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In many ancient faiths sexuality was the ultimate sacred act and symbolized the central holy sacrament. Lust originally meant a religious joy experienced as unity with the godhead. This gift book explores the origins and practices of religious sexuality in many cultures worldwide. Included are the erotic sculpture and paintings of ancient Greece and Rome, illustrations from Japanese pillow books, Asian temple art, erotic Indian and Persian miniatures, as well as the work of well-known European artists from the Classical, Renaissance and Romantic periods.… (más)
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In the self-same point where the soul is made sensual, in the self-same point is the city of God ordained from without beginning.
Juliana of Norwich (1343-1415)
You are the tree of knowledge, which is in Paradise, from which the first man ate, and which opened his mind, so that he became enamoured of his co--likeness.
'On the Origin of the World' The Nag Hammadi Library in English James M. Robinson
There came a time when the goddess was no longer worshipped; then the physical and spiritual aspects of the feminine were declared evil.
The Sacred Prostitute Nancy Qualls-Corbett
For to avoid being lured into the snare of love is not so difficult as, when you are caught in the toils, to get out and break through the strong knots of Venus.
The Nature of the Universe Lucretius (94-55 BCE)
I turn the male to the Female. I am she who adorneth the male for the female; I am she who adorneth the female for the male.
The union of chaos and wind created Maat in her form as the world egg.
In the beginning there was nothing but Self, in the shape of a person. But Self felt no delight in the void and wished for a second. Self then fell into two, and thence arose husband and wife. "We two are thus, each of us, like half a shell." He embraced her, and humanity was born.
Upanishads
Hymn to the Great Mother
Gaia, mother of all Foundation of all the oldest one.
I shall sing to Earth she feeds everything That is in the world.
Whoever you are whether you live upon her sacred ground or whether you live along the paths of the sea you that fly
It is she who nourishes you from her treasure-store, Queen of Earth through you
beautiful children, beautiful harvests come
The giving of life and the taking of life both are yours
Happy is the man you honor the one who has this has everything.
excerpt from Homeric Hymn to Gaia, translated by Jules Cashford
For I am the first and the last. I am the honored one and the scorned one. I am the whore and the holy one. I am the wife and the virgin. I am (the mother) and the daughter I am the silence that is incomprehensible and the idea whose remembrance is frequent I am the voice whose sound is manifold and the word whose appearance is multiple I am the utterance of my name.
'The Thunder, Perfect Mind The Nag Hammadi Library in English James M. Robinson
'Lady,' he answered, 'since it pleases you to be so gracious, and to power so graceless a knight with your love, ther is naught that you may bid me do -- right or worng -- that I will not do to the utmost of my power.'
Marie de France, c 1175
The alchemists were pioneers, people open to the worlds within, who projected their inner perceptions onto outer symbols and thus found a universal language, transcending words, for communicating their experiences of the soul's architecture and dynamics.
Tarot and Individuation Dr. Irene Gad
You are in heaven: you uphold the mountain. The plan of Earth is in your hands. Awaited, you are always everywhere. You are prayed to: you are invoked.
The Mythic Image Joseph Campbell
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A.T. Mann: To my wife Lise-Lotte
Jane Lyle: For Aphrodite Pandemos
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Sacred sexuality belongs to our ancient past, and to our future.
Citas
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Sexuality is sacred, because life itself is sacred.
In many ancient faiths sexuality was the ultimate sacred act and symbolized the central holy sacrament. Lust originally meant a religious joy experienced as unity with the godhead. This gift book explores the origins and practices of religious sexuality in many cultures worldwide. Included are the erotic sculpture and paintings of ancient Greece and Rome, illustrations from Japanese pillow books, Asian temple art, erotic Indian and Persian miniatures, as well as the work of well-known European artists from the Classical, Renaissance and Romantic periods.
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