When Sex Was Sacred

Elle Beau
Elle Beau
Nov 4 · 4 min read

In the ancient worship of the Divine Ancestress, sex was a holy act

Photo by Joey Nicotra on Unsplash

As late as the 1st Century BC, high born women of respectable families worked and lived as sacred intimates in the temples of the Divine Ancestress. The Goddess, who was the primary deity, went by many names, depending on the culture — Inanna, Nan, Nut, Ishtar, Isis, Au Set, Asherah, Attar, and Hathor, to name just a few. In all of these cultures, she is also…

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Elle Beau

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