Spirituality

General

• Issues in Buddhist Sexual Ethics

  "In general, in Buddhism, we always try to follow a middle path, and so regarding sexuality, we want to avoid two extremes. One extreme is that of being very strict and severe. This view looks at sexuality as something dirty and, basically, bad. But, then, we also want to avoid the other extreme, which is the attitude toward sex that anything is okay: "Just express yourself.""

• Master of the Underworld: Sex Magick from the Top Perpective

  "But if you read descriptions of "spiritual" SM experiences, you'll notice they're all from the point of view of the bottom. (So is most SM porn for that matter.) Why? Where did the unspoken assumption come from that the bottom's experience is what's *really* happening, and the Top is...well, what is the Top supposed to be in these circumstances?"

• Queer Sex Magick

  "Few discussions of occult interest receive such scandalous attention as does the topic of sex magick. This is undoubtedly due to our society's lack of both understanding and respect for sexuality, and the body as a whole; a society which seeks to regulate the use of our bodies and legislate sexual expression. By viewing sexuality as either sin or obsession, we shield our eyes and betray our fear to look into the depths of the transformative well of power that it holds for us. We fail to see that it too is sacred. "

• Sex in Christ

  "Sexuality According to the Word of God"

• Sodomy & Sorcery

  "The intensity of these feelings - of abandonment to pleasure and possessing another, and at the same instance, of being possessed, I have encountered in another setting; that of the shades of trance ranging from overshadowing of a spirit upon my consciousness, to the full possession by a spirit during ritual and dance. The possession-trance is dubiously regarded in western occulture, just as allowing another man's cock inside them is anathema to many men."

• A Taste of Erotic Rites

  "As a child I instinctively wanted to worship with my body, to run naked up to the church altar and dance in ecstasy at being alive. However I was firmly taught that worship meant sitting still and listening, or standing rigidly only to sing a hymn or recite a prayer in unison. Sex was not taught as part of spirituality but as something opposed to it, something that distracted one from "higher" pursuits."

• Temple of Babalon and Baphomet

  "This system is still in its formative stages; however, it could be described as a Luciferian, Solar-Phallic, Blood and Sex Magick, Gnostic Voudou, Hippie Bohemian Love Cult."

• Temple of Divine Ecstacy

  "Divine Ecstasy is a growing tradition that utilizes sex magick and sacred sexuality as useful tools for self empowerment and to improve one’s connection with the universe. This life affirming connection that enables everyone to be responsible for their own healing and well being."

• Traditional [Jewish] Sources on Sexual Pleasure

  "We often think of religious authorities as prudish, striving to repress all sexual enjoyment. Such is not always the case in Judaism, however, as we shall see in the texts that follow."

• Urban Tantra

  "I founded Urban Tantra® as a way of bringing people together to explore the vast range of sexual, spiritual and emotional possibilities open to all of us. Most of us have been taught to compartmentalize our lives—to keep our work, spiritual and erotic lives as separate as possible—in order to keep the peace and not offend anyone. I advocate exactly the opposite approach."

• The Yoni Endeavour

  "An endeavor to bring the idea of Sacred Creativity, Sacred Sexuality, and the energy of the Yoni archetype into our lives through artistic expression and the interaction of community."

Rituals

• Baphomet Ritual

  "Four people are chosen to delineate the circle by acknowledging the four directions, and create sacred space. Then the priest/esses step up. In our ritual, Baphomet was invoked by a butch dyke leather top who wore a horned mask, a large phallus on a furred, tailed harness, and fur leggings that ended in leather "hooves". S/he carried a riding crop in hir hand."

• Cacodemonic Copulations

  "So How do you Go About Aquiring a Demon Lover?"

Groups

• ActElemental list

  "For Pagan Activists in Australia and the Southern Hemisphere. Topics might range from current campaigns, magickal techniques, thoughts, theories, wishes, spells, upcoming actions and events (direct or magickal) or from a whole range of whatever you can think of."

• Lilim list

  "This list is for Lilim, the spawn of Lilith, of all genders, who have an interest in the sexual aspect of witchcraft."