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Father Mother Mind and the womb

Father; Mother; Father-Mother; womb

Father and mother are the personal images through which the book expresses direction and generation within cosmic mind.

From the book

The Kybalion

Three Initiates · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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At a Glance

  • The wordFather and mother are the personal images through which the book expresses direction and generation within cosmic mind.
  • In The KybalionV first appeals to familiar religious language about divine fatherhood and the motherhood of nature.
  • In this editionThe various capitals and hyphens follow the passage quoted.
  • A place to readV.13: … “and the Motherhood of Nature—of God, the Divine Father, and Nature the Universal Mother—and have thus” …

Meaning

Father and mother are the personal images through which the book expresses direction and generation within cosmic mind. The womb is the generative field from which created things emerge, rather than a second substance outside THE ALL.

Use in the book

V first appeals to familiar religious language about divine fatherhood and the motherhood of nature. It then interprets those images through the principle of gender: masculine direction and feminine production jointly describe creation. The author says that the comparison signifies a process, while warning against a merely sexual interpretation.

Near the chapter's close, the language becomes devotional and consoling. Mortal children are at home within Father-Mother Mind, and the universe contains no one without a parent. The source joins its abstract account of infinite mind to an image of belonging and protection.

Places to read

  1. V The Mental Universe · Block 13… “and the Motherhood of Nature—of God, the Divine Father, and Nature the Universal Mother—and have thus instinctively acknowledged the Principle of Gender in the Universe. Is this not so?”
  2. V The Mental Universe · Block 14… “think of the Masculine Principle as GOD, the Father, and of the Feminine Principle as NATURE, the Universal Mother, from whose womb all things have been born. This is more than” …
  3. V The Mental Universe · Block 16… “we call "religion"—that respect, and reverence for THE FATHER MIND? Is it any wonder that, when you consider the works and wonders of Nature, you are overcome with a mighty feeling” …
  4. V The Mental Universe · Block 19… “and protected by the Infinite Power of the FATHER-MOTHER MIND.”
  5. V The Mental Universe · Block 20“"Within the Father-Mother Mind, mortal children are at home."—The Kybalion.”
  6. V The Mental Universe · Block 21“"There is not one who is Fatherless, nor Motherless in the Universe."—The Kybalion.”

In this edition

The various capitals and hyphens follow the passage quoted. THE ALL remains beyond the gender distinction even when its creative manifestation is described in these terms.

Reading the argument

The images have both explanatory and emotional work to do. Their reassurance should not be mistaken for a separate demonstration of the metaphysical premise. Nor should the masculine and feminine assignments be expanded into rules about the abilities or social roles of human beings.

Father

“Father” — 7 occurrences in 7 text blocks: I.4; V.13–14, 16, 19–20; VI.8.

Mother

“Mother” — 7 occurrences in 6 text blocks: V.13–14, 16, 19–20; XIII.6.

Father-Mother

“Father-Mother” — 2 occurrences in 2 text blocks: V.19–20.

womb

“womb” — 3 occurrences in 3 text blocks: V.10, 14; XIV.8.