sacred prostitution

In the desert a system of sacred prostitution would be impossible.

In the last two paragraphs there is a justification of a practice which might be called sacred prostitution.

The practice of sacred prostitution, however, continued to be an activity practiced often by the Dionysians.

'The other history is exactly the opposite: sacred prostitution.'

In the 1970s and early 1980s, some religious cults practiced sacred prostitution as an instrument to recruit new converts.

No one knows why sacred prostitution disappeared, lnce it had lasted not centuries, perhaps, but for at least millennia.

Also, it depicts two types of prostitution: prostitution for money and sacred prostitution.

Eisheth was one of the four angels associated with sacred prostitution, along with Naamah (see below).

Revisionist criticism of "widespread sacred prostitution"

Sacred prostitution?

(For temple prostitution elsewhere in the hellenized world, see Sacred prostitution)

One of the first forms of prostitution is sacred prostitution, supposedly practiced among the Sumerians.

It has been suggested that the plural of the word referred to places of sacred prostitution and pagan worhsip.

The practice of sacred prostitution is well disputed among scholars, partly due to doubts cast on the histories of Herodotus.

"Makor can be saved," Zadok explained ecstatically, "if you halt the sacred prostitution and stop feeding babies to the fire god."

In Jewish mythology, Naamah is the name of a demon of sacred prostitution (and a succubus).

The practice of sacred prostitution has not been substantiated regarding any Ancient Near Eastern cultures, despite many popular descriptions of the habit.

Naamah appears in the Zohar as one of the four angels of sacred prostitution, the mates of the archangel Samael.

In Zoharistic Kabbalah, she is a queen of the demons and one of four angels of sacred prostitution, who mates with archangel Samael.

Their meaning is not clearly identifiable as Christian, and may be a concept that survived from ancient forms of yoni worship and sacred prostitution practiced in the goddess temples.

According to Zohar and the Alphabet of Ben Sira, there were four angels of sacred prostitution, who mated with archangel Samael.

Priestesses in antiquity often performed sacred prostitution, and in Ancient Greece, some priestesses such as Pythia, priestess at Delphi, acted as oracles.

According to Zoharistic cabala, Samael was also mated with Eisheth Zenunim, Na'amah, and Agrat Bat Mahlat-all angels of sacred prostitution.