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==Sex magic== | ==Sex magic== | ||
In certain traditions, ritualised sex magic is performed in the form of the Great Rite, whereby a High Priest and High Priestess invoke the God and Goddess to possess them before performing sexual intercourse to raise magical energy for use in | In certain traditions, ritualised sex magic is performed in the form of the Great Rite, whereby a High Priest and High Priestess invoke the God and Goddess to possess them before performing sexual intercourse to raise magical energy for use in spellwork. In nearly all cases it is instead performed "in token," thereby merely symbolically, using the athame to symbolise the penis and the chalice to symbolise the womb. | ||
[[Gerald Gardner]], the man many consider the father of Wicca, believed strongly in sex magic. Much of Gardner's witch practice centered around the power of sex and its liberation, and that one of the most important aspects of the [[Paganism|neo-Pagan]] revival has been its ties, not just to sexual liberation, but also to feminism and women's liberation. | [[Gerald Gardner]], the man many consider the father of Wicca, believed strongly in sex magic. Much of Gardner's witch practice centered around the power of sex and its liberation, and that one of the most important aspects of the [[Paganism|neo-Pagan]] revival has been its ties, not just to sexual liberation, but also to feminism and women's liberation. | ||