THE RHYTHMS OF SEX 165 



The endocrine is concerned with the fundamental chemistry of 

 sex, the internal secretions, which determine the chemical reac- 

 tions that provide the free energy for the sex process. Upon the 

 vegetative plane occur those transformations, tensions, and re- 

 laxations, in the viscera, which are controlled in part by the 

 endocrines and in part by the experiences of the individual as 

 registered in his subconscious. Upon the psychic, conscious 

 planes appear the echoes and reflections of the occurrences upon 

 the other two planes, as well as reactions arising in the brain 

 from the necessity of the organism reacting as a whole to isolated 

 episodes. Accompanying is a self-awareness of the organism as a 

 unit. The three planes are not like separate plates of glass one 

 raised above the other, the usual idea picture of planes. They 

 are nebulae, swirling into each other, influencing and being influ- 

 enced continually. The reactions among these three complexes 

 of sex create the milieu for the variations and aberrations of 

 tendency, character and conduct which stamp his unique quality 

 upon the individual. Sex morale is likewise so influenced. The 

 fundamentals of sex ethics will, in due time, be revised in accord- 

 ance with these conceptions. 



