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A Brief History of Religious SexGoddesses of Pagan mythresources: The religion of the Goddess,wherever it was practicedthroughout history, has alwaysbeen sex positive. The mostfamous of the ancient rituals isthe Hieros Gamos, or Sacredmarriage ritual. Records of thisceremony have been dated asfar back as early Sumerian,about 5500 years ago. In thisritual the high priestess actingas avatar of The Goddess hadsex with the ruler of the countryto show the Goddess'sacceptance him as ruler andcaretaker of her people. Here is
 
part of the ceremony astranslated from an ancientSumerian poem. The High Priestess, acting forInanna, is speaking to Dumuzithe new king.My vulva, the horn, The boat of Heaven,Is full of eagerness like theyoung moon.My untilled land lies fallow.As for me, Inanna,Who will plow my vulva?Who will plow my high field?Who will plow my wetground?As for me, the young woman,Who will plow my vulva?Who will station the ox there?Who will plow my vulva?
 
 The symbolism is, I hope,obvious to you. If you've everlooked at an anatomicalpicture of the femalereproductive system, youmay have noticed that thevagina is shaped like a horn,it curves upward and narrowstowards the back.On the male side, an old timeplow (not the modern daytractor type) had a long, hardprojection that pushed intothe ground.Dumuzi, the king replies:Great Lady, the king will plowyour vulva,I, Dumuzi the King, will plowyour vulva Inanna acceptshim saying:
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