"The Mystery of Androgyny can be contemplated as a moment of our formative power as human beings, which arose from our ability to gather forces more elevated and, therefore, deeper, relative to the lunar element strengthened on the physical plane by the Sun's separation from the Earth. The currents capable of ruling the lower lunar element, would be recognizable in the aforementioned symbol of the Virgin that corresponds to the aspect of the Isis-Sophia. We will see during the course of the present study how the path toward restoring Androgyny's radical force is the undertaking alluded to in the saga of the Grail and likewise corresponds to the symbol of Isis-Sophia. This (Isis-Sophia), in fact, takes on and redeems within itself the tenebrous Hecate. We will see, in any case, why woman holds the keys to the reintegration of man (so that the Virgin would be called Janua Coeli) and how the present civilization can risk permanently losing the sense of such a reintegration, by reducing woman to man's erotic companion, or to a mere begetter of children."
About the AuthorScaligero, Massimo: - Massimo Scaligero (1906-1980) was born Antonio Scabelloni in Veroli (Frosinone), Italy. He was a contemporary Italian spiritual master who drank deeply from both Western and Eastern traditions. By direct experience, he was equally at home with Western philosophy and psychology, Western esotericism (Rosicrucianism, Templarism, and Anthroposophy) and Eastern meditative practices (Zen and Tibetan Buddhism). He was the author of numerous books, including (in Italian, untranslated): The Way of the Solar Will; Immortal Love; Yoga, Meditation, Magic; From Yoga to the Rose Cross; Practical Manual of Meditation; The Logos and the New Mysteries; Psychotherapy; Techniques of Inner Concentration; Healing with Thinking; Meditation and Miracles; Thinking as Antimaterialism; Western Kundalini; Isis Sophia; and Zen and Logos.
Bisbocci, Eric L.: - Eric L. Bisbocci has traveled to more than eighty countries in his life, experiencing their cultures and spiritual manifestations. As well as having studied Anthroposophy for more than thirty-five years, he received an advanced degree in Romance Languages with a focus on Italian literature. He has translated several books by the Italian anthroposophist, Massimo Scaligero. His first book is on the esoteric nature of Dante's Divine Comedy and its relationship to Anthroposophy and reflects his lifelong passion for Dantean thought.