Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day |
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... temple , except in his presence . " Although most of the temple prostitutes were girls forced by their parents , or by the powerful clergy , to dedicate their services to the god , there were many older women among them who chose their ...
... temple , except in his presence . " Although most of the temple prostitutes were girls forced by their parents , or by the powerful clergy , to dedicate their services to the god , there were many older women among them who chose their ...
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... temple or outside its precincts . In the event of her electing to be a temple inmate , she received a specified daily allowance of rice , and each year a piece of cloth for her raiment . Her duties were to sweep the temple , fan the ...
... temple or outside its precincts . In the event of her electing to be a temple inmate , she received a specified daily allowance of rice , and each year a piece of cloth for her raiment . Her duties were to sweep the temple , fan the ...
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... temple situated in a town of the same name , involve present- ing to him as wives the most beautiful virgins available . These young women are shut up in the temple with the god , and they " never fail , through the care and assidu ...
... temple situated in a town of the same name , involve present- ing to him as wives the most beautiful virgins available . These young women are shut up in the temple with the god , and they " never fail , through the care and assidu ...
Contents
THE CREATION OF THE GODS | 1 |
SUN MOON AND NATURE WORSHIP | 13 |
THE BIRth of PhallicISM | 40 |
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