Ardhanarishvara
Hindu Gods: Ardhanarishvara (अर्धनारीश्वर, Ardhanārīśvara), is an androgynous deity composed of Shiva and his consort Shakti, representing the synthesis of masculine and feminine energies.(wikipedia)
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Hindu Gods - Ardhanarishvara - union of Shiva and Shakti, androgyny, painting
"Ardhanarisvara is the symbol of cosmic androgyny.
This subtle, archetypical, androgynous blue-print filters down and infiltrates all aspects of the universe. Therefore, just as Krishna and his consort Radha became inseparable aspects of their common being, many thousands of years ago, to such an extent that in later Hindu writings these two were called by a singular name- RadhaKrishna- so too we must all become both the male- outside-of-existence, cosmic consciousness- and the female-inside-of-existence, earthly being.
This union takes place at the third-eye chakra, which is the epicenter and vessel into which the male descends from non-being, and the female rises from being." (from http://www.spiritandflesh.com/bookOMArdhanarisvaraalchemymalefemaleShivaShakti_religion_spirituality.htm)
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Hindu Gods: Ardhanarishvara (अर्धनारीश्वर, Ardhanārīśvara), is an androgynous deity composed of Shiva and his consort Shakti, representing the synthesis of masculine and feminine energies. (wikipedia)
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