Da vinci code

"The Da vinci Code" Dan Brown
Chapter 74 page 411

"He gave her a moment. Admittedly, the concept of sex as a pathway to God was mind-boggling at first. Langdon's Jewish stuidents always looked flabbergasted when he first told them that the early Jewish tradition involved ritualistic sex. In the Temple, no less. Early Jews believed that the Holy of Holies in Solomon's Temple housed not only God but also His powerful female equal, Shekinah. Men seeking spiritual wholeness came to the Temple to visit priestesses--or hierodules-- with whom they made love and experienced the divine through physical union. The Jewish tetragrammaton YHWH-- the sacred name of God-- in fact derived from jehovah, an androgynous physical union between the masculine jah and the pre-Hebraic name for Eve, Havah."



for those who have read the book, you will know what Hieros Gamos is. Sex ritual. i have finished the book and this perticular sentence above really caught my attention..

"Men seeking spiritual wholeness came to the Temple to visit priestesses--or hierodules-- with whom they made love and experienced the divine through physical union.




hmmmmmmm.... men wanting to commune with god goes to the temples? with the help of the prostit.. i mean priestesses, they will reach their climax and be closer to god?
wooww...

do YOU see God when you climax? or do you see anyone at all? what were you thinking when you climax? or were there any thoughts going through your head?
for me, everything just goes blank... just the sensation that overwhelms my whole body.. ISTEMEWA.... :D:D hee



interesting book. highly recommmended.. gives you a whole new concept of the bible and the Holy Grail.. and also jesus and mary's history..