There is an ancient and controversial idea that appears again and again within mythology, esoteric tradition, and alternative history - the belief that humanity may once have existed in a very different biological state than it does today.
A time before division.
Before polarity.
Before male and female became dependent upon one another for reproduction.
Many ancient traditions hint symbolically at an original primordial feminine principle from which life itself emerged. In some creation myths, the first beings are described as self-generating, radiant, unified, or androgynous. The feminine is repeatedly portrayed not merely as a passive vessel for life, but as life’s original source - capable of creation from within itself.
And intriguingly, modern biology contains faint echoes of this possibility.
In nature, parthenogenesis - a form of asexual reproduction in which offspring develop from unfertilised eggs - already exists in many species. Certain reptiles, fish, insects, amphibians, and even birds have demonstrated the ability to reproduce without male fertilisation under specific environmental conditions.
Life, it seems, possesses a far greater range of reproductive adaptability than most people realise.
This has led some researchers and esoteric thinkers to speculate about whether humanity may retain dormant biological remnants of a far older reproductive capacity buried deep within evolutionary history.
One area often discussed in these theories is the female Skene’s gland - sometimes referred to as the paraurethral gland - a structure located near the female urethra that produces a clear saline-like fluid rich in enzymes, antimicrobial compounds, and biochemical substances identical to those found in male semen, such as prostate-specific antigen (PSA). While modern medicine generally considers the gland in relation to lubrication and female ejaculation, there conclusions are speculative.
Many believe, wrongly, that the liquid produced is urine and that comes out of the pee hole, but it does not - Liquid from the Skene's glands is released from tiny, pinpoint ducts located on either side of the urethral opening (the "pee hole").
This gland represents an evolutionary remnant of ancient reproductive chemistry - a biological echo of a time when the feminine body played a far more autonomous role in creation itself.
Now, to be clear, there is no scientific evidence that human females are currently capable of natural parthenogenesis in the way some reptiles are. Human reproduction seems to require extremely complex genomic imprinting from both maternal and paternal DNA for viable embryonic development.
However, in parthenogenesis, only females are created, and females only need the DNA from the mother.
The feminine principle was once self-generating.
Self-sustaining.
Complete unto itself.
This concept appears repeatedly throughout ancient mythology. In certain Gnostic and esoteric traditions, Sophia - divine wisdom - emanates creation through her own power. In ancient goddess cults, the womb is treated not merely as a biological organ, but as a cosmic gateway capable of manifesting life itself. Even the ancient symbol of the serpent, often associated with feminine mystery traditions, renewal, and cyclical regeneration, reflects this concept of self-renewing creation.
This is taken further to suggest that the emergence of male-dependent reproduction represented not merely a biological development, but a profound energetic and spiritual shift within humanity itself - the fragmentation of the original unified state into duality.
In this framework, the separation into male and female becomes symbolic of consciousness descending into polarity:
active and passive
solar and lunar
logic and intuition
force and creation
The ancient alchemical quest to reunite masculine and feminine energies internally would therefore represent not merely psychology, but a symbolic return toward primordial wholeness.
Interestingly, modern embryology reveals something many people are unaware of: early human embryos begin development following a fundamentally female template before sex differentiation occurs later in gestation. Certain biological structures present in males and females are homologous - meaning they emerge from shared embryonic origins before diverging.
This alone is evidence that the feminine blueprint remains humanity’s foundational biological pattern.
Again, mainstream science would frame this entirely through evolutionary developmental biology rather than mystical origins. But symbolic traditions tend to read deeper meaning into these patterns.
And perhaps that is where the enduring fascination comes from.
Because beneath all these theories - whether biological, symbolic, mystical, or speculative - lies a recurring intuition found across countless ancient traditions:
That creation itself emerges first from the feminine principle.
Not merely woman as an individual human female…
…but the archetypal feminine:
receptive yet creative
hidden yet generative
mysterious yet life-giving
The ancient world often viewed this force with profound reverence.
Modern civilisation, by contrast, tends to reduce reproduction into purely mechanical terms, stripping away symbolism, mystery, and metaphysical meaning entirely.
Yet human beings continue searching for deeper narratives about origin because people instinctively sense that biology alone does not fully explain the emotional, spiritual, and symbolic dimensions of existence.
Whether one interprets these ideas literally, metaphorically, or somewhere in between, they ultimately point toward a larger philosophical question:
What if humanity’s oldest myths were not trying to explain biology scientifically…
…but symbolically preserve memory of a very different understanding of life, creation, and consciousness itself?
The Serpent Bloodline have kept this information safe, so that our true origins can never be fully erased.
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