ANDROGYNY
VOLUME 3 NUMBER 4
Winter 1978
The search for meaning begins with a wish to deepen our own understanding of our own selves. But at the very outset of the journey inwards, there is a crossroads. Signs point in both directions, and I am pulled both ways. I find that I am double. I want something and at the same time I don't want it; I love and hate the same person. I am light and dark; I aspire to the heights and love my comfort. What is the meaning of this built-in contradiction, and what can my meaning be in the face of it? The inherent duality of being has been expressed perhaps since time began by the symbol of the Androgyne: the two-in-one, the perfect being which accepts, includes, and reconciles its opposites. --from the editorial Focus
ARTICLES
THE GNOSTIC VISION
Elaine H. Pagels
Varieties of androgyny illustrated by texts from the Nag Hammadi Library.
THE RETURN OF ULYSSES Titus Burckhardt
Homecoming as symbol of inner reunion.
ARCS: IN OUR IMAGE, AFTER OUR LIKENESS
Reflections on the creative principle of polarity.
THE SOUL AS SPHERE AND ANDROGYNE Keith Critchlow
An analytical study of the origin and resolution of duality.
TAMING THE WILD HORSE
An interview with Lobsang Lhalungpa
LETTER TO A LERNED ASTROLOGER P. L. Travers
An insightful and surprising look at the twenty-four signs of the zodiac.
THE OLDER WOMAN AS ANDROGYNE Barbara Myerhoff
A poignant contemporary study of the special functions of women.
 
TANGENTS:  Reviews
QUEST FOR LIVING FAITH  David Leeming
A commentary on the current television series "The Long Search"
 
EPICYCLES: Traditional Stories from around the World
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST  European
Retold by D. M. Dooling
TIRESIAS  Greek
Retold by Paul Jordan-Smith
ANUBIS AND BATA  Egyptian
Retold by D. M. Dooling
QUESTIONS OF KING MILINDA  Buddhist
Retold by Paul Jordan-Smith
WHY WOMEN ALWAYS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MEN  African-American
Retold by Zora Neale Hurston
IZANAGI AND IZANAMI  Japanese
Retold by Paul Jordan-Smith
