Masculine spirituality is a form of seeking that longs to rid the seeker of all the constraints that comes with human existence. It’s an impulse that reaches out for the sun. It longs for a heavenly paradise or an exit from the karmic wheel of life, in order to be rested in nirvana. In short, masculine spirituality seeks to detach itself from all worldly phenomena in order to escape this dirty and sinful prison called Earth.

Feminine spirituality is the exact opposite. It isn’t about seeing, but about being. Detached witnessing doesn’t turn it on – being seen, truly seen, more easily triggers arousal. The feminine principle is all about the expression of life itself and it avidly attaches itself to nature, colors, shapes and scents. It doesn’t dream of the sun. Instead it immerses itself in the reflected light of the full moon, dancing naked under its caressing beams. It doesn’t long to probe the universe, but rather prefers to scrabble in the earth with its fingers, listening intently while the soil whispers what herbs it wishes to grow. The feminine principle is a hypersensual, Earth-embracing, passionate spirituality.

While the masculine principle passes through paths such as meditation and introspection, the feminine route is devoted to the senses, to devotion, the trance of dance, and to dreams of unconditional love. And it reaches its own climax not in detached voyeurism, but rather in ecstasy. Interestingly enough the word ecstasy comes from the Greek word ekstasis, which means to be or to stand outside oneself. That’s a goal the masculine principle can relate to. So, in the end the masculine and the feminine spiritual principles apply different paths to reach their common goal of transcending the relative self.

From Transduality 101, pp. 26-27