The term "sacred sex" may seem somewhat of an oxymoron in western society, a contradicton in terms. Suggesting that you can find your way to God through sexual activity has been a bit like suggesting you can eat your way to thin-ness.
Partaking in wildly passionate sex and seeking an intensely spiritual life just have not been part of the same curriculum.
We have been taught that pursuing sexual pleasure, enjoyable as that may be, is at the best hedonistic and at worst damaging for our souls. To be a highly spiritual person is t be essentially sexless. It is an either.
However, that view is changing. The concept of sacred sex, finding spiritual union through sexual one, is slowly gaining ground in North America. Our psyches are certainly ripe for it. As a society we are obsessed with sex. In part it's a lustily healthful obsession, a celebratory dance of life's great force, but much of it flounders in darkeness and neurosis - sex for power, sex for profit, sex for oblivion.
At the same time there's a spiritual hunger running rampant through the land. The ache for meaning stretches from radical through traditional - from new age spiritual to long established religious, from pagan to fundamentalist. We are all screaming for substance. Then, wy not unite the two? Bring sex and spirit together and find your magic.
Tantra kama sutra, probably the most commonly known form of sacred sexuality based on a belief that the union of male and female principles will lead to enlightenment. Traditional Tantra uses a complex series of sounds, visualizations, breath control, and sex positions combined with prayerful thought to reach the heights of godly bliss.
The Tantric writings were introduced to the west during the 19th century by British scholars and travellers, foremost among them Sir Richard Burton, who then translated three classic texts that explain and illustrate the art of love with considerable emphasis on sexual lovemakingn positions - Kama Sutra and Ananga Ranga from India and the Perfumed Garden from Arabia.
Partaking in wildly passionate sex and seeking an intensely spiritual life just have not been part of the same curriculum.
We have been taught that pursuing sexual pleasure, enjoyable as that may be, is at the best hedonistic and at worst damaging for our souls. To be a highly spiritual person is t be essentially sexless. It is an either.
However, that view is changing. The concept of sacred sex, finding spiritual union through sexual one, is slowly gaining ground in North America. Our psyches are certainly ripe for it. As a society we are obsessed with sex. In part it's a lustily healthful obsession, a celebratory dance of life's great force, but much of it flounders in darkeness and neurosis - sex for power, sex for profit, sex for oblivion.
At the same time there's a spiritual hunger running rampant through the land. The ache for meaning stretches from radical through traditional - from new age spiritual to long established religious, from pagan to fundamentalist. We are all screaming for substance. Then, wy not unite the two? Bring sex and spirit together and find your magic.
Tantra kama sutra, probably the most commonly known form of sacred sexuality based on a belief that the union of male and female principles will lead to enlightenment. Traditional Tantra uses a complex series of sounds, visualizations, breath control, and sex positions combined with prayerful thought to reach the heights of godly bliss.
The Tantric writings were introduced to the west during the 19th century by British scholars and travellers, foremost among them Sir Richard Burton, who then translated three classic texts that explain and illustrate the art of love with considerable emphasis on sexual lovemakingn positions - Kama Sutra and Ananga Ranga from India and the Perfumed Garden from Arabia.
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