Me: The issue is not androgyny itself, but rather egalitarianism and democracy. “To answer my questions, I turned not to biology but to traditional myth—specifically, the myth of the androgyne, which Plato articulated in the Symposium as the foundation of his understanding of sex. The androgyne represents the primordial, complete, and immortal being, whose division gives rise to the duality of the sexes. Thus, the sexual impulse is ultimately a metaphysical drive—a yearning for reintegration, a striving to transcend the fragmented, conditioned state of existence and restore the absolute unity of the original being. In this light, sexuality is marked by a hyper-physical intensity, akin to those sacred states through which the ancient world sought direct experience of the transcendent.” What all neo-pagan materialists fear is precisely this internal feminine domination. They have failed to castrate the feminine power within themselves, leaving it as the dominant force in their being. Evola’s statement critiques modern neo-pagan and materialist ideologies for their failure to master the internal feminine principle, which he associates with passivity, chaos, and dissolution. In his traditionalist framework, true spiritual and masculine superiority (virility) requires the domination or "castration" of the feminine—not in a literal sense, but as an inner conquest over emotionalism, irrationality, and attachment to the material world. On Masonic Symbolism and Its Degeneration: The flaw of Freemasonry lies in its very foundation—its democratic ethos, which exalts the lunar over the solar. Lunar spirituality is regressive, sub-terranean, and chthonic—bound to the forces of dissolution, chaos, and the telluric (earthly) abyss. It is the spirituality of the feminine, the matriarchal, and the democratic masses, fostering weakness, emotionalism, and surrender to the baser instincts. Metaphysical part: Title: Birth Into Life and Immortality: The Alchemical Path to the E