“For out of the earth the Lord made man (not woman) and the word man refers to that part of every person that must perish; it is error.” – P. P. Quimby, The Complete Writings, Volume 2, p. 49.

I read and contemplated this passage shortly before I went into my Holy Union breath practice. I started my practice by repeating the word peace in my mind, associated with the proverb, “and all her paths are peace.” The phrase, woman is the resurrection, jumped out at me as my meditation deepened. What does it mean?

In the quote above, Quimby was obviously referring to the Book of Genesis, where Eve is said to be created from Adam’s rib. Quimby has been called the world’s first psychoanalyst, having written the above around 1865, when Freud was 9 years old and Jung was yet to be born for another 10 years.

Quimby anticipated the hermaphroditic male/female psyche in all humans that Jung, some 55 years later, was to define as the contrasexual female anima in a man and the contrasexual male animus in a woman. Male and female qualities and parts function in both sexes. We are all a composite of masculine and feminine energies.

Quimby identified the male quality with a materialistic focus. This is the natural human that reasons only with what can be experienced through the body’s physical senses. This approach to physical reality is illustrated well by modern medicine, which accepts as reality only that which cures through verifiable scientific method. From this perspective, non-materially explainable cures are judged, at best, as placebo or idiosyncratic healings.

Quimby identified the female qualities in a manner similar to the Hebrew word chokmah, whose qualities include Wisdom, intuition, and moral discernment. These are all spiritual rather than materialistic qualities, in alignment with higher Truth, in whatever higher power configuration one might identify with.

Chokmah is a feminine noun, and the personification of woman in proverbs, such as Lady Wisdom, is not actually designating an actual woman but the feminine side of, or wife of, God. Here too is an androgynous Higher Power of male/female composition, as also reflected in Quimby’s configuration of humanity. It is also reflected in the Hermetic phrase: as above, so below.

Quimby capitalizes the word Wisdom, referring to the feminine element in its higher spiritual energy state and its higher spiritual truths, such as energy healing and healing dynamics for the greater good of all. These non-material considerations may provide healing on a personal or planetary level yet are completely anathema to the natural physical human element, or man, the masculine side, whose purview is wholly materialistic.

This may explain why Quimby states that woman is not made of the earth but is a rib taken out of man. Man, in this context, is the physical, earthy, animal state of humanity that is materialistically focused and self-serving. Woman is the spiritual refinement of this material matrix that broadens its vision to include energetic reality and Cosmic Truth. To be clear, we all contain both of these aspects in equal measure, as stated above, for we are all comprised of both masculine and feminine, anima and animus, error and wisdom, body and spirit.

Quimby states that the part of every human that is in error must perish, or refine, to reach this higher Wisdom. Error is physical reality that has been constructed by opinion, not by truth. The subconscious mind will create what we believe, for better or for worse. If we believe an untruth, we will materialize that belief, but the karma, or effect of that belief, will eventually lead to its ultimate destruction, because only that which is spiritually true can live on.

This refinement process of spiritual liberation of the female element, in both man and woman, is the crucifixion of these errors of belief that materially imprison Wisdom and true moral discernment. The false beliefs we harbor must be suffered in the course of our daily lives. For instance, if I believe I am not worthy, my body and emotions will reflect such belief and I will attract circumstances that will reinforce this belief. This is the action of the Cosmic Law of Attraction.

This point is supremely illustrated in Anita Moorjani’s explanation of her own spontaneous healing from Hodgkins Lymphoma when, during a Near Death Experience, she learned that she had developed cancer due to accumulated fears and a sense of unworthiness. She ultimately reached a place of higher Wisdom and understanding and was able to completely heal. Listen to her story on The Telepathy Tapes, in two Talk Tracks episodes: Part 1 and Part 2.

As Anita learned, in order to obtain the cosmic Truth of Lady Wisdom, that I am inherently worthy, I must be crucified by the error of my mistaken beliefs. This was Buddha’s Noble Truth, that life is suffering until we experience enough disappointments to burn off our illusions and become fully who we truly are. With this enlightened Wisdom as our foundation, we reach the end of fear, which is pure love.

Here the natural human opens the channel to the spiritual, chokmah self, that defers to the guidance of higher Wisdom, rather than the opinions and manipulations of the material mind, steeped in error.

The bottom line is, the masculine, in all of us, is the executive function in the personality. The optimum alignment, however, is that executive function in alignment with true Wisdom. And that Wisdom is the feminine, which is far more connected to the true needs of the self, and the planet. And yes, the executive function can dominate the feminine in a self-serving way, but ultimately it’s all folly and error if the Truth is not served.

When we resurrect from error, we are freed to live this life to the fullest, in harmony with the greater good, for self and all. May all men and women align with the true spiritual element within, as the feminine truly is the Path of Resurrection.

Intend Wisdom,
Chuck