Is the god the source, or is the god a human manner of conce... - Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor

"Is the god the source, or is the god a human manner of conceiving of the force and energy that supports the world? In our tradition God is a male. This male and female differentiation is made, however, within the field of time and space, the field of duality. If God is beyond duality, you cannot say that God is a "He."You cannot say God is a "She."You cannot say God is an "It."(18)"

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