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Mary Isabel Wymore

Dubois, Illinois

Feb[ruary] 28 1913

Alfred Russell Wallace,

Old Orchard, Broadstone, Dorset.

Dear Sir: —

Col. Buzzacott of Chicago, my collaborator in writing "Bisexual Man," has mailed you a copy of our book, and wishes me to write you concerning the same.

In this volume we have endeavored [sic] to prove the decent of present men and women from original Bisexual Man, — a being having the powers and attributes of both sexes combined. At the same time, we contend that present differentiated sexes will ultimately be re-combined in perfect Bisexual Man. We regard the differentiation of the sexes as the root of all evil — of all "the ills that flesh is heir to," — and we believe most firmly that the ideals of social science can never be realized except through the perfect equalization of the sexual elements in every person. For in a community of bisexual beings, all would be able to meet on terms of liberty, equality, and fraternity, — even sharing with one another their inmost thoughts and feelings, — being linked [2] together in divine chastity by their common love of the Truth. This, we firmly believe, is what ought to be. The existing differentiation of sexes, with all the manifold evils which may be traced to that source, we attribute to degeneration. For what is, is not necessarily what ought to be. In this volume we have endeavored [sic] to show the modus operandi of such degeneration, and also of the corresponding regeneration to the perfect state, which we contend will finally be realized in Bisexual Man.

As an investigation of psychic phenomena, you will doubtless be interested in the hearing of our hypothesis upon the question of reincarnation, and the spiritual world. In C[hapter]. 3 of "Bisexual Man," you will find this subject briefly alluded to: but in so brief a treatise, we could not enter into the controversy regarding the relations between the natural and spiritual worlds. Personally I am a firm believer in the existence of the spiritual world; but I cannot accept, without modification, the spiritualistic philosophy. For I find that the spirits of the spiritual world are in fact ideas existing in the spirit consciousness of persons in the natural world, these ideas being sometimes called "secondary" [3] or "subliminal" personalities. I find that the natural world is a fixed quantity, determined as the abode of a certain number of eternal spirits or angels, which have existed from the beginning of the world, and which altogether constitute the Mind of the the Creator. If, through evil, death had not been brought into the world, all of these eternal spirits might have continued incarnate on earth from the beginning even until now: for it is only because they died, that it was necessary for them to be reincarnated or reproduced in the natural world. When evil and death are overcome, therefore, all of these eternal angels will be incarnated on earth in perfect bisexual bodies for eternity.

Reproduction in the perfect world, therefore, will be spiritual only, and will consist in the conception of new ideas of these eternal angels or persons — such ideas being known as the spirits of the spiritual world. Every seed, having the male and female elements properly combined in it, will develop into a spirit of the spiritual world — i.e., a new idea of one of the angels. Each person can conceive Ideas (spirits) of himself and of all other [4] persons; the conception of a new Idea of a person being the highest act of love. The different spirits (Ideas) of a person exist in his inner consciousness and together constitute his personal conscience, in which are stored up (above the threshold of his mind) all past lines. The entrance of the World , in which are stored up (above the threshold of his mind) all past lines. The entrance of the World as a whole into the perfect state (which is commonly called the Resurrection) will involve the attainment by each person of dominion over the spiritual world, which exists within his mind, — together with the resurrection of all his past selves within his mind, so that he will have consciousness of the whole of his past existence from the beginning of the World.

I trust that I have made meaning clear to you. I have made meaning clear to you. You will note that our hypothesis is directly opposed to the Darwinian Theory of the evolution of man from lower forms: for I regard the mineral, animal, and vegetable kingdoms as the component parts of man's subconscious mind. Though I admit an evolution of the mind through these kingdoms up to its perfect incarnation in man, I hold that the mind existed, in the form of a host of eternal spirits or angels [5] before its evolution in matter began. Thus, in the Genesis account of creation, the Sight of the World (consisting in the host of angels) was first created, and afterward it was expressed in the mineral, vegetable, and animal kingdoms, and finally in man. Or as it is written in the gospel of St. John, "In the beginning was the Word (i.e. the Word of truth), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."

In a letter I cannot go further into my doctrines, but I am preparing a series of works which will thoroughly cover all these points, which are necessarily left obscure in "Bisexual Man." We shall be glad to have you read the book and give us your opinion on it. Any criticisms or suggestions you have to make will be thankfully received. Enclosed you will please find self-addressed envelope for reply.

Hoping that you will let us hear from you at your earliest convenience, I am, |

Very truly yours, | Mary Isabel Wymore [signature].