sacred sex
Jan. 8th, 2004 12:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
This idea has been floating around in my mind since a discussion some time ago in
yahvah's journal.
For a time I actually wrote an online column about the subject of sacred sex. The idea that sex is sacred, and sacredness often has a sexual undercurrent, is natural to me.
The authors of Why God Won't Go Away believe that the mystical parts of the brain evolved hand-in-hand with the parts of the brain that make sex enjoyable.
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For a time I actually wrote an online column about the subject of sacred sex. The idea that sex is sacred, and sacredness often has a sexual undercurrent, is natural to me.
The authors of Why God Won't Go Away believe that the mystical parts of the brain evolved hand-in-hand with the parts of the brain that make sex enjoyable.
[Poll #230322]
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Date: 2004-01-09 12:43 am (UTC)(just kidding, I know what you mean)
I think you may be on to something regarding the difference between certain types and styles of spiritual approach though. They do tend to range from advocating abstinence as a way of generating (or maintaining) chi, to sex as a means of experiencing union with the divine...