Ancient mythologies tell stories of androgyn archetypal beings, existing prior to the split in male and female. Tantra In Tantra, God, the unmovable Absolute, and Shakti, the sacred force or primordial cosmic energy are often depicted in a sexual embrace. Gross calls the Tantra-iconography nondual, when countering erotic interpretations of Tantra: Plato's Symposium In Plato's Symposium, Aristophanes tells of a primeval state of eternal bliss, which split into homosexuals, lesbians and heterosexuals: Construction of gender-opposites Modern medicine and genetics construct opposite sexes: