1999-05-01 07:00:00+00 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
New at the Society for Human Sexuality, an illustrated article on Ithyphallic Imagery and Sex in Ancient Athens and The Original Whore with the Heart of Gold, or How the Sacred Prostitute Fell from Grace, and How She May Return.
How did the sale of sex go from paying to enter paradise to paying for something vile? If we can make ourselves one with the gods by intake of food and drink - an idea that far predates Christian communion - how much more so through sex, in its full regalia of joy, pleasure and emotional healing. And what exactly is wrong with money changing hands for it? We pay even for sacred food and drink, for ritual wine and bread have to come from somewhere. Why did the archetype of the sacred whore fall from grace?