polyamory

Sexuality has always had a particular complexity to it; this has only further developed in the course of the 20th and 21st centuries as individuals have come to recognize, categorize and express themselves in terms of their gender and their sexual identity. What is, though, the relationship between our sexuality or our gender and the spiritual world? Is the increase in poly-gender identities and polyamory indicating a shift in both our relationship with and to sexuality and gender? Are the genders evolving? In terms of gender, Steiner indicates that we are, over time, evolving into a hermaphroditic gender. But on sexuality, he has much more to say, including the need for balance between lust and morality. In “Reincarnation in the Light of Ethics,” Friedrich Rittelmeyer explores the relationship between morality and sexuality. For Steiner, sexuality is not just a question of identity and pleasure, but of morality, ethics, and freedom, which he further discusses in “The Mission of the Earth: Wonder, Compassion and Conscience the Christ Impulse." Read more »