Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day ...Mental Health Press, 1958 - 299 pages |
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Page 44
... priests were dressed as women ; a custom paralleled in the Roman rites on the ides of January . The priests attached to the temple of Hiera- polis went further : in addition to assuming the man- ners and clothes of women , they ...
... priests were dressed as women ; a custom paralleled in the Roman rites on the ides of January . The priests attached to the temple of Hiera- polis went further : in addition to assuming the man- ners and clothes of women , they ...
Page 76
... priests of Vishnu and Siva , who , to save their own credit and the honour of their families , whom they have thus disgraced , lay the crime to the charge of their respective gods , to whom they impute the deed . They devote these women ...
... priests of Vishnu and Siva , who , to save their own credit and the honour of their families , whom they have thus disgraced , lay the crime to the charge of their respective gods , to whom they impute the deed . They devote these women ...
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... priests and priestesses , only in this case they were called by other names . As a concomitant of the belief in the ... priest 1 Like all medical writers of his day , and for centuries after , Hippo- crates believed that all diseases of ...
... priests and priestesses , only in this case they were called by other names . As a concomitant of the belief in the ... priest 1 Like all medical writers of his day , and for centuries after , Hippo- crates believed that all diseases of ...
Contents
CHAP | 3 |
SUN MOON AND NATURE WORSHIP | 13 |
THE BIRTH OF PHALLICISM | 40 |
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According ancient ancient Egyptians androgynous animal appear associated belief body bull called carried celebrated century ceremony Christianity Church concept connexion considered creation dedicated deity Devil earth Egyptian emblem erected evidence evil existence fact Faiths female fertility festivals figure force give given goddess gods Greek hand head heaven held Hindu honour human idea identical idol India indications instances Italy Jupiter Knight Lingam living London looked Lord male means moon mother mysteries mythology nature object obscene offered organs origin Osiris pagan Persians person phallic worship phallus pillar points possess practice present Priapus priests primitive principle procession prostitutes races referred religion religious represented result rites Roman sacred says serpent sexual shape significance similar Siva spirit stone sun-god supposed symbol temple termed thought tion tree universe various virgin Vishnu wife woman women Yoni