Reading an article on sacred homoeroticism\/third-gender sex for one of my classes, I came across this gem:<\/p>\n
\nArboleda\u2019s survey of Moche erotic art also included analysis of what he names \u201cmythic-religious\u201d figures \u2026 The series begins with a group of three male anthropomorphic figures preparing a liquid substance, which in the following scene is poured over the gintal area of two copulating figures.\u00a0 Arboleda speculates that the substance was a hallucinogen \u2026 To [the side of the scene] there is also a winged figure, possibly symbolizing shamanic dream flight. *<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Entering a shamanic trance state with the aid of a lover and hallucinogenic lube?\u00a0 Sign me up!<\/p>\n
Sadly, I cannot find a photo of the piece in question.\u00a0 And whether or not this is an accurate interpretation of the piece is, of course, debatable.\u00a0 That\u2019s not what I\u2019m here for.\u00a0 I\u2019m just here to say that it sounds like a damn good idea.<\/p>\n
\n* Horswell, Michael J.\u00a0 \u201cAn Andean Theory of Same-Sex Sexuality and Third-Gender Subjectivity\u201d in Infamous Desire: Male Homosexuality in Colonial Latin America<\/em>.\u00a0 Ed. Pete Sigal.\u00a0 Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.\u00a0 pp.25-69<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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