SecRED Snx INEvERYDAY Lms

taken to the bed oflnnana's high priestess'

Thisbedwas adornedwithflowers, grasses

and qrain stalks for the marriage' As the

unio'n was consummated, so it was asked

that the harvest Would be good' It was

believed that the spirit of the love goddess

herself was present in her priestess and

that the shepherd god overlaid the king'

Tw enty-First Century S acred Sex

Of course, you may not be able to arrange

a bed of flowers for you and your love but

the principle is the same' Whether you

make love, smoky after a barbecue' oily

after fixing the car, smelling of baby sick

in spite of scrubbing your skin raw or

youi lover has the fragrance of an intense

La[ game rather than of sacred oils, you

are part of the same sacred tradition' You

mav occasionally feel the presence of the

Mother Goddess and the Father God

during intense moments of lovemaking

and that You are floating or flYing'

Consummating I'ove or Increasing

P as sio n in an E st abli shed

Relati on shiP - Wo rking w ith Y o ur

Fwourite Fragrance

The Seven Chakra Powers of I'ove

Anointing a Partner and being anointed

with fragrance or oils on your seven matn

spirituai energy centres as a prelude to

lovemaking is a truly magical experience'

If you have a lover who is very nervous

about the idea of sacred sex You can

anoint yourself before lovemaking' You

will then act as a channel for his or her

chakras and as you touch your lover's

body, you transmit the magical energies'

For the ritual You will need ' '

o A bottle of your favourite perfume'

rose or lavender cologne or water' rose

or lavender essential oil, well-diluted

in slightlY warmed almond or olive

oil. If your man is very macho he maY

orefer to use his cologne (buY him a

subtle one) or an oil like patchouli or

rosewood. Aerosols do not work for

this!

. Four small, scented candles in jasmine'

rose, sandalwood or Ylang Ylang'

Open your fragrance or prepare the oil

mix. Put the liquid in a small bowl on a

flat surface next to the bed' Ifyour partner

is willing to share the ritual, anoint each

other's chakras in turn.

Light the four candles in the four

corners of the room.Anoint each ofyour partner's chakras'

He or she can then mirror the same action

and position on the same chakra on your

body as you say the words' Guide your

Dartner's hands to locate your energy

centres if necessarY.Begin with your partner's base or root

.haLi.. Put vour hands in the small of

vour partnerls back or very gently on the

pe.in.u- and press gently to awaken the

iundalini, the serpent power named after

a Hindu lor e goddess that is coiled round

the base of the spine. You will feel this as

a swirling pulsating sensation' This is the

.huku oitile .urth and of pure instinctual

earth po*'er' It will help you both to shed

inhibiiions and tune into the seasonal

flowing of earth energy where sexuality

is one of the most natural forces' rooted

in the ancient annual fertility festivals to

bring new life to animals, cattle and corn'

Tat the fragrance bottle or oil mix and

anoint the small of your partner's back'

oerineum or if a very shy partner' tne

soles of the feet where the earth energy

enters your body as you walk' Then guide

him/her to anoint your root chakra' Say

as your chakra is anointed,'I am the earth

and I take into mYself mY own Power

very act of making

love, when Youcare for the Personyou are with and

respect Your own

and their bodY, is an act of sacred

love. The act of release is in itself

a gift of Pure love to the cosmos

and will bring blessings on Youand your loved one in the waYs

most needed.As vou make love, You share in the

tradition of sacred marriage that dates

back thousands ofyears to when the Earth

Mother and Sky Father or in the Middle

East, for example, in Ancient Egypt' Nut

the skv goddess covered in stars and Geb'

whose Lody formed the fertile earth'

came together to ensure fertiliry of land'

humans*and animals and to bring the

warming sun and fertilising ratn'

TheFirst SatedMarciageThe first sacred marriage or Hieros

Gamos, as it was called by the Ancient

Greeks, was celebrated around 3300 BCE

in rituals marking the annual renewal

of love between the Sumerian goddess'

Innana, the fertility goddess and Queen

of Heaven, to the shepherd king/earth

god, Dumuzi, in the Middle East area of

modern lraq. However' Palntmgs on an

ancient vase iuggest there may have been

earlier rites, p.thup. to a more localised

fertility goddess, in the 4th millennia

BCE.The annual sacred marriage' we know

fiom various Sumerian contemPorary

songs, began with the journeY of the

kirti to ttre temple of Innana where he

was" ritually prepared with bathing and

anointed with sacred oils, followed by a

symbolic wedding feast' The kingwas then

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