the approval of his physical senses to satisfy this urge. To suggest that many health problems are directly traceable to imbalanced and love-less sexual embrace may be met with disbelief or worse. The process of restoration of the marital embrace as regenerative and an act of love may be a long one, but one that will be rewarded with a sense of peace and fulfillment, increased health and vigor and an entirely new sense of well-being.

The gratifying of the physical alone will become repulsive, and the individual will no longer be aroused by carnal senses. Instead, it will be the fulfillment of love and the means of REgeneration. Dr. R. S. Clymer, in the book RACE REGENERATION states:

"There are very few people, irrespective whether married or single, who actually understand sexual laws; consequently it is rarely that the embrace is consummated as it should be. In most cases, he indulges with no thought beyond his immediate gratification, receiving neither joy not strength; hence little wonder she comes to hate and despise the act and feels disgust at the mere thought of it. Because of this ignorance and selfishness, the exercise is hardly ever performed in a divine and holy manner but becomes a purely mechanical, matter-of-fact, uninspired process. Here, indeed, is one of the main causes for much of the dissatisfaction in married life."

"If a man does not love a woman to the extent of wanting to caress and kiss her BEFORE he indulges in the Rite, and to do so AFTER the completion of the embrace, he does not really love her; the most that can be said for him is, that he is impassioned by her. Under such conditions, he has no right to request her favors; to do so is to prostitute his powers and energies."

"When the sexual union is the result of love, it seeks to give, not to receive, AND IN GIVING, receives tenfold. When the young are taught in the home, by example, the meaning of true love, much of the world's ills will disappear."
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