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Author: Lady Mysteel
Pagans like me who believe in, traditional practitioners and the sacredness
of all ritual and know the purpose and impact of them is why they are kept
secret. Talk about and practice sexual freedom are protected by the First
Amendment.
As individuals, and as pagans have the freedom to choose the manner in which we
express our personal eroticism and sexuality. May is sexual freedom month for most
pagans. There can be No sexual manipulation or sexual exploitation of any kind. Sexual
freedom is NOT the same as sexual slavery which categorizes - (no free choice; no free
will;coercion), Sexual freedom means mutually respectful, consensual acts of intimate
adult sensuality and sexuality, between or amongst trusted, equal partner(s). In the purest
pagan tradition, a sexually free individual leads a lifestyle that respects are persons
affected.
Old pagan traditions demystify, celebrate and revere sensuality and sexuality as sacred,
divine and natural whereas the newer neopagan groups are hiding it or taking it right out
of their belief system as an attempt to try to fit it. We are never going to 'fit in' we are
different. These younger groups and patriarchal religions condemn traditional paganism's
freedom to celebrate eroticism and sexuality as "irresponsible", "promiscuous",
"licentious", "evil" or "satanic".
Fanatical Christian Coalition founder Pat Robertson and others of his unenlightened ilk
are still making some of us ashamed of our bodies and great rites.
Old nature-based pagan traditions are sensitive to the sacred meaning of human eroticism
and sexuality. They recognize and acknowledge these primordial biological forces -symbolically,
spiritually, and physically. Ancient pagan faiths honor and celebrate these
sexual dimensions of human expression not only as divine but also as essential and
pleasurable.
In the Old Celtic Tradition, May is recognized as the month of Sexual Freedom.
Saxons cast magickal love spells on poppet dolls. Wiccans worship the natural cycles of
female sexuality. In general, old pagan traditions express this in nature, in art, in rituals,
in festivals and much more. They even have processions to those acts that involve
persons liking exhibitionism. The performer is usually very educated on what is
happening to the body scientifucally inside at certain times of her his show. Not for
everyone so don't follow the preocession
Patriarchal Hebrews demonized Adam's first wife Lilith because she refused to be
sexually submissive to him. The patriarchal Koran teaches: "Allah will not tolerate
idolatry....the pagans pray to females." In Ireland, Onward Christian soldiers disfigured,
damaged and buried figures of the ancient Celtic Sheila-na-gig goddess. Unlike the
Virgin Mary, Sheila-na-gig was a naked goddess characterized by her wide-open, gaping
vagina. However, "nu-gig", an ancient Mesopotamian word, meant "pure", "spotless".
Like ancient pagans, contemporary pagans believe the unclothed human body is very
natural. Pagans accept ritual and social nudity. For example, the Aphrodite Ritual may be
performed "skyclad". Pagans also find pleasure in the ritual use of sensual music and
dance, love spells and chants, erotic massage oils, magick herbal love candles, aromatic
flowers and the burning of incense for romance. Sexual magick can also be worked.
Contemporary pagans are usually very private about their personal sexual expression
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