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According to Edgar Cayce, the period when souls were still androgynous “Sons of God” was during the very early phases of the Atlantean civilization, long before recorded history.
When exactly?
Cayce placed this in the early development of Atlantis. In reading 364-3 he dates Amilius to “some hundred, some ninety-eight thousand years before the entry of Ram into India”.
The clearest picture comes from his readings, especially the 364 series.
Early Atlantis
Souls first began projecting into the earth plane as “thought-form” beings. In this stage male and female were still contained as one within the same form (androgynous). These were the “Sons of God”, who could change shape and project at will.
Male and female as one
Reading 364-7 describes the Sons of God as beings in whom male and female were one.
In the beginning, as was outlined, there was presented that that became as the Sons of God, in that male and female were as one, with those abilities for those changes as were able or capable of being brought about.
Edgar Cayce, reading 364-7
This phase is closely associated with Amilius, the spiritual leader whom Cayce identified as an early incarnation of the Christ soul, the same entity who later became Jesus.
The androgynous state existed before the full separation into distinct male and female bodies, and before the widespread mixing with the “sons and daughters of men”, the more physical, animal-like humans.
Key timeline markers from Cayce
| Period | Approximate time (Cayce) | What was happening |
|---|---|---|
| Early soul projections | 200,000+ years ago | Souls entering as ethereal or thought-form beings |
| Androgynous “Sons of God” phase | Early Atlantis (before about 50,000 BC) | Male and female still as one; time of Amilius; creation of the “helpmeet” begins |
| First major destruction of Atlantis | About 50,700 BC | End of the early high period; increasing physical densification and mixing |
| Later Atlantis | 28,000 BC to 10,000 BC | Further separations, cataclysms, final sinking |
The androgynous state was not a short moment. It was part of a long, gradual process as souls densified into physical matter.
How long the division into male and female took
Asked how long the division took, Cayce answered that it depended on the line, and gave 86 years for one of them.
(Q) How long did it take for the division into male and female? (A) That depends upon which, or what branch or LINE is considered. When there was brought into being that as of the projection of that created BY that created, this took a period of evolutionary – or, as would be in the present year, fourscore and six year.
Edgar Cayce, reading 364-7
So for that one line it took a span of decades, but overall the division unfolded over a very long period.
How this connects to Genesis
- Genesis 1 (“male and female created he them”) corresponds to this early androgynous Sons of God phase in Atlantis.
- Genesis 2 (Adam formed from dust, and Eve from his rib) corresponds to the later stage, when the “helpmeet” was brought forth from within and souls were taking on more fixed physical forms.
Summary
According to Cayce, souls were still androgynous “Sons of God” during the early Atlantean era: in the time of Amilius, before the first major destruction of Atlantis (about 50,000 BC), and before souls became fully locked into separate male and female physical bodies.
This was the period that reading 364-7 calls “in the beginning”.
