sacred sex
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artical in the current spellcraft magazine about sacred sex in evry day lifeTRANSCRIPT
SecRED Snx INEvERYDAY Lms
taken to the bed oflnnana's high priestess'
Thisbedwas adornedwithflowers, grasses
and qrain stalks for the marriage' As the
unio'n was consummated, so it was asked
that the harvest Would be good' It was
believed that the spirit of the love goddess
herself was present in her priestess and
that the shepherd god overlaid the king'
Tw enty-First Century S acred Sex
Of course, you may not be able to arrange
a bed of flowers for you and your love but
the principle is the same' Whether you
make love, smoky after a barbecue' oily
after fixing the car, smelling of baby sick
in spite of scrubbing your skin raw or
youi lover has the fragrance of an intense
La[ game rather than of sacred oils, you
are part of the same sacred tradition' You
mav occasionally feel the presence of the
Mother Goddess and the Father God
during intense moments of lovemaking
and that You are floating or flYing'
Consummating I'ove or Increasing
P as sio n in an E st abli shed
Relati on shiP - Wo rking w ith Y o ur
Fwourite Fragrance
The Seven Chakra Powers of I'ove
Anointing a Partner and being anointed
with fragrance or oils on your seven matn
spirituai energy centres as a prelude to
lovemaking is a truly magical experience'
If you have a lover who is very nervous
about the idea of sacred sex You can
anoint yourself before lovemaking' You
will then act as a channel for his or her
chakras and as you touch your lover's
body, you transmit the magical energies'
For the ritual You will need ' '
o A bottle of your favourite perfume'
rose or lavender cologne or water' rose
or lavender essential oil, well-diluted
in slightlY warmed almond or olive
oil. If your man is very macho he maY
orefer to use his cologne (buY him a
subtle one) or an oil like patchouli or
rosewood. Aerosols do not work for
this!
. Four small, scented candles in jasmine'
rose, sandalwood or Ylang Ylang'
Open your fragrance or prepare the oil
mix. Put the liquid in a small bowl on a
flat surface next to the bed' Ifyour partner
is willing to share the ritual, anoint each
other's chakras in turn.
Light the four candles in the four
corners of the room.Anoint each ofyour partner's chakras'
He or she can then mirror the same action
and position on the same chakra on your
body as you say the words' Guide your
Dartner's hands to locate your energy
centres if necessarY.Begin with your partner's base or root
.haLi.. Put vour hands in the small of
vour partnerls back or very gently on the
pe.in.u- and press gently to awaken the
iundalini, the serpent power named after
a Hindu lor e goddess that is coiled round
the base of the spine. You will feel this as
a swirling pulsating sensation' This is the
.huku oitile .urth and of pure instinctual
earth po*'er' It will help you both to shed
inhibiiions and tune into the seasonal
flowing of earth energy where sexuality
is one of the most natural forces' rooted
in the ancient annual fertility festivals to
bring new life to animals, cattle and corn'
Tat the fragrance bottle or oil mix and
anoint the small of your partner's back'
oerineum or if a very shy partner' tne
soles of the feet where the earth energy
enters your body as you walk' Then guide
him/her to anoint your root chakra' Say
as your chakra is anointed,'I am the earth
and I take into mYself mY own Power
very act of making
love, when Youcare for the Personyou are with and
respect Your own
and their bodY, is an act of sacred
love. The act of release is in itself
a gift of Pure love to the cosmos
and will bring blessings on Youand your loved one in the waYs
most needed.As vou make love, You share in the
tradition of sacred marriage that dates
back thousands ofyears to when the Earth
Mother and Sky Father or in the Middle
East, for example, in Ancient Egypt' Nut
the skv goddess covered in stars and Geb'
whose Lody formed the fertile earth'
came together to ensure fertiliry of land'
humans*and animals and to bring the
warming sun and fertilising ratn'
TheFirst SatedMarciageThe first sacred marriage or Hieros
Gamos, as it was called by the Ancient
Greeks, was celebrated around 3300 BCE
in rituals marking the annual renewal
of love between the Sumerian goddess'
Innana, the fertility goddess and Queen
of Heaven, to the shepherd king/earth
god, Dumuzi, in the Middle East area of
modern lraq. However' Palntmgs on an
ancient vase iuggest there may have been
earlier rites, p.thup. to a more localised
fertility goddess, in the 4th millennia
BCE.The annual sacred marriage' we know
fiom various Sumerian contemPorary
songs, began with the journeY of the
kirti to ttre temple of Innana where he
was" ritually prepared with bathing and
anointed with sacred oils, followed by a
symbolic wedding feast' The kingwas then
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