August 18, 2020
The Pagan Religions of Ancient Greece and Rome
Cultic prostitution, as opposed to commercial prostitution, by its very name infers a ritual act that is dedicatory and sexual in essence as a sacred offering to a goddess within a sacred precinct. This could be enacted symbolically: ‘intercourse with the deity is conducted through gifts. Votive offerings of all kinds.’ The bond between man and the sacred is consummated...