Sacred Sex

SecREDSnx IN Lms EvERYDAY very act of making love, when You carefor the Person you are with and respect Your own and their bodY,is an act of sacred love.The act of releaseis in itself a gift of Pure love to the cosmos and will bring blessingson You and your loved one in the waYs most needed.

takento the bed oflnnana's high priestess' Thisbedwasadornedwithflowers,grasses and qrain stalksfor the marriage'As the unio'n was consummated,so it was asked that the harvest Would be good' It was believedthat the spirit of the lovegoddess herselfwas presentin her priestessand that the shepherdgod overlaidthe king' Tw enty-First Century Sacred Sex Of course,you may not be ableto arrange a bed of flowersfor you and your lovebut 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 hasthe fragranceof an intense La[ game rather than of sacredoils, you are part of the samesacredtradition' You mav occasionallyfeel the presenceof the Mother Goddess and the Father God during intense moments of lovemaking and that You arefloating or flYing'

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,scentedcandlesin jasmine' rose,sandalwoodor YlangYlang'

Open your fragranceor prepare the oil mix. Put the liquid in a small bowl on a flat surfacenext to the bed' Ifyour partner is willing to sharethe ritual, anoint each other'schakrasin turn. As vou make love, You share in the Light the four candles in the four tradition of sacredmarriage that dates cornersof the room. backthousandsofyearsto when the Earth Anoint eachofyour partner'schakras' Middle the in or Father Mother and Sky or shecanthen mirror the sameaction He East,for example,in Ancient Egypt' Nut and positionon the samechakraon your the skv goddesscoveredin starsand Geb' body as you say the words' Guide your whose Lody formed the fertile earth' Dartner's hands to locate your energy came togetherto ensurefertiliry of land' centresif necessarY. humans*and animals and to bring the Beginwith your partner'sbaseor root warming sun and fertilising ratn' .haLi.. Put vour hands in the small of Consummating I'ove or Increasing vour partnerlsbackor very gentlyon the Pas sion in an Establi shed TheFirst SatedMarciage pe.in.u- and pressgently to awakenthe o ur ith Y Relati on shiP - Wo rking w The first sacred marriage or Hieros iundalini, the serpentpower named after Fwourite Fragrance Gamos, as it was called by the Ancient that is coiledround a Hindu lor e goddess Greeks,was celebratedaround 3300BCE as the baseof the spine.You will feel this The Seven Chakra Powers of I'ove in rituals marking the annual renewal is the This sensation' pulsating being anointed a swirling of love between the Sumerian goddess' Anointing a Partnerand .huku oitile .urth and of pure instinctual your sevenmatn on oils and or Queen goddess fragrance with fertility the Innana, earth po*'er' It will help you both to shed spirituai energy centresas a prelude to of Heaven, to the shepherd king/earth inhibiiions and tune into the seasonal lovemakingis a truly magicalexperience' god, Dumuzi, in the Middle Eastareaof flowing of earth energywhere sexuality nervous very If you have a lover who is modern lraq. However' Palntmgs on an is one of the most natural forces'rooted about the idea of sacred sex You can ancientvaseiuggest there may havebeen in the ancient annual fertility festivalsto You earlier rites, p.thup. to a more localised anoint yourself before lovemaking' bring new life to animals,cattleand corn' will then act as a channel for his or her fertility goddess,in the 4th millennia Tat the fragrancebottle or oil mix and chakras and as you touch your lover's BCE. the small of your partner'sback' anoint body,you transmit the magicalenergies' The annual sacredmarriage'we know oerineum or if a very shy partner' tne fiom various Sumerian contemPorary solesof the feet where the earth energy the For the ritual Youwill need' ' songs,began with the journeY of entersyour body asyou walk' Then guide kirti to ttre temple of Innana where he anoint your root chakra' Say o A bottle of your favourite perfume' him/her to was"ritually prepared with bathing and is anointed,'I am the earth your chakra as a roseor lavendercologneor water' rose anointed with sacredoils, followed by and I take into mYself mY own Power or lavender essentialoil, well-diluted symbolicweddingfeast'Thekingwasthen

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