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Aphrodite's Priestess

Have you felt the touch or heard the enticing whisper of the Golden Goddess of Love? Have you wondered about the men and women who are called to honor Aphrodite?

The worship... (More) Have you felt the touch or heard the enticing whisper of the Golden Goddess of Love? Have you wondered about the men and women who are called to honor Aphrodite?

The worship of this most adored Goddess is not merely a part of ancient history and myth. Men and women all over the world carry the keys to the temple - keys that signify their service, their priesthood. I am one of Aphrodite's Priestesses.
Perhaps you are, too.

The priestesshood of Aphrodite is not dead or dormant. It is alive, vibrant, passionate, and growing again. People are stepping forward from places like the US, Belgium, Brazil and elsewhere - stepping forward from the shadows of ancient temple ruins - to construct new practices of worship, celebration and transcendence based on acts of love, beauty and pleasure.

Aphrodite's Priestess (the 2nd edition - revised and expanded - of Laurelei Black’s elegant and ground-breaking work, In Her Service: Reflections from a Priestess of Aphrodite) is the first book to offer readers insight into this re-emerging temple culture.

Learn about:
• Western sacred sexual practices that are not based on Eastern yogic/tantric practices
• theoretical discussions and practical suggestions dealing with devotion and service to Aphrodite

"This is a most laudable effort, well-balanced, highly introspective but also based upon history. The approach is one of confidence but not absolutism, authoritativeness but not authoritarianism, and it is also accessible for modern Pagans. You will find something new in the old, something recognizable in the commonality of human experience, especially loving experience, but also something to the modern mind refreshingly innovative.... I applaud this work and look forward to reading more by this author. " - Michael A. Manor, The Qadishti Institute

Do you feel "called" as a priest or priestess of Aphrodite?
Are you called, instead, by Venus, Inanna, Ishtar, Astarte or Babalon?
Aphrodite's Priestess will give you the tools you need to take your first steps in service of these Ladies by addressing all of the major issues facing someone called to work with any Goddess of love and sexuality.

This seminal work provides thoughtful essays on:
• conducting the sacred marriage rite
• engaging with seekers in private and public ritual
• enhancing personal qualities of grace and beauty
• even, approaching the darker natures of love and sex

Not a Priest or Priestess? Perhaps you are drawn to Aphrodite for devotion?
Learn to offer your own Love and Passion as a sacrament.

Not everyone who comes to Aphrodite's Temple comes a priestess. Many come to receive the loving touch, the passionate kiss, the ecstatic union of the Goddess. Aphrodite's Priestess addresses the needs of all those who want to know Her more intimately.

Each chapter offers:
• exercises for extended personal reflection
• annotated resource lists for more in-depth study
• carefully chosen poetry selections from ancient and classical texts

Aphrodite's Priestess is an amazing resource, developed to guide Aphrodite's people to the doors of the new temples of love, grace, beauty and pleasure.

"I'm putting your book on my required reading list for my Qadishtu trainees and am so impressed with it overall, I'm recommending to everyone I know. Your descriptions of what it means and what it takes to be a priestess of Aphrodite were phenomenal. Your rituals are beautiful, and I think I may adapt the second one for use in the Temple, if I may. Everyone - get this book! It's fabulous!!" - Inara de Luna, Temple of the Red Lotus

New for this edition, 3 BONUSES are included in the Appendix:
• Fully annotated bibliography
• Expanded social and spiritual resource lists
• All-new Legal Resource Guide

Aphrodite's Priestess is THE guide for anyone considering answering Aphrodite's summons. No other book on the market addresses the joys, concerns and dilemmas facing the men and women who are marked (Less)

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