The other post that got me thinking over the last week wasn\u2019t actually about experimentation\u2026 or even about the things that actually caught my eye.[*]<\/p>\n
The first thing I want to talk about is something I had never even heard of before: Godslavery. Now, aside from what\u2019s in the post, I was only able to find one link from a primary source\u2014that is, someone who actually practices<\/a> it. I have to admit that my first thought was \u201cOh, look: someone hasn\u2019t deconstructed their monotheism.\u201d \u2026 but even the cursory research I\u2019ve been able to do has made clear that this isn\u2019t the Biblical \u201cmarriage\u201d to God, or the \u201cslavery\u201d to Allah I\u2019ve heard some Muslims talk about. And while I\u2019m finding ever more evidence to support my theory that sex-with-gods is not a new idea in mysticism, this doesn\u2019t seem to fit into any of the patterns I\u2019ve seen so far.<\/p>\n Which leads us to the question: is this something that some gods have always demanded of certain people? Are there records? Or \u2026 is this something new? Do the gods, themselves, experiment? Do they demand different things from different people out of scientiffic inquiry or (slightly more frightening to contemplate) idle curiosity? <\/p>\n If you stop for a moment to recognize the mechanisms of social control implicit in the religious idea that the divine is unchanging<\/em> as well as immortal \u2026 suddenly the answer to that question seems very likely to be \u201cof course!\u201d This line of reasoning puts a certain spin on the reality of people\u2019s conflicting UPGs.<\/p>\n Lacking sufficient information, of course, I\u2019m not actually drawing any conclusions about anything. But it\u2019s interesting to think about.<\/p>\n The other thing that got me thinking was this: <\/p>\n \u201cI also remain ambivalent and unhappy about many discussions on sex \u2013 including \u201cSacred Sex,\u201d which I’m honestly not sure what people mean when they discuss. Is it sacredly charged sex? Ritualistic sex? A way of living in tune with one’s sexuality that is also in tune with one’s spirituality? Depending on the author, it could go any which way. And where is the distinction between sacred sex, and sex magick?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Which is actually a pretty fair complaint. I\u2019ve probably read some of the same books, articles, and blogs, because I\u2019ve definitely come away with the same opinion more than once. Hell, my own limited discussions on the issue are possibly part of the problem.<\/p>\n Solution? Write more, write more clearly. For the past week I have been working on a Personal Manifesto of Sacred Sexuality. It, obviously, won\u2019t actually speak for anyone but myself. But hopefully it will inspire others to speak. And I can always revise it as I go through life.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [*] It was actually one of those posts we all have to write sometimes, where we realize we\u2019ve totally failed to comprehend where someone else was coming from and had to apologize publicly<\/a>. There\u2019s also a couple good links, and if you\u2019re not reading Jack Faust already, you should be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The other post that got me thinking over the last week wasn\u2019t actually about experimentation\u2026 or even about the things that actually caught my eye.[*] The first thing I want to talk about is something I had never even heard of before: Godslavery. 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