XPost: alt.pagan, alt.magick.tantra, alt.religion.sexuality   
   XPost: talk.religion.misc   
   From: mortran@hotmail.com   
      
   "David Dalton"  escribió en el mensaje   
   news:3idmd0hucl0bre1o4ni0cbgsgj98gehps3@4ax.com...   
   > In some forms of paganism The Great Rite is ritual sex between   
   > a woman and a man.   
   >   
   > Does anyone know of past instances when such sex has magically   
   > caused great changes, such as even renewed crop fertility?   
      
   In Babylon and Phoenicia it is known to have increased the fertility of the   
   temple treasures.   
   The crop is fertile with or without ritual sex.   
      
   To be honest, I am convinced that in ancient times sacred sexuality was   
   rather used as a pretext for commercial prostitution in the temples, and   
   today the Great Rite is a pretext for people simply enjoying sex.   
   Let's be realists. The minds of human beings were corrupted in ancient times   
   just as they are today.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)