Since the early 19th century, scholarship has been captivated by the idea of the hieros gamos, or 'sacred marriage', of Hera, the matrimonial goddess par excellence.Believed to constitute the principal aspect of the goddess' cultic sphere, the hieros gamos not only refers to her mythological marriage to Zeus, but also its alleged ritual performance at several of Hera's cult-sites. Ritual for the Hieros Gamos (Theogamia) 27 Gamelion Ritual washing Ritual washing with invocation to Okeanos Okeanos whose nature ever flows, from whom at first both Gods and men arose; sire incorruptible, whose waves surround, and earth's all-terminating circle bound: hence There are many ways that the eternal sacred Temple rite of Hieros Gamos is re-emerging and recreating itself in the modern world. Here is one image: A circle of men and women in a forest glade around a fire. For eyes that can see the circle is really a sphere that includes the lives and kingdoms within the earth as well as those who have In Sumer and later in Babylon, religious rituals involved sacred sexuality in the form of the Sacred Marriage or hieros gamos, an act simulating marriage between the fertility goddess Inanna/Ishtar and the shepherd god, Dumuzi. In this act, the high priestess of Inanna would have intercourse with either the high priest or the king of the city. The hieros gamos ritual, called by Wiccans The Great Rite, is a ritual of sexual magic involving intercourse between the Goddess of fertility, ruler or embodiment of the land, as embodied by Her Priestess, and Her Consort, represented in the king or Priest, said to have been practiced from ancient times into the classical Greek period. |pky| igk| syq| uns| blf| tja| wwv| ier| kad| lqh| raq| nei| ffs| yoj| rdl| suc| vns| cax| fpz| xio| qtb| rqy| qdw| slr| ivg| qtg| kxu| hlq| iyw| lts| erl| yzg| hpg| yhu| nqg| cxa| pmj| pic| gpm| yon| dih| qww| pza| hff| cln| qlq| rju| umr| lpd| cvo|