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cultures have some form of sacred sexuality. Even some early
Christians are reported to have practiced extended coition without
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Magic and
sexuality were a big deal for the ancient Egyptians, and
their practices may have contributed to the Elysian Mysteries.
Western thought and culture
has been influenced much more deeply by the East than Western
scholars have generally supposed. Alexander brought Brahmins
and Sannyasins back from India, along with their philosophies.
Buddhist traditional stories made it into the Christian
tradition as the miracles of Jesus, Dakinis make their
appearance in classical Greek as the Muses, who behave
exactly as (admittedly very naughty) dakinis, and have
the same function - to support men to the full expression
of their excellence.
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Saraha is credited with
founding the Buddhist line of Tantra, with considerable
help from Ms. Fletcher, a.k.a. The Arrowsmith Woman.
She was a Dakini, an aspect of the divine feminine, in
Western terms, a Muse.
More recently, a Western
tradition of Sacred Sexuality resurfaced in the
last century as Karezza. I've also heard of a school
in Brazil, derived from South Indian offshoots of Hindu
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Khajuraho
In times past, Tantra was taught to committed (In
an English breakfast, the chicken is involved. The pig is committed.)
students.
To be permitted access to the mysteries of Tantra
the student didn't just have to join the commune, with a new
name, possession surrendered, head shaved and dead to the past.
The Temples of Khajuraho had another requirement.
Thre's a few pictures on this page . Pretty raunchy
stuff for old statues! There were lots of these. For 100 years,
there were 80 temples.
Because they were in an otherwise remote spot,
just a small town, even the second wave of sexually repressed
invaders didn't get around to demolishing them all. 20 still
stand, in varying states of repair. The remaining statues depict
varietious coition, polyamoury, masturbation, even bestiality. |
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To the invaders, with their sexual repression,
their homoerotic military and their blood sacrifice religions,
there was no way these could be places of worship.
The very foundation of the invaders' culture
(ownership and control of the woman's sexuality and through
her, her offspring) was disrespected. Keeping women sexually
crippled, dog trained, wasn't a priority here.
Women were depicted enjoying, not just
tolerating sex. And look at how they enjoyed… And
what they enjoyed… Frightening! |
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Naturally,
they missed the point: The statues are all on the outside
of the temples.
Inside, the temples are austere. No erotic
statues. The statues decorate only the outside.
That requirement:
If you wanted to enter the temple, to have even a shot
at being accepted for initiation into the school, you had
to first encounter the outside of the temple. Only when
you were able to view all the decoration, without an erotic
kick, could you be considered worthy to enter.
The statues
depict as far as their creators were able, the whole range
of human eroticism. Where eroticism ends, when your sexuality
is transcended, innocent of desire, that's where true Tantra
begins.
Until you've got there, the idea is to go around
the temple, stopping to meditate deeply on scenes that tickle
your fancy. You get so absorbed in the reality the art lends
your fantasy that you can transcend that particular scene,
finish that particular desire. Either that, or someone gorgeous
may come along, to meditate on the same one… |
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