excerpted from the online workshop Intimate Bliss: Exploring Your Sacred Sexual Self Judging your physical form as lacking in any way can keep you from happiness, and intimacy with your Self and others.When we are uncomfortable with our physical appearance and afraid of our bodies, we distance ourselves from making true intimate connections. We hide […]
Sacred Sexuality
Opening to Divine Love with the Goddess Radha {Priestess Brandi Auset}
Radha is the personification of love between humanity and God, as well as between woman and man. She is the loyal devotee and celestial wife of the god Krishna. Radha teaches the joys of affection, faith, and unwavering devotion to the self, and divinity. (text from Brandi Auset, The Goddess Guide) The energy of Radha is […]
Starting a Love Affair with Vishnu – Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya and the Vaijayanti Mala #MantraMonday
I bow before the God Vishnu, Who is personification of peace, Who sleeps on his folded arms, Who has a lotus on his belly, Who is the God of gods, Who is the basis of earth, Who is similar to the sky, Who is of the colour of the cloud, Who has beautiful limbs, Who […]
Daily Pleasure Rituals with the Goddess Aphrodite {Brandi Auset}
Happy Aphrodite Day! February 6 is the ancient Goddess feast day for Aphrodite. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of physical love, attraction, beauty, seduction, and mischief. Her influence isn’t just about the carnal acts but the entire experience. The romance of holding another’s hand, of couch cuddling and hot chocolate; the sweet taste of another’s […]
13 Must Read Books for the Pleasure Priestess {Brandi Auset}
We are known by many names, of both positive and negative connotation: dakini, qadishtu, tantrika, harlot, temptress, sacred wife, temple whore. I’ve found myself using the term Pleasure Priestess as of late, to describe the spiritual woman who is dedicated not only to honoring the Divine Feminine and Sacred Masculine, but to living a life […]
Kundalini Mystery: Our Divine Creative Force by Marie de Kock {Rhythms Winter 2015}
The sexual creative force, the Kundalini Shakti is curled up inside all organic beings, including humans, at the base of their spines, like a serpent. It is a multidimensional energetic configuration, not a real snake, of course not. When charmed, She can rise, appearing like the snakes that rise out of their baskets to the […]
NEW Mystery School of the Goddess Course – The Sensual Self with Priestess Brandi Auset
Ancient and modern priestesses have long used sensuality and sexuality as a path for spiritual growth and enlightenment. Aligning with our sensual energy connect us with our Divine nature, and can be the first step to manifesting the life and love we desire. By becoming both the lover and beloved of our own hearts, we […]
Remembering Audre Lorde & the Uses of the Erotic {Carol P. Christ}
I was given a copy of Audre Lorde’s essay “The Uses of the Erotic” in my first year of teaching at San Jose State by a young white lesbian M.A. student named Terry. It was 1978. I was in my early 30s. This essay came into my life and the lives of my students, friends, and colleagues […]
Goddess Feast Days and Celebrations for May 2015
Maenad in Spring days ago power rose in the birch grove now the white limbs grow thicker with sap wrap up ribbons dance through the forest move in procession sing shout and clap press to the trunk now draw out the sugar feel the blood answer wild in your thighs fire on hilltops oh the […]
The Goddess of May and Sacred Sexuality {Links to Love}
May begins with Beltane and the Spring fertility festival of May Day. The Goddess is ripe and fertile, rebirthing the world with flowers, budding trees and warmer weather. As we emerge from the encasement of winter, we breathe deeply of Her flowered scent and feel Her joy singing in our souls. Many rituals of days long past included […]
