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 agator of an injurious falsehood. — Augustine. 
 
Bi-sexual Man 
 
 or 
 Evolution of the Sexes 
 
 By 
 BUZZACOTT and WYMORE 
 
 Scientific Edition 
 
 Chicago 
 M. A. DONOHUE & COMPANY 
 
Copyright 1912 
 
 by 
 
 Francis H. Buzzacott 
 
 and 
 
 Mary Isabel Wymore 
 
 Chicago, 111. 
 
 Foreign Copyrights are issued on this work 
 All rights strictly reserved 
 
THB ASCSSSST bock BSWM TEMPUia BRSCTSD TO IBB 0000 
 (INDIA). 
 
 These ancient eculptures, carved in the solid mountain rock, 
 seem to represent some unknown and mighty race of the past, 
 and show androgynous types of human beings which represent 
 the mighty men of old time — men of renown. 
 
ANCIENT VIEWS OF EGYPTIAN AND INDIAN TEMPLES ERECTED 
 TO THE GODS. 
 
 Many of these huge sculptures tower to a height of 60 to 
 70 feet, and refer to a huge race of prehistoric or historic periods. 
 They are found in remote parts of this anciently inhabited 
 world and refer to its earlier races, or inhabitants. 
 
CONTENTS 
 
 Chapter I 
 
 SCIENTIFIC DATA REGARDING 
 
 THE SEXES 
 
 (A) Vestigial Sexual Organs. 
 
 Gynecomasty (or Male Suckling of Chil- 
 dren) — ^Vesicula Prostatica (Vestigial Womb 
 in Males) — Male Menstrual Issue — Clitoris 
 (Vestigial Male Organ of Generation in 
 Females) — Circumcision of Females. 
 
 (B) Hermaphrodites. 
 
 Androgynous Beings (Persons Having the 
 Two Sexes Combined) — Bisexuality of Hu- 
 man Embryo — Spurious Hermaphrodites — 
 Four Types of Human Beings, as to Sex. 
 
 (C) Records of Creative Science. 
 
 Man Mothers — Dermoid and Cystic 
 Growths, Fetus in Fetu, etc. (Remains of 
 Offspring Found in Virgins, Even Males) — 
 Autogenesis (Self-Production of Offspring) 
 — ^Agamogenesis, or Parthenogenesical Re- 
 production — (Reproduction without Con- 
 gress of Sexes) — ^Atavistical and Telegonic 
 Reversion (Occasional Reappearance of 
 Long-Lost Characters). 
 
Chapter II 
 SEX DIFFERENTIATION 
 
 (A) Significance of Vestigial Obgans. 
 
 Opinions of Noted Evolutionists as to 
 Meaning and Value of Vestigial Organs — 
 Possibility of Their Regeneration — Manner 
 of Their Abortion. 
 
 (B) Origin of the Sexes. 
 
 BisexuaUty in Lower Forms of Life — 
 Primitive Forms were Bisexual — ^Admis- 
 sions of Noted Evolutionists as to Evolution 
 of Sexes from Primordial Bisexual Forms — 
 Was This Progression or Retrogression? 
 
 (C) Sexual Degeneration and Regenera- 
 
 tion. 
 
 Descent of Present Creatures from Pri- 
 mordial Perfect Forms — ^Psychological 
 Meaning of the Origin and Development of 
 Creatures — ^Agreement of Kant and the 
 Philosophers with Darwin and the Evolu- 
 tionists — Saltatory Evolution — Manner of 
 Sexual Degeneration — ^No Evidence of As- 
 cending Evolution — ^Need of Knowledge on 
 Sexual Subjects — ^Teachings of the Ages 
 Regarding Sexual Degeneration and Regen- 
 eration — Value of Chastity — PossibiUty of 
 Redevelopment of Vestigial Sexual Organs 
 — Equality of the Sexes. 
 
Chapter III 
 BISEXUAL REPRODUCTION 
 
 (A) The Ovatestis. 
 
 Union of the Functions of Both Sexes in 
 One Organ — Ovaspenn — Development of 
 the Sexes from Bisexual Beings through the 
 Hermaphrodite Stage — ^Nature of Ova and 
 Spermatozoa — Development of Ovaries and 
 Testes — Degeneration from the Perfect Bi- 
 sexual State — Menstrual Issue the Result of 
 Degeneracy — ^All Bodily Wastes Analogous 
 in Their Nature, Being Due to Our Degen- 
 erate State. 
 
 (B) Asexual Versus Sexual Reproduction. 
 
 Power of Self-Perpetuation — Nature of 
 Asexual Reproduction — ^Nature of Sexual 
 Reproduction — Reproduction of Cells Con- 
 trasted with Reproduction of Multicellular 
 Beings — Summary of Essential Facts of 
 Reproduction. 
 
 (C) Self-Multiplication. 
 
 Self-Perpetuation of a Nuclear Con- 
 sciousness — ^Present Races the Degraded 
 Descendants of Primordial Types — Multiple 
 Nature of the Primordial Being or Subject 
 — Offspring of Each Original Subject Con- 
 stitute a Race Characterized by One In- 
 dividuality — ^Perfect Social State of Man- 
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 perfect form, i. e. , Bisexual man. It is a wellrknown fact that 
 ancient art and history both portrayed self-existent beings, as 
 the perfect man. 
 
PREFACE 
 
 The constant flux of opinions, whether scien- 
 tific or popular, is a trite fact nowadays. Even 
 the most deep-rooted customs of society are 
 subject to change, through Nature's processes of 
 evolution. Even our most fundamental con- 
 victions cannot be permanent, unless they are 
 founded upon the Truth. To-morrow may re- 
 verse the findings of to-day, even as to-day sees 
 many of the ideas of yesterday cast aside or 
 evolutionized. Until we are able finally to 
 solve "the riddle of the Universe," it will not be 
 safe for us to allow our opinions to become 
 fixed — ^we must always be ready to alter them in 
 order to obtain a more comprehensive view of 
 the Truth. 
 
 One question alone we need ask ourselves — 
 "Is it right?" Not in what is, but in what ought 
 to be, do we find an infallible guide; not in shift- 
 ing, erratic Experience, but in immutable Rea- 
 son. In reason we find the key to past and fu- 
 ture; for all history is reason either lived or not 
 lived. When reason is not hved, we find degen- 
 eracy: when reason is lived, we find regeneracy. 
 "Natural and unnatural selection," if you wiU, 
 therefore, are accountable for all phenomena we 
 observe. As Kant admitted, reason gives law 
 to the universe: and if we will but inquire what 
 the "I ought" is, which governs all phenomena. 
 
we shall surely find the clue to the present con- 
 dition of things, and by fulfilling that law in the 
 future, overcome all the evils that we see around 
 us to-day. 
 
 In this present volume the authors have com- 
 piled data obtained from many sources, which 
 confirm the theory of the degenerative evolution 
 of the sexes from original Bisexual Man. As will 
 be shown, Darwin, Huxley, and other evolu- 
 tionists made statements indorsing this theory; 
 but they did not pursue the subject far enough 
 to make apparent the real significance of the 
 facts which they observed and commented upon. 
 The present volume is designed to supply this 
 vacant place in the literature on Evolution; and 
 it is hoped that the attention of press and pubUc 
 will thereby be drawn to this important subject, 
 upon which the authors are prepared to furnish 
 further information in later volumes. It is our 
 belief that a work of this sort is greatly needed 
 at the present time, to throw light upon the dark 
 problem of the origin and office of the sexes, con- 
 cerning which there is beginning to be so much 
 discussion. Therefore we crave the earnest 
 consideration of all thinking persons for the 
 facts herein submitted: that through a fair and 
 reverent discussion of them, the Truth may be 
 brought to light. 
 
 The Authors: 
 
 Fbancis H. Buzzacott, 
 Mary Isabel Wymore. 
 
 1912 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
 THE subject of True Hennaphroditism or 
 Bisexuality is one that for ages has ab- 
 sorbed the master minds of science and 
 philosophy ; and the true cause of the phenomena 
 of hermaphroditism is one of the greatest of 
 mysteries known to past generations. 
 
 In this work on Bisexual Man, the authors 
 set forth an hypothesis as to the descent of the 
 present human race from ancient Bisexual 
 Ancestors, contending that there has been an 
 evolution of separate sexes from Bisexual Man, 
 and that the present males and females (or men 
 and women) are but the deteriorated repre- 
 sentatives of once superior human creatures — 
 bisexual beings; also, that what we have so 
 long assumed to be a rare freak of nattire, i. e.. 
 Hermaphroditism, is really but a partial re- 
 turn to the original type of perfect Bisexual 
 Man. 
 
 It is to be noted that this hypothesis is in 
 direct opposition to the theory of descent from 
 lower or anthropoidal types, according to the 
 Darwinian hypothesis. Instead, the authors 
 present the revolutionary theory of descent 
 from superior bisexual beings, through processes 
 of degeneration: with the implied coimter- 
 theory of the future ascent of present dependent 
 unisexual beings to the original bisexual inde- 
 
pendent state, through processes of regenera- 
 tion. Insomuch as the subject is a mooted and 
 unproven one, it is sincerely hoped that press 
 and public will suspend judgment until the 
 facts, proofs, and conclusions herein presented 
 are most carefully and scientifically reviewed, 
 in the spirit of earnest and conscientious in- 
 quiry after the Truth. 
 
 In the first chapter of this volume we have 
 compiled data which scientific research has 
 obtained in regard to the present condition of 
 the sexes — ^vestigial sexual organs, hermaph- 
 roditism, etc., — in order that the reader may 
 keep clearly in mind the facts from which we 
 draw our conclusions. In the second chapter, 
 we present our proofs of the descent of the 
 present differentiated sexes from original Bi- 
 sexual Man, and discuss the possibility of their 
 future reevolvement of bisexuality through 
 reverse regenerative processes. In the third 
 chapter we discuss the subject of bisexual re- 
 production more thoroughly, and present our 
 ideal of the "summum bonum" to which hu- 
 manity will eventually attain — showing that the 
 trend of modem democratic ideas and beliefs 
 is toward a state of equality, community, and 
 fraternity, which only human bisexuality will 
 render possible. Finally, we give a conclusive 
 summary of the contents of the book; and also 
 append a brief commentary on "The Gods of 
 the Ancients," which presents evidence, in 
 the records of ancient history and mythology, of 
 the original bisexual state of mankind, and of 
 the descent of the present human race from 
 a bisexual race of "gods," or men of superior 
 powers and prerogatives. 
 
In this volume we have given the reader 
 much in little : believing that a concise summary 
 of the facts entailed, and a brief epitome of the 
 conclusions we have deduced therefrom, will 
 be of more service in awakening independent 
 thought and research on these lines, than long- 
 drawn-out arguments. It should not be assum- 
 ed that we have herein presented conclusions 
 hastily formed, for many years of patient re- 
 search have been devoted to the subject thus 
 briefly outlined in this volume. We ask there- 
 fore that our readers will reason conscientiously 
 with us as to the great question of our possible 
 descent from, and ascent to. Bisexual Man. 
 
 THE AUTHORS. 
 
Reproductions of the sculptures of ancient kings, illustrat- 
 ing the fact that man of that time had partly androgynous 
 features, the differentiation and specialization into distinct sexes 
 being not yet as complete as at the present periods. 
 
CHAPTER I 
 
 SCIENTIFIC DATA REGARDING 
 
 THE SEXES 
 
 In this chapter we tabulate data which re- 
 search has obtained in regard to the present 
 condition of the sexes. For the actual facts re- 
 garding the present state of the sexes, and sex 
 evolution, need to be clearly kept in mind; there- 
 fore the reader will find this chapter convenient 
 for reference. AU difficult scientific terms are 
 also explained, for the benefit of those readers 
 who are not already familiar with them. Any 
 one considering the array of scientific facts here 
 presented, cannot fail to be impressed with their 
 immense significance. 
 
 (A) 
 
 VESTIGIAL SEXUAL ORGANS 
 
 L Vestigial Sexual Organs of Males. 
 
 The science of anatomy reveals the fact that 
 all males possess rudimentary breasts, teats, 
 mammary glands, ducts, and internal organs, 
 akin to those of females. There are also found 
 men who have these organs functionally active — 
 yielding from their breasts a copious supply of 
 
24 BISEXUAL MAN 
 
 human milk, suflBcient even to suckle offspring. 
 Many such instances have been recorded, in the 
 annals of medical science, these being termed 
 
 "Gynecomasts." 
 
 ***** 
 
 GYNECOMASTY:— In physiology, the con- 
 dition of a male having breasts as large as those 
 of a female, and as functionally active. — (Cen- 
 tury Standard Ency. Diet.) 
 
 ***** 
 
 "The mammae of man will, under special ex- 
 citation, yield milk; there are various instances 
 of Gynecomasty on record, and in famines, in- 
 fants whose mothers have died have been thus 
 saved." — (Spencer, "Study of Sociology," p. 
 441.) 
 
 ***** 
 
 The male also usually possesses a vestigial 
 or rudimentary womb or uterus, with its inner 
 passages, canals, ducts, and glands, this being 
 professionally termed "Uterus or Vagina Mas- 
 culinus," or "Vesicula Prostatica." 
 
 ***** 
 
 "The 'Vesicula Prostatica* is universally ac- 
 knowledged to be homologous, or analogous, to 
 the female uterus together with its coimected 
 passages." — (Leuckart.) 
 
 ***** 
 
 "This homologous construction is intelligible 
 only if we admit descent from a Common Progen- 
 itor; and in order to understand the existence of 
 rudimentary organs, we have only to assume and 
 
BY BUZZACOTT AND WYMORE 25 
 
 consider the fact that a former progenitor pos- 
 sessed the parts in a perfect state and that under 
 changed habits of life they became reduced by 
 non or disuse thereof." — (Darwin.) 
 
 !t * * * 
 
 "The urethra of the male is analogous to the 
 female urethra, which is part of the clitoris ; the 
 prostatic glands are identical in both sexes; the 
 uterus masculinus found in males is identical 
 with the womb or vagina of the female, resultant 
 from arrested development, and is frequently 
 referred to as a defective uterus. In ancient 
 periods, removal of these so-called defective 
 parts was common, indicating that maleness or 
 femaleness was increased thereby." — (Waugh, 
 "Human Anatomy," Century Ency. Diet.) 
 
 4i 4t Id :^ « 
 
 Moreover, medical and surgical records fre- 
 quently testify to the fact that to-day many in- 
 stances of sympathetic nausea (morning sick- 
 ness), and even male menstrual issue, analogous 
 to that of the female, are known. And strange 
 to say, many ancient authorities cite the fact 
 that in most remote periods of history it was very 
 common in both sexes. AH refer to it as cata- 
 menial or menstrual flow; it was more pronounced 
 in womankind than in mankind, but was evi- 
 dently of an analogous nature in both sexes; in 
 both alike it was called issue, and the same period 
 of seven days is cited for both sexes. These 
 facts plainly indicate that the remains of bi- 
 sexuality were much more pronounced in these 
 ancient times than at present. 
 
26 BISEXUAL MAN 
 
 2. Vestigial Sexual Organs of Females. 
 
 The female possesses a vestigial male organ of 
 generation; modern science affirming that the 
 vestigial female clitoris is nothing more or less 
 than a degenerated, atrophied organ analogous 
 to the male reproductive organ. In ancient 
 times, the female clitoris was commonly amputated 
 or excised, — an act of circumcision analogous to 
 the circumcision of the male prepuce. In point 
 of fact, the "prepuce or glans of the clitoris" is 
 almost identical with the prepuce or glans of 
 the male organ of generation : and it is a positive 
 truth that in ancient historic periods circum- 
 cision was extended to both sexes. This was also 
 done at a very early age, as if to add to the de- 
 velopment of the single sex. 
 
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 CLITORIS: — A vestigial erectile organ in fe- 
 males, analogous to the male sexual organ, but 
 smaller, and partly concealed in the human 
 female. In many cases, abnormal development 
 of this organ exists to such an extent that the 
 possessor is termed "androgynous" or "her- 
 maphroditical." In ancient times this "clitorial" 
 organ was extremely common and was generally 
 excised from the female. In brief, circumcision 
 was extended to both sexes. 
 
 * * * * * 
 
 PREPUCE: — ^The fold of skin over the glans 
 
 of the male organ of generation; the foreskin. 
 
 * * * * * 
 
 PREPUCE OF THE CLITORIS :— The fold 
 over the glans of the clitoris in the female. 
 
BY BUZZACOTT AND WYMORE 27 
 
 CIRCUMCISION OF FEMALES:— The per- 
 formance of an analogous operation on females, 
 a custom in ancient periods. — (Chambers' Ency. 
 
 Diet.) 
 
 * * * * « I 
 
 It is a matter of record that the ancient 
 Egyptians invariably practiced circumcision of 
 both sexes at a very early age, Actius records 
 the fact, as do ancient classics. Bertherand also 
 stated it was practiced by the Arabs, Hindoos, 
 and Chinese in olden times. Bruce noted it in 
 Abyssinia, Mungo Park among the Mandingos 
 and Ibbos, etc. Sonniru stated it was a common 
 custom among the females of all ancient Egyp- 
 tian and Jewish tribes, while Dehouset records 
 the fact that the ancient Egyptians not only 
 removed a great part of the body of the clitoris with 
 the prepuce, hut adjacent portions of the nymphce 
 as well, as though to root out all vestiges of male- 
 ness because it interfered with intercourse. 
 
 All these facts testify that operation on both 
 sexes was an art, "Excision" being common, so 
 as to remove what they thought were useless 
 organs. Sir Samuel Baker describes the modus 
 operandi; so also do a host of the world's 
 greatest pathologists and medical j ournals . Even 
 the Nubian and African women performed 
 similar rites {handed down from old time-), in 
 which the clitoris and portions of the nymphae 
 were removed from children — the adjacent walls 
 of the external labia being excised and abraded 
 so that they would not obstruct the urethral 
 aperture. Analogous rites are recorded among 
 the ancient Peruvians, Phoenicians, Aztecs, 
 
28 BISEXUAL MAN 
 
 Mexicans, South and Central Americans; and 
 on these facts alone a hundred pages of evidence 
 could be cited. 
 
 The farther back we go, the more evident does 
 it appear that other reasons existed beside those 
 we assume — ^i. e., that woman once possessed 
 organs akin to those of man, and vice versa, and 
 that sex differentiation was developed and cul- 
 tivated. Ovid, Virgil, Livy, Cicero, Aristotle, 
 Hippocrates, Strabonius, Plinyj — all the masters 
 of ancient times — dwell upon these very things: 
 and thus we have the strongest evidence in 
 support of the hypothesis herein advanced, as 
 to the former bisexual condition of mankind. 
 The excision of vestigial sexual organs in ancient 
 times may well be compared to the removal of 
 the thyroid glands, tonsils, vermiform appendix, 
 and other rudimentary organs, which is so 
 largely practiced at the present day. The 
 reason given for the removal of vestigial organs 
 is that they are assumed to be useless; but may 
 not a further investigation into the matter prove 
 this to be but a baseless assumption, due to ig- 
 norance of the true functions of these organs? 
 
 (B) 
 
 HERMAPHRODITES 
 
 Ancient and modern pathological research has 
 revealed the fact that in very many instances 
 partially bisexual beings have been found with 
 almost aU the genital organs of both sexes — even 
 the ovaries, testes, fallopian tubes, uterus, vagina, 
 
BY BUZZACOTT AND WYMORE 29 
 
 in fact, all the essential elements and functions 
 of both sexes, almost perfectly represented in the 
 one body. While such persons are now usually 
 sterile, it is not therefore to be concluded that 
 this was always so. In fact, there are positive 
 proofs — scientific records — that such persons 
 have assumed the relations of both sexes, acting 
 alternately as father and mother, or male at one 
 period of their lives and female at another — ^hus- 
 band and wife at different times. In such cases, 
 the courts of medicological science have been 
 convened in order to determine which sex (if 
 either) predominated; and such authorities have 
 even failed to determine the sexual nature of 
 such persons, often, after a decision was made, 
 the opposite condition being later proven. Dar- 
 win, Huxley, Spencer, Weismann, De Vries, 
 Leuckart, St. HiUaire, Wolff, Goethe, and a host 
 of other equally famous scientists, have noted 
 these very facts; and although they are not gen- 
 erally known, research has uncovered unques- 
 tionable evidence on the subject of hermaphro- 
 ditism or bisexuality. 
 
 Such persons have even given birth to off- 
 spring and suckled them, and have also been the 
 cause of offspring being born to a woman, thus 
 alternately assuming the functions of both sexes, 
 being male at one time, female at another — 
 almost male and female at one and the same 
 time, or androgynous. And strange to say, we 
 
 note similar conditions in all forms of life. 
 * * « * * 
 
 Androgynous (an-droj'i-nus), a. [ — '_ L, androgynus, 
 irrHI Gr. avSpoywoi, both male and female, common to 
 
30 BISEXUAL MAN 
 
 man and woman, c:;;^ ".v^p (avSp-) , a man. + yvij, a 
 woman, akin to, E. queen, quean.] 
 
 I. Having two sexes; being both male and 
 female ; of the nature of a hermaphrodite ; her- 
 maphroditical. 
 
 On the opposite side of the vase is an an- 
 drogynous figure. — Cat. of Vases in Brit. Muse- 
 um, II. 148. (a) Inbot.:(l) Having male and 
 female flowers in the same inflorescence, as in 
 some species of Carez. (2) In mosses, having 
 antheridia and archegonia in the same involucre, 
 (b) In zool., uniting the characters of both 
 sexes ; having the parts of both sexes ; being of 
 both sexes; hermaphrodite. The androgynous 
 condition is a very common one in invertebrate 
 animals. The two sexes may coexist at the 
 same time in one individual, which impregnates 
 itself, as a snail; or two such individuals may 
 impregnate each other, as earthworms; or one 
 individual may be male and female at different 
 times, developing first the product of the one sex 
 and then that of the other. 
 
 (2) Having or partaking of the mental char- 
 acteristics of both sexes. 
 
 "The truth is, a great mind must be androgy- 
 nous." — Coleridge. 
 
 — (Chambers' Ency. Diet.) 
 t » * * * 
 
 The human embryo is at first bisexual, i. e., 
 possessive of true male and female glands: the 
 male reproductive organs being first developed 
 internally, and migrating to their external 
 position at a later stage of gestation. Indeed, 
 it has long been known that the unborn child 
 
BY BUZZACOTT AND WYMORE 31 
 
 in the womb presents bisexual characteristics, 
 
 and that its sex is determined at a later period, 
 
 by reason of the pre-natal influence upon it of 
 
 the condition of the parents. Unisexuality is 
 
 therefore admittedly a secondary condition of 
 
 development: and in old age, as is well known, 
 
 each sex tends to regain the characteristics of 
 
 the other. 
 
 « « « « • 
 
 UNISEXUALITY:— The state or character of 
 having but one sex, either male or female ; the 
 opposite of Hermaphroditism or Bisexuality. — 
 (Century Ency. Diet.) 
 
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 The farther back we go in ancient history, the 
 more evidence do we find of bisexual forms of 
 life; and even to-day there are many adults who 
 possess, in a more or less developed condition, 
 the partial reproductive organs and sexual 
 characteristics of both sexes. One sex, however, 
 has usually predominance over the other; and 
 such persons, who are thus only partially male 
 and female in the one body, are termed spurious 
 (not true) hermaphrodites. Thus the attention 
 of the reader is particularly directed to the fact 
 that we have with us to-day reaWy four grades or 
 intermediate sexed types of human beings, which 
 may be classified as foUows: 
 
 1. Sexed Beings (males and females). 
 
 2. Partial Hermaphrodites (persons in whom 
 are represented, to a large or small extent, both 
 sexes). 
 
 3. Bisexual Beings (persons almost positively 
 and equally male and female in the one body). 
 
32 BISEXUAL MAN 
 
 4. Neuter Sexes (persons that are sterile, i. e., 
 incapable of reproducing their kind). 
 
 (C) 
 
 RECORDS OF CREATIVE SCIENCE 
 
 Biological and kindred sciences fairly teem 
 with records, ancient and modern, which verify 
 the following almost incredible assertion, viz., 
 that time and time again, there have been re- 
 moved from virgins (even males), adults and 
 otherwise, the actual remains of offspring in the 
 foetal stage of development. By pathologists 
 and biologists, who are familiar with such cases 
 of fetation, or male gestation, such remains are 
 termed Cystic Tumor, Dermoid Growths, Fetus 
 in Fetu, etc., and "male pregnancy" or so called 
 "man mothers" are phenomena belonging to a 
 series of the recognized mysteries of science. 
 
 DERMOID AND CYSTIC GROWTHS, FE- 
 TUS IN FETU, ETC.:— Embryonic growths or 
 tumor-like formations, often removed from 
 males, which are of congenital origin, containing 
 evidence of being the "dejecta membra," or the 
 remains of pregnant growths, in the embryonic 
 period of gestation, somewhat akin to the pri- 
 mary state or condition of being with child or 
 offspring, or analogous thereto. — (Medicological 
 Records, Chambers' Ency. Diet.) 
 
 * « ■)! « * 
 
 We must not fail to mention also those ex- 
 ceptionally strange yet authentic cases, fre- 
 quently recorded, in which a man has been preg^ 
 
BY BUZZACOTT AND WYMORE 33 
 
 nant with and carried about with him brother 
 or sister, or in which even an infant may carry 
 its twin, without the fact being apparent. The 
 world's medical and surgical records contain 
 exhaustive reports and unquestionable evidence 
 as to these extraordinary cases, where such re- 
 mains (when removed from the abdomen of 
 males) have been declared to be nothing more 
 or less than the vestiges of offspring. Indeed, so 
 numerous is the evidence as to such cases, that 
 did time and space permit, a thousand pages 
 could be cited as to these scientifically recorded 
 facts, of which humanity in its own behalf ought 
 to know: that by proper consideration and dis- 
 cussion of them, knowledge and truth may 
 prevail. 
 
 Do you reaUze the significance of these facts, 
 which anaton^iical, pathological, and vivisec- 
 tional research have revealed to us? For it has 
 been demonstirated that these cystic growths 
 unquestionably contain the vestigial embryonic 
 remains of human growths analogous to those of 
 female gestation — ^hair, teeth, skin, flesh, bones, 
 tissues, glands, portions of scalp, face, eye, rib, 
 vertebral columns, umbiUcal cord, even the 
 embryonic sac, — all unmistakably the rudiments 
 of an embryo, often plainly disceroible by the 
 naked eye, whose evidence is confirmed by mi- 
 croscopical research. Thefactthat suchremains 
 are found in vir^ns, or very young females, as 
 well as in males, or aged persons, is recognized 
 as one of the greatest mysteries known to medical 
 and surgical science; this is why they are herein 
 cited with reference to bisexual man. 
 
34 BISEXUalTWaaI 
 
 Such strange phenomena are both accounted 
 for and explained, if we consider that they are 
 related to partial autogenesis (self -production of 
 offspring), or to the existence of partial bisexual- 
 ity; demonstrating the atavistical tendencies of 
 nature, in its attempt to reevolve lost types. 
 Herein we see a partial instance of its marvelous 
 powers of seK-recovery, or reversion to its origi- 
 nal form: but imperfect conditions (of forced sex 
 breeding) interfering, it only partially succeeds 
 in its attempt; the modified sexedness of present 
 humanity being a serious bar to the attainment 
 of the perfect bisexual condition, since the in- 
 herited habits of ages must be overcome, before 
 human nature can recover the full use of its 
 latent powers, and thus attain to its perfect 
 balance again. 
 
 The above phenomena are examples of agamo- 
 genesis, or parthenogenesical reproduction. The 
 phenomenon of the birth of Christ may be ex- 
 plained, physiologically, in a similar manner, as 
 one of many instances of agamogenesis which 
 research along these lines reveals. Such phe- 
 nomena are also instances of atavistical or tele- 
 gonic reversion, in which nature attempts to re- 
 store some long-lost character, or revive some 
 long-lost function, of the species. 
 
 :): :): :): :(: ^ 
 
 AGAMOGENESIS, OR PARTHENOGEN- 
 ESICAL REPRODUCTION:— Individual gen- 
 esis, or multiplication of the species, without the 
 congress of sexes; production of young without 
 sexual intercourse or impregnation by another 
 
BY BUZZACOTT AND WYMORE 35 
 
 individual; the elements of both sexes maturing 
 in one body and self-producing offspring. 
 
 ATAVISTICAL REVERSION :— In biology, 
 the restoration of structural characters which 
 have long been lost or obscured ; near return to 
 an original type occurring through partly modi- 
 fied descendants; resemblance to remote an- 
 cestors or progenitors; partial return, through 
 hereditary influences, of remote ancestral forms. 
 To pathologists and biologists it is well known 
 that, even after the lapse of thousands of years, 
 or very many generations, ancient types or forms 
 of life atavistically make their gradual or sudden 
 appearances. — (Darwin.) 
 
 ^ *J! Zfi J|C ^C 
 
 TELEGONIC REVERSION :— Remarkable 
 influence of improved seed on the physical and 
 mental constitution of the offspring — "Infection 
 of the germ." Reversion toward remote an- 
 cestral types, instead of the parent proper. — 
 (Weismaim.) 
 
 "It is recognized by science that occasionally 
 there is born, strangely and suddenly as it were, 
 an exceptional or unusual individual far superior 
 to the parental type. An ancient instance is 
 found in the birth or history of Christ." — (Spen- 
 cer.) 
 
 * * * * * 
 
 "The most probable hypothesis to account 
 
36 BISEXUAL MAN 
 
 for the reappearance (atavistical reversion) of 
 ancient characters, is, that there is a natural 
 tendency to at cyclic intervals produce long lost 
 characters and thus restore the primordial type ; 
 thus even modified individuals occasionally 
 revert toward the characteristics of their ancient 
 progenitors." — (Darwin.) 
 
CHAPTER II 
 
 SEX DIFFERENTIATION 
 
 The important question, then, for us to con- 
 sider, is whether bisexuaUty or unisexuaUty is 
 the superior state of existence for a creature. 
 If unisexuahty be superior, then differentiation 
 of sexes is a mark of progress : but if bisexuaUty 
 be superior, then differentiation of sexes is a 
 mark of degeneracy. Which is it? 
 
 Undoubtedly, the most perfect state of any 
 creature is that in which it possesses the highest 
 degree of freedom to exercise all the functions per- 
 taining to its inherent vitality. So far as a creature 
 is independent of all external circumstances, and 
 of other beings, so far is it perfect internally, and 
 free from internal liability to degeneration. We 
 cannot but consider, therefore, that the suspen- 
 sion of any vital function (with the consequent 
 atrophy of the organ through which it is exer- 
 cised) is a mark of degeneration and of imperfec- 
 tion. On this view of the case, the unisexual 
 state is surely inferior to the bisexual, since uni- 
 sexuahty compels a creature to put itself under the 
 power of another in order to exercise one of the 
 most fundamental functions of all life, that of 
 reproduction. If, therefore, this is the case, 
 then has the "evolution of the sexes" been 
 retrogression instead of progression— descent 
 
38 BISEXUAL MAN 
 
 instead of ascent — degeneration instead of re- 
 generation. Hence, in our study of sex differen- 
 tiation, we have to deal with a problem of de- 
 generation through unnatural selection. 
 
 In order to further illustrate the above hypoth- 
 esis, we will now see what noted evolutionists 
 have said regarding the signij&cance of vestigial 
 organs, hermaphroditism, etc. For they admit 
 the descent of present sexes from primordial 
 bisexual forms; and they admit that vestigial 
 organs have formerly been functional, and are 
 capable of becoming so again. If these conten- 
 tions are true, how has the differentiation of 
 sexes been brought about — ^was it progression 
 or retrogression? and is it possible for bisexual 
 beings to be reevolved from the present uni- 
 sexual ones? These are the fundamental ques- 
 tions which this chapter is intended to answer. 
 
 (A) 
 
 SIGNIFICANCE OF VESTIGIAL ORGANS 
 
 Are vestigial organs mere useless remnants, — 
 abnormal developments, or marks of degenera- 
 tion? Or are they of a potential usefulness — 
 the vestiges of organs formerly functional and 
 of value to their possessors, and capable of re- 
 development so as to become functional and use- 
 ful again? On this point, we will quote from 
 some noted scientists, who have recorded their 
 opinions on the matter. 
 
BY BUZZACOTT AND WYMORE 39 
 
 "If of no use, rudimentary organs, or parts, 
 should have disappeared long ago; but if they 
 are of use, they are arguments for telegony, 
 which means that they are of special value, of 
 past and future service, both." — (Huxley, "Anat- 
 omy of Vertebrates.") 
 
 ***** 
 
 "Organs not fully developed are of high physi- 
 ological importance to their possessors, and are 
 capable of redevelopment; and this occurs — a 
 circumstance well worthy of attention — by par- 
 tial reversion which we do find in certain indi- 
 viduals." — (Darwin, "Descent of Man.") 
 ***** 
 
 "Organs of now trifling importance have prob- 
 ably been of high importance to an early progeni- 
 tor ; and after being perfected at a former period, 
 have been transmitted in a more or less condition 
 by modified descendants, until of slight or no 
 
 use." — (Darwin.) 
 
 ***** 
 
 "Any complex organ in a rudimentary state 
 is direct evidence of its once being functional; 
 and, in order to discover the many transitional 
 grades through which it has passed, we must 
 look to very ancient forms, which have long 
 
 since become extinct." — (Darwin.) 
 
 ***** 
 
 "Finally, rudimentary organs, by whatever 
 steps they may have been degraded to their 
 present seeming useless condition, are but the 
 record of a former state of things, retained 
 through the power and laws of inheritance, and 
 are as useful as — sometimes more useful than — 
 
40 BISEXUAL MAN 
 
 parts or organs that are functional, in tracing 
 genealogical descendants. They may be com- 
 pared to letters in a word, still retained in the 
 spelling but useless in the pronunciation, never- 
 theless serving as a link or clue for identification, 
 derivation, or origin." — (Darwin, "Origin of 
 Species.") 
 
 Again, as to the manner in which vestigial 
 organs reached their present aborted, function- 
 less state, we have the following testimony from 
 Darwin and others: 
 
 * ■!* kI* *3m kl« 
 
 ^P *^ ^^ *!* 
 
 "In order that rudimentary organs may be 
 properly accounted for, we have only to assume 
 that a former remote progenitor possessed the 
 parts or organs in question in a perfect state, 
 and that under changed habits of Ufe, they be- 
 came greatly reduced or modified from disuse, 
 natural or unnatural selection." — (Darwin.) 
 
 « 4s # « :(: 
 
 "Thus on the Theory of Descent with Modifi- 
 cation, we may conclude that the existence of 
 rudimentary organs, in an apparently useless 
 condition — or even quite aborted, — ^far from 
 presenting a strange difficulty, can be explained, 
 when we consider evolution from some ancestor 
 who possessed all in a perfect functional state." 
 
 — (Darwin.) 
 
 * ^ * Hi * 
 
 "Again, when a part or organ has been devel- 
 oped in an extraordinary degree in any one indi- 
 vidual or species, compared with another of the 
 same genus, we may conclude that this part has 
 
BY BUZZACOTT AND WYMORE 41 
 
 undergone an extraordinary amount of modifi- 
 cation and variation since the period when the 
 several individuals or species branched off from 
 the common progenitor of the genus." — (Darwin.) 
 
 1): * « « $ 
 
 "When any deviation of structure or constitu- 
 tion is common to the parent, it is also trans- 
 mitted in an augmented degree to the offspring; 
 hence we may feel sure of the theory of descent 
 with modification." — (Darwin.) 
 
 # !t ^ $ $ 
 
 "On the whole, then, we may conclude that 
 habit, use, or disuse, and the laws of correlative 
 variation, modify both constitution and structure ; 
 hence to trace original t3^es we must not forget, 
 overlook, or omit to consider those long since 
 extinct." — (Darwin.) 
 
 . E{: :{: ^ ^ ^ 
 
 "There is no question but what one organ can 
 be by use abnormally developed, while another 
 by non or disuse may become vestigial or quite 
 aborted; use enlarges certain parts, disuse 
 diminishes, and it is undeniable that natural and 
 unnatural selection are governing characters by 
 which, and in which, habits acquired become 
 hereditary, and are subject to the laws of varia- 
 tion and rehabilitation again." — (Darwin.) 
 
 "In the laws of compensation and economy of 
 growth, in order to spend on one side, Nature 
 even is forced to economize on the other, hence 
 an organ developed (at the expense of another, 
 so to speak) reduces the other by withdrawal 
 of the nutriment necessary to it, owing to the 
 
42 BISEXUAL MAN 
 
 excessive growth or use of the other or adjoining 
 parts." — (St. Hillaire and Goethe.) 
 
 "In all species, or varieties, correlated varia- 
 tion plays an important part, so that when parts 
 have been modified or changed, other parts have 
 been necessarily similarly affected or modified; 
 and so viewing it,. Nature may be said to have 
 taken pains to reveal her scheme of modification, 
 by means of rudimentary organs, embryological 
 and homologous structure, but we are too blind 
 to understand the true meaning of them." — 
 (Darwin, "Variation of Species.") 
 
 (B) 
 
 ORIGIN OF THE SEXES 
 
 The lower forms of life show the remains of 
 bisexuality in much greater degree than the 
 vertebrates. Plants are, as is well known, 
 androgynous in varying degrees, — some depend- 
 ing chiefly upon seK-fertilization (as violets in 
 the case of their "cleistogamous" or closed blos- 
 soms), others depending upon it less exclusively, 
 while some, though possessing the organs of both 
 sexes, are incapable of self-fertilization, because 
 the stamens and pistils ripen at different times. 
 Many of the lower invertebrates- — animalculae, 
 zoophytes, worms, and moUusks — are hermaph- 
 rodite; but the higher invertebrates — crusta- 
 ceans, spiders, insects, etc. — ^have developed 
 positive sexes to a much greater degree. On 
 the whole, we find that the lower forms of life 
 
BY BUZZACOTT AND WYMORE 43 
 
 have degenerated much less than the vertebrates; 
 for they are more stable, owing to their simpler 
 organization. Simplicity of organization is a 
 mark of perfection: the most perfect of aU forms 
 is the simple spherical cell, because this is least 
 liable to degenerative influences. Such was the 
 teaching of the ancient philosophers: and it is 
 founded upon an important principle. Vitality 
 increases with degree of organization, hence man 
 is the most conscious of all creatures: but this 
 very conscience in man renders him more liable 
 to degeneration than any other creature; and it 
 is because of his superior reasoning faculties 
 (which accompany his high organization), that 
 man is able to be either a moral or an immoral 
 being. 
 
 That there has, however, even among the sim- 
 plest forms of life, been an appreciable change 
 since primeval times, scientists do not dispute. 
 From the fossils of the Mesozoic strata, they con- 
 clude that the plants of that period were bisexual. 
 In many of the plants of that period, the sexes 
 were not as apparent as at the present day. 
 Indeed, it is generally admitted by biologists 
 and evolutionists, that our present mammals are 
 descended from "pre-marsupial" forms; and to 
 deny that marsupial forms are a near approach 
 to the bisexual, would contradict a scientific fact. 
 Forms of life, too, in those remote periods, ex- 
 hibited a remarkable interplay of sex divergences, 
 by which strange varieties arose. Life in its 
 beginnings is always plastic, easily moulded to 
 adapt it to new conditions, or to express new 
 functions which may arise through its internal 
 
44 BISEXUAL MAN 
 
 nature. "As the twig is bent, so the tree in- 
 chnes" : and the development of creatures dur- 
 ing their embryonic stages of growth is a fair 
 indication of the development of the species in 
 the age of primitive life. 
 
 That the present sexes were evolved from a 
 primitive bisexual type of mankind, is admitted^ 
 by Darwin, Huxley, and other evolutionists. 
 Their conclusions to this effect are based upon 
 the same facts as those we have given, as the 
 reader may see from the following quotations: 
 
 :}: 4t 4: 4: ^ 
 
 "There is every reason to suspect that Her- 
 maphroditism (Bisexuality) was the primitive 
 condition of the sexual apparatus, and that 
 Unisexuality is the result of the abortion of the 
 other sex, in males and females respectively." — 
 (Huxley, "Anatomy of Invertebrates.") 
 
 Am •!« sfe «4c s(c 
 
 "I look at all the species of the same genus as 
 certainly descended from a common progenitor, 
 as have the two sexes, of any one species." — 
 (Darwin, "Origin of Species.") 
 
 "There is a parallel resemblance in the sexes, 
 
 which proves and shows their conformity in 
 
 essential parts to some remote ancestor or 
 
 progenitor which preceded them, before division 
 
 of the sexes." — (Darwin.) 
 
 ^ ^ ^ ^ 
 
 "It has long been known, that in the vertebrate 
 kingdom, one sex bears rudiments or various 
 accessory organs or parts pertaining to the re- 
 productive system, which are supposed to belong 
 
BY BUZZACOTT AND WYMORE 45 
 
 only to the opposite sex ; and it has now been as- 
 certained that at a very early embryonic period 
 both sexes possessed true male and female 
 glands, hence some remote progenitor appears 
 to have been Hermaphrodite or Androgynous." 
 — (Darwin, "Descent of Man.") 
 
 « :(: « 4: * 
 
 The more stable forms of life — i. e., those most 
 perfect and seK-sufficient internally, by reason 
 of their simplicity of organization — ^retain the 
 power of reproducing themselves by agamogen- 
 esis: while the less stable forms — ^i. e., those 
 having the greatest extension of consciousness 
 through social communion — have lost this power. 
 Again, the life of ancient times made a much 
 nearer approach to the androgynous state than 
 that of the present day: and also, the develop- 
 ment of the embryo indicates the evolution of 
 distinct sexes from original bisexual forms. 
 What are we to conclude from these facts? Do 
 they indicate progression or retrogression? Have 
 we advanced since primeval times, or have we 
 gone backward? Was the differentiation of 
 sexes a truly evolutionary process — a move- 
 ment upward? or was it rather a movement 
 downward, a process of degeneration? 
 
 (C) 
 
 SEXUAL DEGENERATION AND 
 REGENERATION 
 
 The original organization of creatures must have 
 been perfect; for the organization of Matter in 
 
46 BISEXUAL MAN 
 
 types of living creatures supposes the antecedent 
 development of Consciousness to a state of perfec- 
 tion, in which it was able to know and conceive such 
 complex structures in all their details. Beings 
 limited by ignorance, weakness, and other ills, 
 such as we see around us to-day, manifestly are 
 unable to create themselves (even to procreate 
 themselves independently): and it is therefore 
 the natural inference to consider that they 
 are dependent upon that original perfect Being 
 from which they descended — ^possessing, through 
 heredity, a portion of the organs and functions 
 pertaining to that Being, but having lost a great 
 part of these by degeneration during the inter- 
 vening ages. Thus it may be said, in the truest 
 philosophical sense, that the beings of the present 
 time are dependent, for their existence and the use 
 of their faculties, upon their original perfect 
 Progenitor. 
 
 Evolutionists have not given sufficient consid- 
 eration to the psychological meaning of the origin 
 and development of creatures. Can they not 
 realize that Nature of itself is dead and inert, 
 incapable of any such teleological adaptation as 
 is required for the creation and mutation of 
 species? It is hfe — consciousness — ^that adapts 
 Nature to the expression of its functions; and 
 to deny this, would be to deny a fact which 
 philosophy has long since indisputably proved. 
 For Kant showed that all phenomena are mani- 
 festations dependent upon the conscious subject — a 
 conclusion to be derived also from the works of 
 other leading philosophers. If this is the case, 
 and if the laws which govern the organization 
 
BY BUZZACOTT AND WYMORE 47 
 
 and existence of creatures (phenomena) are now 
 chiefly within the subliminal consciousness of the 
 thinking subject, what are we to conclude, ex- 
 cept that this subliminal consciousness pertains 
 to the original perfect Being or Subject, from which 
 present beings are descended and degenerated? 
 
 Here, therefore, Kant and the other great 
 philosophers join hands with Darwin and the 
 evolutionists: and in the present largely sub- 
 conscious Subject, we behold the deteriorated 
 remains of the original Progenitor of mankind. 
 Upon this fundamental truth of philosophy — 
 which many scientists through inacquaintance 
 with philosophical principles often ignore — ^we 
 base our assertion that the original state of 
 creatures was a perfect one, organically and 
 functionally: their present imperfect condition 
 being due to the degeneration of the descendants 
 of the original perfect forms, in consequence of 
 the influence of Matter in obscuring, and thus cor- 
 rupting, the original perfect Consciousness that 
 
 produced them. 
 
 « « « « * 
 
 "We are to-day admitting transformism or 
 mutation of species, through the agency of both 
 gradual, sudden and rapid changes. This is the 
 modern theory of saltatory evolution so ably 
 defended by Weismann, Bateson, De Vries, 
 Weidersheim, Reinke, Pusey, Lillie, Von Baer, 
 Morgan, Nutall, Dean Sumner, Shaw, Cald- 
 well, etc. Some of the first scientific expositors 
 of this view were R. von Kolliker and St. George 
 Mivart. In his work, 'On the Genesis of 
 Species' (1871), Mivart proposed a number of 
 
48 BISEXUAL MAN 
 
 convincing arguments against the opinion of the 
 power of natural selection as a prevailing factor. 
 According to him, species are suddenly born and 
 originate by some innate force, which works 
 orderly and with design. Mivart concedes that 
 external improved conditions play an important 
 part in stimulating, evoking, and in some way 
 determining evolutionary processes. 't^ But the 
 transformation of species will mainly, if not ex- 
 clusively, be produced by some constitutional 
 affection of the generative system of the parental 
 forms, an hypothesis which Mivart would extend 
 also to the first genesis of the body of man." 
 —(Mendel.) ^ 
 
 If: s^ « « « 
 
 But, you will ask, if man has degenerated 
 from an original bisexual condition, by what 
 means was this degeneration brought about? 
 We reply, that it was hy means of sexual inter- 
 course between bisexual beings. The continued 
 practice of sexual intercourse between bisexual 
 beings would be certain to cause the differen- 
 tiation into distinct sexes. For those who 
 assumed the part of males would eventually 
 lose the power of maternity, and their ovaries 
 and uterine apparatus would become atrophied, 
 while their male sexual organs would become 
 more and more externalized and abnormally 
 developed or enlarged. On the other hand, 
 those who assumed the part of females 
 would eventually lose the power of pater- 
 nity, and their male reproductive glands would 
 become atrophied, while their ovaries and 
 uterine apparatus would become abnormally 
 
BY BUZZACOTT AND WYMORE 49 
 
 enlarged. Thus, in course of time, the sexes 
 would be evolved to their present single-sexed 
 condition. The abnormal development of the 
 one sex at the expense of the other would 
 cause the over-production of ova in the fe- 
 male, and of spermatozoa in the male, so as to 
 occasion a waste of seed, such as now occurs; 
 and the irritation produced by the abnormal 
 production and decay of these vital fluids, would 
 incite to greater and greater sensuality and in- 
 dulgence of the passions, just as an intoxicant 
 always creates the desire for more. 
 
 Nearly six hundred years before Christ, the 
 Grecian poet Theognis, in describing the ancient 
 history of that then famous nation, and referring 
 to the better days of the Grecian ancient gods 
 (bisexual beings), stated that man was a mixture 
 — a changed mortal, once immortal, — and wrote 
 as follows: 
 
 "If we appear in outward form and mind 
 A various, degraded, motley kind, 
 Wonder no more — the cause is all too plain; 
 We've mixed and changed ourselves — ^must change again." 
 
 This is a fact generally admitted by science: 
 "There is no evidence in favor of an ascending 
 evolution of organic forms generally." Even the 
 present human race, when left to its own re- 
 sources, shows signs of physical decay. Sta- 
 tistics show that the present average life of man 
 is but thirty yeiars; that man is growing weaker, 
 not stronger — smaller, not larger — ^less immune 
 to death or disease, more and more subject to 
 decrease of vitality. The highest medicological 
 authorities cite instances of this universal retro- 
 
50 BISEXUAL MAN 
 
 gression, giving statistics which prove that dis- 
 ease of some sort, hereditary or otherwise, affects 
 ninety per cent of the present human race. Old 
 age is the exception, not the rule; physical and 
 mental decay asserts itself at an earlier period 
 than ever before. If these are the facts, what 
 are the conclusions? Are we not living the life 
 of the artificial which, like a serpent, charms be- 
 fore it fatally stings? 
 
 The shameful, perverted, almost criminally 
 hypocritical ignorance of sexual conditions is 
 responsible for a thousand evUs which, strive 
 as we will to overcome them, seem to defy 
 human efforts, and to resist progress. To hesi- 
 tate to discuss or scientifically consider such 
 questions, is to retard the solution of the greatest 
 problem known to science and humanity-^that 
 of the advance of the hmit of human life, to say 
 nothing of the attainment of immortality. The 
 crying need of the times is light on these subjects, 
 not darkness; knowledge, not ignorance. Must 
 we forever close our eyes and refuse to discuss 
 the very sexual conditions which are responsible 
 for our existence? Are we forever to consider 
 references to parts or members of our own bodies 
 as too revolting or disgusting to intelligently 
 discuss? Are subjects of sexual intercourse, 
 parthenogenesical reproduction, self-begotten 
 offspring, hermaphroditism, bisexuality, and the 
 like, such a shame to humanity that we should 
 refuse to speak of them, except in fearful whispers, 
 as though it really were a dreadful crime? Must 
 our children learn for themselves behind closed 
 doors, in dark rooms, streets or alleys, what 
 
BY BUZZACOTT AND WYMORE 51 
 
 Nature — ^all Nature — ^refuses to conceal? Is the 
 question of bisexual reproduction forever to be 
 confined only to seers, sages, philosophers, and 
 physicians? or shall we teach ourselves and chil- 
 dren that the Immaculate Conception — perfect 
 beings — ^immortal life — are indeed possible again? 
 Must the light be forever turned away, or shall 
 it now once more be turned on in its fuU glory, 
 as in the beginning? 
 
 The teachings of the ages regarding sexual de- 
 generation and regeneration may be summed up 
 as follows: Sexual intercourse between bisexual 
 beings brought about the degeneration of the body, 
 with differentiation into separate sexes: while the 
 maintenance of chastity, with the cultivation of an 
 androgynous mind, at once suggests itself as the 
 means of reversing the degenerative process, and 
 thus preparing the proper conditions for the re- 
 evolvement of bisexvxility. 
 
 ' The world's greatest philosophers created new ' 
 thought — not families. No condition of life 
 is more thoroughly consistent with perfect 
 mental, physical, and spiritual vigor, than is 
 absolute chastity, shorn of pretense. The greatest 
 men the world ever knew aU aflSrm untold bene- 
 fits to be derived from an absolutely moral life. 
 AU the greatest philosophers of ancient times 
 made this a part of their teachings; the doctrines 
 of Buddha, Confucius, Zoroaster, Plato, Pytha- 
 goras, and many others, were based upon these 
 facts. Spirituality, they claimed, tended to pre- 
 vent excessive secretion of the germinal fluids, 
 and assisted the absorbent glands to take up this 
 vital element and distribute it to a reabsorbing 
 
52 BISEXUAL MAN 
 
 system — every drop — as fast as formed. From 
 time immemorial, sex elements have been looked 
 upon as sacred fluid, the vital presence of which 
 enriches and ennobles manhood and woman- 
 hood. Purity tranquillizes physical force — ^there 
 is no greater physiological truth than this. On 
 the other hand, seK-indulgence and sensuahty he 
 in the way of destruction. 
 
 As already stated, it is conceded beyond doubt 
 that each sex possesses the reproductive organs 
 of the other, in a rudimentary or vestigial con- 
 dition. Hence it cannot be denied that such 
 vestigial organs are capable of being redeveloped 
 through regenerative influences opposite to those 
 which caused their degeneration. Can you real- 
 ize the tremendous importance of this statement, 
 viz., that these vestigial organs of reproduction, 
 now possessed by both sexes, althou^ to a large 
 extent rudimentary, atrophied, or apparently 
 obsolete and useless, are only partially and not 
 wholly so? that they are merely latent, nascent, 
 or dormant, and that despite the fact of their 
 seemingly functionless and useless condition, 
 they are subject to the laws of regeneration, by 
 which they may be gradually restored or ren- 
 dered functional again? 
 
 4( * * * $ 
 
 "In every living creature, we may feel assured 
 
 that a host of long-lost characters lie ready to be 
 
 evolved or restored under proper conditions 
 
 again." — (Darwin, "Variation of Species.") 
 * ;» * « * 
 
 Science to-day is gradually awakening to a 
 realization of this astounding fact, viz., that 
 
BY BUZZACOTT AND WYMORE 53 
 
 revivification or restoration of such organs is 
 possible, nay, is even known at the present day. 
 Therefore the reevolvement of human bisexual 
 beings is a near future possibilityj so much so, 
 that the evidence when reviewed is a revelation 
 indeed. Atrophied organs, or senses even, are 
 fully subject to Nature's evolutionary processes, 
 such as new, changed, or enforced habits: and 
 by the reversal of the degenerative influences, 
 with positive effort toward the reestablishment 
 of the lost functions, the organs which express 
 these functions will be redeveloped and wiU be- 
 come functional again. What is necessary first 
 of all, therefore, is the revival of every function of 
 life, to such a degree as to bring about a perfect 
 equipoise and equilibrium of character. 
 
 The present movement toward the equaliza- 
 tion of the sexes is a step in the right direction; 
 and though it is accompanied by many disagree- 
 able features, it will doubtless work out for good 
 in the end. The authors of this work most 
 emphatically teach the equality of the sexes, con- 
 tending that they are the natural counterparts 
 of each other, aod if regenerated to their perfect 
 and natural condition, would be helpmeets in the 
 fullest sense of the word — not mere coadjutors for 
 the purpose of reproducing the species, as they too 
 often are at present. May the day speedily 
 come, when the present differentiated, divided 
 halves of humanity shall be joined together in the 
 one perfect androgynous nature — one soul, one 
 mind, one body! When that day arrives, all the 
 great problems which center upon the matter of 
 sexual relations will have received a happy solu- 
 
54 BISEXUAL MAN 
 
 tion; and a life of perpetual peace and prosperity 
 will dawn upon mankind. 
 
 For couldst thou in vision see 
 Thyself the man God meant, 
 
 Thou never more wouldst be 
 The man thou art — content. 
 
 — Lowell. 
 
CHAPTER III 
 
 BISEXUAL REPRODUCTION 
 
 A "perfect bisexual creature or being would have 
 the power of perpetuating and multiplying itself to 
 infinity, independent of any external aid whatever. 
 Moreover, the offspring of such a creature would 
 be the counterparts of the parent, since there 
 would be no admixture of other blood to modify 
 the influence of the parent organism. True, 
 there would always be variations, due to pre- 
 natal conditions, which are never exactly the 
 same for any two creatures. But each species 
 would produce its own kind — ^f ree from all foreign 
 intermixture, — and each individuahty would 
 thus tend toward the infinite multiplication of 
 itself — even to omnipresence, omniscience, and 
 omnipotence. 
 
 Can you realize the advantages to be derived 
 from independent, individual reproduction? No 
 creature, indeed, is free, unless it is free to con- 
 tinue and to extend its own existence (in offspring 
 and otherwise) without being made subject to 
 another creature. Bisexual creatures, being able 
 of their own inherent power thus to extend their 
 existence, are in the truest sense free and equal. 
 And because they are free and equal — independ- 
 ent of one another, — ^they can meet on a footing 
 of mutual respect and esteem, and can enjoy a 
 perfect communion, sharing all their interests — 
 
56 BISEXUAL MAN 
 
 even their inmost thoughts and feelings — with 
 one another, with no bar of shame or sex con- 
 sciousness to separate them. Perfect commu- 
 nity and fraternity will surely prove impossible 
 of realization, so long as the sexes are separate; 
 but the great social problem will be fully solved 
 in bisexual man. Let the reader consider this 
 well, and he will see that it is so. 
 
 "But when true Philosophy begs to be heard, the wise, the in- 
 credulous oft refuse to listen." 
 
 (A) 
 
 THE OVATESTIS 
 
 As to the original condition of the reproductive 
 system (in man and in other creatures also), 
 embryology gives us pretty good evidence of 
 that. A single reproductive organ, the "ovatestis," 
 combined in itself the functions of the present male 
 and female organs of generation. The bisexual 
 reproductive system consisted in a tube (develop- 
 ed interiorly into a womb or uterus for theceten- 
 tion of offspring during the embryonic stages of 
 growth), into which the ducts of the ovatestes 
 opened. The ovatestis generates both ova and 
 spermatozoa at one and the same time. The 
 ovaries of the female correspond to the testes 
 of the male, and are morphologically identical with 
 them. Both ovaries and testes are developed 
 from primordially indifferent genital glands com- 
 mon to both sexes; the differentiation of these 
 glands into ovaries or testes being the funda- 
 
BY BUZZACOTT AND WYMORE 57 
 
 mental distinction of sex, upon which all other 
 sexual differences are consequent. 
 
 "The ovatestis is an hermaphrodite organ hav- 
 ing at once (or at one time) the functions of both 
 the ovaries of the female and the testes of the 
 male; it occurs in many individuals throughout 
 all life." — (Huxley, "Anatomy of Invertebrates." 
 
 The perfect ovatestis would secrete the ova- 
 sperm, having the characteristics of both ova 
 and spermatozoa. In hermaphrodites we fre- 
 quently find the male and female elements 
 separately developed in the same being (as in the 
 stamens and pistils of a flower), thus enabling 
 it indifferently to fertilize itself, or be fertilized 
 by other beings. Where this is the case, the male 
 element will be found to have developed exter- 
 nally, while the female element remains internal 
 to the reproductive tube. Here therefore we see 
 the transitional stage between perfect bisexuality 
 and entire unisexuality. The first separation 
 of the sexes must have taken place in this way; 
 unisexuality later ensuing by the abortion of 
 either the ovaries or the testes. In hermaphro- 
 dite beings, the sexes are separated, but the one 
 has not yet the predominance to a great degree; 
 in unisexual beings, the one sex has destroyed the 
 other. 
 
 It is generally conceded that ancient forms of 
 hfe resemble to a large extent the embryos of 
 recent forms of the same great class, and that 
 
58 BISEXUAL MAN 
 
 the geological succession of extinct forms is 
 nearly parallel with the embryological develop- 
 ment of existing forms. The adult differs en- 
 tirely from the embryo, as to its sexual character- 
 istics; for the embryo in nearly all cases develops 
 true male and female glands (ovaries and testes) 
 from the same original source, while after it 
 reaches a certain stage, it takes on one sex and 
 loses the other, retaining, however, the vestiges 
 of both sexes, which it once possessqfi and which 
 were likewise possessed by the ancestral type. 
 Thus, so to speak, the embryo reveals to us the 
 primordial condition of our ancestors: indicating 
 that the present sexes were evolved from origi- 
 nally perfect bisexual beings, through an inter- 
 mediate hermaphrodite state, like that of plants 
 at the present day. 
 
 Whenever the sexes first begin to separate in 
 a being, the separate development of ova and 
 spermatozoa begins: and thus the genital glands 
 likewise become differentiated into ovaries and 
 testes. The ova are modified cells having organ- 
 izing ability in an extraordinary degree, and the 
 power of reproducing the form of the maternal 
 organism: but they lack vitality, being too inert 
 to detach themselves from the parent and realize 
 new individualities. The spermatozoa are mod- 
 ified ceUs which contain the vital fluid, being 
 electric germs or "vital sparks," the ideas of 
 possible future beings or offspring: but they lack 
 the ability to form and organize their vital con- 
 tent, hence, they are unable to subsist by them- 
 selves, though they have the vitality to project 
 themselves from the parent and become inde- 
 
BY BUZZACOTT AND WYMORE 59 
 
 pendent beings. Because the ova and sperma- 
 tozoa are so unlike in character, they require 
 different glands for their production. 
 
 The ovaries are retained within the body, at 
 the two cornua of the uterus, into which they dis- 
 charge their contents at proper intervals. The 
 testes migrate to an external position (being 
 originally developed in conjunction with the 
 ovaries), and become fixed at the mouth of the 
 reproductive tube, where they are in the best 
 position for the attraction and emission of the 
 vital fluid. For the testes are veritable electric 
 batteries, engaged in the generation of vital 
 germs; and the possession of such glands is of 
 the greatest importance to a creature, aside from 
 their actual service in reproduction, since they 
 render it a positive unit, an electrical center or 
 magnet, and draw into it the vivifying forces 
 of the Universe, Accordingly, we find mankind 
 much more positive than womankind to-day. 
 The hermaphrodite state (in which both ovaries 
 and testes are developed) is far superior to the 
 unisexual state (whether male or female), be- 
 cause thus a creature is able to be bisexual or 
 androgynous in character, through the union of 
 the two natures. An hermaphrodite may be 
 an imperfect being, but at least he is able to 
 realize his imperfection — something that it is 
 hard for a truly unisexual being to do. And the 
 realization of imperfection is the one great essen- 
 tial for regeneration. 
 
 With present hermaphrodites as an evident 
 fink between bisexual and unisexual beings, how 
 can it be denied that the present ovaries and testes 
 
60 BISEXUAL MAN 
 
 (separately developed) were once matestes, and 
 that one being possessed the functions (combin- 
 ed) now possessed by two beings? In this case, 
 we must consider that Bisexuality was the pri- 
 mordially perfect condition of the sexiial apparatus, 
 and that unisexuality is a condition brought about 
 by degeneration and incest between hermaphrodite 
 beings. Manifestly, sexual intercourse between 
 perfect bisexual beings would be physically im- 
 possible, and these beings must first have de- 
 generated to the hermaphrodite condition (hav- 
 ing ovaries and testes separately developed), in 
 consequence of internal degeneration of the func- 
 tions of life, or incestuous thoughts and desires, 
 before actual physical incest became possible. 
 But when the male and female functions had 
 become separated and differentiated in the indi- 
 vidual organism, through the knowledge and de- 
 sire of wickedness, then the transformation of 
 hermaphrodites into unisexual beings would 
 speedily be effected by outward acts of sensual- 
 ity and violence. This, therefore, is the natural 
 explanation of the process of degeneration, by 
 which originally perfect bisexual beingsbecame 
 differentiated into distinct sexes, as at present. 
 In the beginning, there was no waste of vital 
 fluids, or of cells, as at present, — ^no menstrual 
 flow or issue for either sex, — ^because these fluids 
 were secreted only as needed, and were never 
 lost on account of defective reproductive appa- 
 ratus. We contend that menstrual issue is a 
 phenomenon altogether unnatural and unneces- 
 sary; for pain or suffering of any sort shows us 
 what should be avoided. We have aggravated the 
 
BY BUZZACOTT AND WYMORE 61 
 
 cause of menstrual issue, instead of diminishing 
 it, by our indulgence in sexual intercourse, 
 which first brought about the development of 
 unisexuality, and has been widening the gap be- 
 tween the sexes ever since. If we would only 
 cease this abominable practice, and endeavor 
 to develop our latent or dormant bisexuality, 
 menstrual issue, in common with other sexual 
 evils, would gradually be done away with, and 
 regeneration of the sexes to the perfect state 
 would occur. 
 
 In matter of fact, all bodily waste or decay 
 is unnatural — due to our degenerate, perverted 
 state. If all our vital functions, and all our 
 original organs, were fully developed and equalized, 
 there would be no decay of tissues (which is a 
 daily partial death), necessitating a continual 
 rebuilding with solid and liquid matter, as at 
 present. Without doubt, creatures in their per- 
 fect state have little need of other nourishment than 
 the vital fluids of the atmosphere, which would be 
 absorbed by the absorbent glands of the body, 
 and given off again as muscular and nervous 
 energy. Thus they would possess eternal life — 
 eternal virtue, vigor, health, and beauty, — ^free 
 from every taint of corruption, decay, pain, 
 sickness, weariness, or death. Space does not 
 permit of the further discussion of this subject in 
 the present volume : but in the future, we hope to 
 substantiate the above statement with reasons 
 which will satisfy the most skeptical — ^revealing 
 the grand possibilities which the future holds in 
 store for the human race, and, in fact, for all 
 creatures, even the lowest. 
 
62 BISEXUAL MAN 
 
 (B) 
 
 ASEXUAL VERSUS SEXUAL 
 REPRODUCTION 
 
 The power of seK-perpetuation is illustrated 
 in asexual reproduction (i. e., by fission or bud- 
 ding). It is well known among scientists that 
 there are forms of life that never know death — 
 unicellular organisms that continually propagate 
 themselves by fission, and thus are never subject 
 to dissolution and death like multicellular or- 
 ganisms. Take also the case of plants which are 
 propagated by the rooting of slips or cuttings — 
 does not each of these slips grow into a new plant 
 in the image of the parent? Here we have self- 
 perpetuation without the aid of specialized cells. 
 Only unicellular organisms can properly prop- 
 agate themselves by fission: but there are crea- 
 tures (both plants and invertebrates) which may 
 be mechanically , divided into parts, with the 
 result that each of these parts will grow into a 
 new organism. What is the meaning of these 
 facts? 
 
 In fact, asexual reproduction is reprodiiction by 
 means of the female element alone — ^the ova being 
 merely specialized cells containing a larger per- 
 centage of nutritive matter than the other cells 
 of the parent organism. Detached portions of 
 an organism (as slips of a plant) will develop into 
 separate organisms, only when they contain suf- 
 ficient of the female reproductive element to 
 preserve the memory of the parent form, as it 
 is preserved in an ovum. Such reproduction, 
 
BY BUZZACOTT AND WYMOBE 63 
 
 therefore, is not natural, but is allied to the ab- 
 normal power of reproducing lost limbs likewise 
 exhibited by living organisms. In reproduction 
 by fission or gemmation, however, the single cell 
 multiplies itseK into a community of cells, to all 
 of which the same vital principle is transmitted, 
 so that, however widely separated they may be 
 in space, they all really constitute but a single 
 individuality, and are capable of amalgamation 
 into a single colony or composite organism (being 
 indeed usually found in this condition of com- 
 munity or association). It is recognized that 
 propagation by fission or budding never continues 
 for a perpetuity of generations — that sooner or 
 later, the vitality of the original germ expends 
 its powers of multiplication, so that sexual re- 
 production becomes necessary for the perpetua- 
 tion of the species. 
 
 The spermatozoa are life-germs, the embodied 
 ideas of individualities, each of which contains 
 within itself a certain inherent power, by virtue 
 of which it is able to multiply itself into a limited 
 number of cells, and thus inhabit a multicellular 
 organism. A spermatozoon, in order to develop 
 itseK, requires an ovum which will supply it with 
 the organizing ability of the parent — thus placing 
 it in communion with the maternal organism, 
 which nourishes it until its growth is proceeded 
 far enough so that it is able to get along without 
 the parental aid. For the spermatozoa are 
 specialized cells serving merely as receptacles for 
 vitality, while the ova are specialized cells having 
 great power of forming and organizing the vital 
 functions of the spermatozoa. Whenever, there- 
 
64 BISEXUAL MAN 
 
 fore, a new individuality is to be produced, it 
 is necessary that a spermatozoon enter into 
 an ovum, and thus become incarnate. Two or 
 more spermatozoa may enter into the same ovum 
 and be developed by it; in which case there will 
 be born "identical" twins, triplets, etc. 
 
 Any composite being, therefore, such as a man, 
 can perpetuate itseK only by sexual reproduction 
 — the production of ova and spermatozoa (or 
 their combined equivalent, the ovasperm) by the 
 specialized development of a portion of its sub- 
 stance, — since the office of asexual reproduction 
 extends no farther than the representation of 
 the single personality or compound organism. 
 Thus, in bisexual reproduction, the individuality 
 can multiply itself even to omnipresence and 
 omnipotence — can become a host of creatures, 
 instead of a single creature. That this is so, it 
 requires very little thought to discover. We 
 note, therefore, that (1) asexual reproduction 
 builds up the multicellular individual being out of 
 the unicellular germ or incarnate idea; (2) sexual 
 reproduction perpetuates the likeness of the multi- 
 cellular individual being, by multiplying it into 
 a host of similar multicellular beings. 
 
 Here, therefore, we have the essential facts of 
 the process of reproduction, "in a nutshell," 
 The cell perpetuates itself by cleavage, until the 
 idea of the multicellular being is realized through 
 the aggregation of specialized cells in particular 
 organs and tissues. Finally, the reproductive 
 system is furnished with specialized cells — the 
 ova — ^in which is centered the power of repro- 
 ducing the likeness of the parent organism; while 
 
BY BUZZACOTT AND WYMOBE 65 
 
 other specialized cells — the spermatozoa — ab- 
 sorb into themselves vitality from the electric 
 fluids of the atmosphere, sufficient to individual- 
 ize other beings — each by a particular idea, or 
 self, which is different from all other creatures. 
 By the union of the ova and the spermatozoa — 
 however this may be effected, — ^new individual 
 beings will be produced, in the likeness of the 
 parental form. In true bisexual reproduction, 
 the difference is that a single cell combines in 
 itself the organizing and nutritive abiUty of the 
 ovum, and the vitality of the spermatozoon, so 
 that there is no need of the union of separate 
 cells for the production of a new being. Thus 
 would bisexual man be able to perpetuate his own 
 likeness ad infinitum, independent of the aid or 
 consent of other beings; and by reason of this power, 
 he would be a free man — neither a tyrant nor a 
 slave. 
 
 (C) 
 
 SELF-MULTIPLICATION 
 
 If we have given an original subject, or infi- 
 nite individual consciousness, this will form the 
 nucleus of an indefinite number of finite beings, 
 into which the primordial individuality may be 
 multiplied by bisexual reproduction, or self-per- 
 petuation. All the offspring of this primordial 
 individuahty (i. e., all the seed containing its 
 peculiar vital principle) will constitute a society 
 which is characterized by the same individual 
 
66 BISEXUAL MAN 
 
 consciousness or vital principle, since they will all 
 be "vital sparks" or emanations from the same 
 nucleus or center. Thus it may well be considered 
 that such a subject or primordial individuality 
 extends itself over an ever-increasing space, and 
 continues throughout the course of time; since 
 wherever any of its seed are, there is also its 
 vital principle resident. We consider, therefore, 
 that the primal object of reproduction is the 
 extension of the individuality in space and time; 
 and this object is best secured through bisexual 
 reproduction, since bisexual beings are most 
 amenable to the laws of community and frater- 
 nity, being of pure (not mixed) blood, and func- 
 tionally perfect. 
 
 The present races or types of mankind are 
 degraded mixtures of the primordial perfect types, 
 which represented the eternal subjects or in- 
 dividualities into which the Universal Subject 
 may naturally be distinguished. We hold to the 
 polygenetic rather than the monogenetic hypoth- 
 esis, believing that there were certain original 
 types or natures inherent in the primordial 
 Being, which gave rise to distinct races or tribes 
 of mankind, in the beginning, before mixture of 
 seed degenerated these into the present impure 
 varieties. Likewise, we believe that the other 
 great classes of creatures were distinct, and were 
 likewise distinguished into races or species, by 
 reason of the multiple nature of the Being that 
 was incarnated in them. A race (of any ijlass 
 of creatures) originally meant a family, the de- 
 scendants or offspring of a Common Progenitor. 
 This is as far as we are inclined to carry Darwin's 
 
BY BUZZACOTT AND WYMORE 67 
 
 monogenetic hypothesis; considering that (with 
 mankind in a perfect state), we should have a 
 certain number of distinct races or types, each con- 
 sisting in the offspring of a single individual subject 
 or Common Progenitor. 
 
 In this brief treatise w,e cannot enter into the 
 reasons we have for our conviction as to the mul- 
 tiple nature of the primordial Being; but we are 
 prepared to do this exhaustively in later volumes, 
 if the reading and thinking public desires to 
 pursue further the consideration of this most im- 
 portant and long-discussed topic. Here we can 
 only state that the study of history, and inquiry 
 into the nature of Being in general, convince us 
 that the Universal Being is itself a community 
 of individual centers or nuclei of vitality (con- 
 sciousness), — a Subject of subjects, as we may 
 say. This conclusion is based upon the funda- 
 mental principles of philosophy, and is supported 
 most emphatically by the course of human 
 history. 
 
 On this hypothesis, we shall have a definite 
 number of societies, consisting in finite beings; 
 each society being the product of a single vital 
 center or nucleus, and each finite being the pro- 
 duct of a single electric germ or "vital spark." 
 Each center or nucleus of consciousness having 
 the power of multiplying itseK ad infinitum, the 
 bounds of its society will continuaUy increase, 
 and thus its sphere of influence will be extended. 
 Each society being the product of a single vital 
 principle, .will have certain peculiar racial cus- 
 toms and characteristics. For instance one so- 
 ciety will display an agricultural genius, another 
 
68 BISEXUAL MAN 
 
 an artistic genius, another a musical genius, 
 another a philosophical genius, another a scien- 
 tific genius, etc., etc. Thus through variety in 
 communion (instead of separation in mixture, as 
 at present) will the creation become the most 
 effective instrument for the realization of good and 
 truth./ 
 
CONCLUSION 
 
 In this volume we have (1) presented the bare 
 facts in regard to the condition of the sexes; (2) dis- 
 cussed the possibility of sex differentiation through 
 degeneration from a primordial bisexual condition, 
 and also the reverse possibility of the reunion of 
 the sexes through regenerative processes; (3) de- 
 duced conclusions in regard to the possibilities of 
 bisexual reproduction, past and future. 
 
 In the first chapter, we began by presenting 
 the facts in regard to the vestigial sexual organs 
 of mankind and womankind. We showed that 
 man possesses rudimentary breasts and a rudi- 
 mentary womb, occasionally suckles offspring, 
 and is even sometimes known to have a men- 
 strual issue similar to that of the opposite sex. 
 We likewise showed that woman possesses a 
 rudimentary male organ of generation (the ch- 
 toris), which in ancient times was frequently ex- 
 cised, circumcision being extended to both sexes. 
 Next, we presented the facts in regard to her- 
 maphrodites, showing that there are existent 
 at the present day androgynous beings, human 
 and otherwise, and that the human embryo is 
 at first bisexual. We also classified human be- 
 ings, as to sex, under four heads — (1) single- 
 sexed beings, (2) partial or spurious hermaphro-- 
 dites, (3) bisexual beings, (4) neuter sexes, or 
 sterile beings. Finally we made mention of the 
 remarkable facts known to the surgical profes- 
 
70 BISEXUAL MAN 
 
 sion, regarding male and virgin pregnancy, der- 
 moid and cystic growths, fetus in fetu, etc., 
 which are examples of partial autogenesis, or self- 
 'production of offspring, the result of atavistical 
 or telegonic reversion. All these remarkable 
 facts concerning present sexual conditions are 
 here summarized for the first time. 
 
 In the second chapter, we began by asking 
 the aU-important question, viz., whether bisex- 
 uality or unisexuality is the superior state of 
 existence: and we decided that bisexuality is 
 superior, because a bisexual being has greater 
 independence than a unisexual being. If bisex- 
 uality is superior, sex differentiation is a mark 
 of degeneration: hence we have to consider the 
 evidences of degeneration, in the existence of 
 vestigial organs, in the existence of bisexuality 
 in lower forms of life, and in the existence of 
 hermaphrodite beings that show a partial re- 
 version to the primordial type. We therefore 
 gathered together the opinions of noted scientists, 
 first in regard to vestigial organs, second, in 
 regard to hermaphroditism. The consensus of 
 opinion is, that rudimentary organs were for- 
 merly functional, that they have become atro- 
 phied through disuse, and that they are capable 
 of being restored again under proper conditions. 
 Evolutionists are also generally agreed that the 
 present sexes of humanity (or of any species 
 of creatures) are descended from primordial bi- 
 sexual forms. We must therefore conclude that 
 the unisexual condition is the result of degener- 
 acy: hence we have to consider the problem of 
 sexual degeneration and regeneration. 
 
BY BUZZACOTT AND WYMOBE 71 
 
 In the third section of the second chapter, we 
 showed that the original organization of creatures 
 must have been perfect, because imperfect beings 
 must be dependent upon an original perfect 
 Progenitor. We showed that, psychologically, 
 this original perfect Progenitor represents the 
 Subject, which is largely within the subliminal 
 consciousness of present imperfect beings. We 
 showed that Kant and all the great philosophers 
 are in agreement with Darwin and the evolu- 
 tionists: the now largely subconscious Subject, 
 of which philosophy shows all phenomena to be 
 the manifestations, being no other than the 
 original Progenitor of mankind, with whom the 
 evolutionists are concerned. We showed that 
 the degeneration of creatures can be philosophi- 
 cally accounted for, as being due to the influence 
 of Matter in obscuring the Consciousness that 
 produced the primordial perfect types of beings. 
 Moreover, we showed how this degeneration could 
 have been brought about, by sexual intercourse 
 between bisexual beings: and in the present 
 evident degraded state of humanity, we found 
 the natural results of such a process of degener- 
 ation. From all these facts regarding sexual 
 degeneration, we drew the inference that the 
 maintenance of chastity would furnish the proper 
 condition for the reevolvement of bisexuality 
 with the restitution of the rudimentary sexual 
 organs. And finally, in the present movement 
 toward the equalization of the sexes, we saw the 
 promise of such a regenerative evolution in the 
 near future — a step in the right direction. 
 
 In the last chapter, we began by noting the 
 
72 BISEXUAL MAN 
 
 social advantages of bisexual reproduction, show- 
 ing that bisexual beings are free and equal, and 
 thus capable of entire community and fraternity. 
 Thereafter, we treated the subject of bisexual 
 reproduction more particularly: deseri\)ing the 
 ovatestis and its functions, showing how separate 
 ovaries and testes were developed from the 
 original ovatestes, and indicating the results of 
 such differentiation, in the waste of vital fluids 
 occasioned by it. Next, we considered asexual 
 versus sexual reproduction: showing that the 
 cell multiplies itself asexually (by fission or 
 gemmation), to build up a multicellular being, 
 while the multicellular being multiplies itself 
 sexually, by the production of ova and sperma- 
 tozoa, or their combined equivalent, the ova- 
 sperm. In summing up the facts regarding re- 
 production, we showed that bisexual man would 
 he able to multiply himself even toward omnipres- 
 ence, omniscience, and omnipotence, through his 
 power of seK-perpetuation or individual genesis, 
 being by reason of this power a freeman — nei- 
 ther a tyrant nor a slave, but instead an abso- 
 lutely independent, supreme, self-existent being. 
 
 Finally, we drew a brief sketch of the future 
 perfect social state of mankind, which bisexual 
 reproduction will render possible. We showed 
 that there are a certain number of subjects or 
 individualities, each of which is the nucleus of a 
 society of beings characterized by its individu- 
 ahty. We showed that, if the primordial per- 
 fect types had been kept pure, we should now 
 have a certain number of societies of beings, each 
 characterized by a particular genius. The pri- 
 
BY BUZZACOTT AND WYMORE 73 
 
 maxy purpose of reproduction, we decided, is the 
 extension of the individuality in space and time; 
 and this purpose, we also decided, would be best 
 fulfilled by the autogenesis of bisexual man. 
 Here, therefore, we have given the reader a brief 
 glimpse of our summum honum. 
 
 No treatise, we believe, has ever appeared on 
 the subject of "Bisexual Man:" therefore we 
 have been obliged to cull our material from many 
 different sources, and to originate our own man- 
 ner of introducing it to the reader. It is hoped 
 that this brief epitome of the subject will arouse 
 the attention of the scientific or thinking world, 
 so that many able minds may contribute to the 
 knowledge of it, until the light becomes great 
 enough to penetrate and dispel the darkness that 
 so long has shrouded aU matters of a sexual 
 nature. Ignorance is not innocence, coyness is 
 not modesty. We cannot be too true or too 
 chaste : but truth and chastity are clear as crystal 
 — the light may shine through them as it will. 
 Therefore let us have light, pure light, true light, 
 abundant light, on the subject of bisexual man: 
 that the day may speedily come when our ideal 
 thereof may be realized in the summum honum 
 indeed! 
 
APPENDIX 
 
 THE GODS OF THE ANCIENTS 
 
 In the traditions or "myths" of ancient races 
 we find much to corroborate our conclusions as 
 to the original bisexuality of mankind. For 
 ancient races held to the belief that they were 
 descended from a race of "gods," or men of ex- 
 traordinary longevity and superhuman powers, 
 who lived in a "Golden Age" when the present 
 physical evils which oppress humanity were un- 
 known. Among the Egyptians, the Chaldaeans 
 and Assyrians, the Syrians and Hebrews, the 
 Persians, the Hindoos and Chinese, as well as the 
 European races, we find similar traditions re- 
 garding such a "Golden Age of the Gods," who 
 are represented as bisexual beings. Do not these 
 similar traditions, among so many and so widely 
 separated peoples, argue a common basis of 
 fact? 
 
 We have relegated the discussion of this sub- 
 ject to an appendix, because it does not form 
 part of our main argument for the ori^nal bisex- 
 uality of mankind; but as collateral evidence, we 
 consider it of much value and significance, there- 
 fore we could not omit the mention of it. Here, 
 therefore, we will give a brief epitome of the my- 
 thology of the ancients, in its relation to the 
 subject of bisexual man. 
 
76 APPENDIX 
 
 The Egyptians taught that all men were the 
 descendants of a Being self-existent, self-produc- 
 ing, at once the father and the mother of the other 
 gods. In this Egyptian conception of the 
 Supreme Being we can plainly see our original 
 Subject, the Common Progenitor of all the origi- 
 nal subjects or individualities, which will thus 
 correspond to the derivative gods of the Egyptians, 
 representing the various attributes of 'their Com- 
 mon Progenitor. This hypothesis therefore is in 
 accordance with the findings of science and phi- 
 losophy alike. It is admitted among students 
 of the mythology of the Egyptians, that the de- 
 rivative "gods" represent attributes of Ra, the 
 Supreme Being: and that they are thus the off- 
 spring of a Common Progenitor, who is repre- 
 sented as a perfect bisexual Being. These deriv- 
 ative gods (Osiris, Horus, Ptah, Ammon, etc.), 
 were moreover considered as bisexual, each being 
 associated with a female counterpart, who is in 
 fact only a paler reflection of the male god — i. e., 
 the same individuahty in its female state. This 
 practice of coupling the male and female forms 
 of a divinity, suggests that each was accustomed 
 to assume alternately the roles of the male and 
 the female sexes, as hermaphrodites have been 
 known to do in modern times. If this was the 
 case among the offspring of the original Progeni- 
 tor of mankind, it is easy to see how their 
 progeny afterward came to degenerate to the 
 single-sexed state. 
 
 But the Egyptians are not alone among an- 
 cient peoples in this conception. The Chaldse- 
 ans and Assyrians had a system of mythology 
 
APPENDIX 77 
 
 so similar to that of the Egyptians, that the most 
 casual reader cannot fail to mark the likeness. 
 There is the same Supreme Being, called also Ra, 
 who is considered to be the father and the mother 
 of the other gods — ^their Common Progenitor. 
 The derivative gods — ^Ana, Bel, Hoa, Sin, San, 
 Vul, Nin, etc., — also plainly represent the at- 
 tributes of Ra, — the primordial individualities 
 or subjects into which the original Subject was 
 distinguished, at the first creation of the races of 
 mankind. Each of these derivative gods was 
 also accompanied by a goddess, his female coun- 
 terpart, who is only a paler reflection of her 
 spouse. These different derivative gods (like 
 those of the Egyptians) were considered as rep- 
 resenting the different powers of Nature, these 
 being the attributes of Ra, the Supreme Being. 
 We find therefore the most entire agreement be- 
 tween the mythology of the Egyptians and that 
 of the Chaldseans and Assyrians. 
 
 That the Syrians and Hebrews had this same 
 conception of a primal Unity, from which sprang 
 a multiple manifestation — ^i. e., a Supreme Being, 
 whose attributes were expressed in a multitude 
 of derivative beings or gods, — is also apparent. 
 The Jewish Kabbala gives as many as seventy 
 attributes of the Supreme Being, each of which 
 it designates as a subordinate divinity. But all 
 these derivative beings — ^though they are rep- 
 resented as endowed with many divine preroga- 
 tives — are yet regarded as the offspring of a Com- 
 mon Progenitor, the Supreme God, and they are 
 called the "sons of God," or the "angels," being 
 represented as bisexual beings (capable of assum- 
 
78 APPENDIX 
 
 ing either sex). Indeed, as is well known, the 
 Hebrew word for "God" is plural — "the EloMm" : 
 but the Supreme God, who may be regarded as 
 the original Centre or Nucleus of Consciousness 
 from whom all the Elohim sprang, is called 
 "Jehovah," or "the Lord of the Elohim," the 
 name signifying a self-existent Being, like the Ra 
 of the Egyptians, Chaldseans, and Assyrians. 
 It is evident, therefore, that the religion of the 
 Hebrews was based upon the same fundamental 
 truth as those of the other races we have men- 
 tioned; and all the Syrians, Arabs, Phoenicians, 
 etc., who peopled Asia Minor, seem to have 
 shared in the beliefs of their neighbors on this 
 point. The polytheism of the ancients — ^however 
 gross it may have become in the popular under- 
 standing — ^was evidently based upon an ulti- 
 mate monotheism, i«;/iic/i is inaccord with the most 
 advanced philosophical conceptions. 
 
 Among the ancient Persians, also, we find the 
 same conception of the Supreme Being: their 
 Ahura-Mazda being the same in function as 
 the Ra of the Egyptians and Chaldees, or the 
 Jehovah (Jah) of the Hebrews, and likewise at- 
 tended by a host of derivative gods or angels, 
 who represent his attributes, the different powers 
 of Nature (or the Virtues). The myths of the 
 Hindoos, preserved in the Vedas, are also prac- 
 tically identical with those of other ancient 
 peoples, particularly with those of the Greeks, 
 whose mythology we shall presently consider 
 more at length. In the Brahma of the Hindoos, 
 we cannot fail to recognize the same Supreme 
 Being — self-existent, self-producing — as we see in 
 
APPENDIX 79 
 
 Ra, Jehovah, and Ahura-Mazda. In the many 
 derivative gods, which represent the attributes 
 of Brahma — ^the powers of Nature — ^we see the 
 same system of primary individualities, the 
 original offspring of a Common Progenitor. All 
 these different peoples are united upon this fun- 
 damental philosophical truth. Even the Chi- 
 nese, in their isolated position, have preserved 
 an early literature which corresponds closely, in 
 its mythological traditions, with that of the 
 Hindoos and the other peoples we have consid- 
 ered. Indeed, even among the savages of the 
 present day — as among the various Indian 
 tribes, the Peruvians and Aztecs, — ^we find simi- 
 lar legends and beliefs: and aU these facts bear 
 witness both to the common origin of all races 
 and peoples, and to the conamon foundation, in 
 truth and reaUty, of all their histories, philoso- 
 phies, and religions. 
 
 The European races, like the Asiatics and 
 Africans, aclmowledged one Supreme Being, the 
 "father of the gods," who however is usually ac- 
 companied by his female counterpart, the femi- 
 nine aspect of the same Being. The Jove of the 
 Latins is evidently the same as the Jehovah of 
 the Hebrews: being called Zeus by the Greeks, 
 Odin (or Woden) by the Scandinavian races. 
 The Aryan races are not as subtle as the Semites 
 and Hamites, — ^neither as reUgious nor as philo- 
 sophical, in a speculative way, — Whence we find 
 their mythology much more corrupted from what 
 was probably its original form. But when the 
 great philosophers began to arise in Greece, they 
 contrived to harmonize the vulgar polytheistic 
 
80 APPENDIX 
 
 religions with a philosophical monotheism, the 
 same as was done by the Egyptians, Chaldaeans, 
 etc. The Aryans probably brought with them 
 from Asia the same conceptions which prevailed 
 there; but afterward, becoming semi-barbarous 
 through their separation from the center of civ- 
 ilization, partially lost their hold upon the funda- 
 mental truths of their religion, until the advent 
 of European civilization. 
 
 Jove is represented as the father of a numerous 
 offspring of gods, who evidently represented his 
 attributes, the powers of Nature. But we do 
 not find that perfect parallelism of male and fe- 
 male forms among the offspring of Jupiter and 
 Juno, which we find among the offspring of the 
 Ra of the Egyptians and Chaldaeans. In the 
 European myths, only the Supreme Being seems 
 to be definitely provided with a female counter- 
 part; there are gods and goddesses, but they 
 seem to represent equal powers, — original dual 
 beings, — ^in each of which one sex has eclipsed 
 the other in the popular conception. Thus we 
 have Apollo and Diana to represent the sun and 
 moon, each of which is represented, in the 
 Chaldaean mythology, by a god and his spouse. 
 Apollo is the god of light and music, Diana is the 
 goddess of aspiration and courage: they are not 
 counterparts, but brother and sister, — each 
 doubtless originally represented as a dual god, 
 or bisexual being, as are the corresponding 
 Chaldaean deities. Thus likewise we have Ve- 
 nus, the goddess of love and beauty; Pallas, the 
 goddess of philosophy; Mars, the god of war; 
 Neptune, the god of the sea; Vulcan, the god of 
 invention; Mercury, the god of wit and science; 
 
APPENDIX 81 
 
 Vesta, the goddess of contentment; and Demeter, 
 the goddess of agriculture: all of which may be 
 classed in the same rank, as equal powers, rep- 
 resenting the primary attributes of the Supreme 
 Being. Each of these was doubtless originally 
 represented as a bisexual being; but later, one 
 sex or the other prevailed in the popular mind, 
 so that the remembrance of their dual nature 
 was partially lost. The mythology of the Scan- 
 dinavians is very similar, the same powers being 
 worshipped under different names. 
 
 All these different peoples, without exception, 
 have traditions which refer to a primitive Gol- 
 den Age, when the gods (or original bisexual 
 subjects) lived with their offspring, on earth, and 
 when the world was comparatively free from the 
 physical evils — ^undue heat and cold, rain and 
 snow, darkness, disease, trouble and toil, age and 
 death, etc. — ^which now render it a precarious 
 habitation. But it is also noticeable that these 
 powerful beings are usually represented as in- 
 duing in corrupt practices — ^particularly in 
 promiscuous sexual intercourse, — ^which will ac- 
 count for the degeneracy which is apparent in 
 their descendants. It is true that some of them 
 (as Pallas, Diana, and Vesta) are represented 
 as being virgins: but to others is imputed the 
 grossest immorality. Probably there were vir- 
 tuous persons among the early hermaphrodite 
 races, as among the unisexual races of to-day; 
 probably society was of every degree of morality: 
 as it seems to have been in all ages of history, 
 yet corruption prevailed to such an extent as to 
 bring about the ultimate downfall, physically, 
 at least, of the whole people. 
 
82 APPENDIX 
 
 To the Golden Age succeeded the Silver Age — 
 also called the Heroic or Patriarchal Age — 
 which was the transitional stage between the 
 ages of bisexuahty and unisexuaUty, the period 
 during which the custom of promiscuous inter- 
 course among hermaphrodites was exchanged for 
 ,ome form of marriage between positive males 
 and females. This, again, was followed by the 
 Copper Age — ^that period of ancient history dur- 
 ing which male menstrual issue and gynecomasty 
 were much commoner than at present, and dur- 
 ing which the circumcision of females was con- 
 tinually practiced. During this age, the re- 
 mains of bisexuality were pretty weU obliterated. 
 Finally, the Christian Era has been an Iron Age, 
 during which the very remembrance of man's 
 former bisexual state was lost, so that we are just 
 beginning to recover it again, since the modern 
 Renaissance of science and research. 
 
 In the present savage tribes of mankind, we 
 see, not primitive man, but degenerate man — 
 the i^ondescript leavings of the original perfect 
 races, which sprang in the beginning from one 
 Supreme Being or Common Progenitor. The 
 peoples that remained in connection with the 
 original center of civilization on this planet 
 (Asia Minor) have retained more of their prim- 
 itive virtues than the tribes which wandered 
 away from this center and became isolated — 
 such as the Negroes of South Africa, the Aus- 
 tralians, the Malays of the East Indies, and the 
 North American Indians and Eskimos. Even 
 the Hindoos and the Chinese stagnated, when 
 cut off from intercourse with other nations: 
 hence it is not to be wondered at if the Negro and 
 
APPENDIX 83 
 
 Malay tribes of the Torrid zone — cut off as they 
 were by mountain or ocean barriers from the 
 center of civilization, and enervated by a drowsy 
 tropical climate — ^have sunk down to their pres- 
 ent inferior condition. The Indians of North 
 America were likewise isolated — ^being probably 
 nomadic Turanian tribes originally, — and they 
 also deteriorated to a barbarous or savage con- 
 dition. It is easy to fall, and hard to rise again. 
 We have applied our theory of ascending evolu- 
 tion in the wrong place: that is yet to come. 
 Even in this modern world-wide Renaissance — 
 this age of discovery, science, and invention, — 
 we can see the beginnings of an ascending evolu- 
 tion which ere long wiU be evident everywhere — 
 an awakening to the truth which will reinstate 
 us in bisexual freedom again. 
 
 In this brief treatise, we cannot consider more 
 fully the historical evidence regarding human 
 bisexuahty. But we are preparing a series of 
 works which will, it is hoped, throw much light 
 upon the questions of the origin, history and 
 destiny of the human race. This little volume 
 is intended merely as a foreword to the public, 
 regarding this great problem, — ^many volumes 
 wiU be required for the presentation of the 
 evidence in full. We therefore cordially invite 
 the criticisms and suggestions of every friend of 
 Evolution. 
 
 Faithfully yours, 
 
 THE AUTHORS. 
 
 1912— Chicago, lU.