Chuluaqui-Quodoushka

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Chuluaqui Quodoushka (CHOO-la-kway Kwuh-DOE-shka) is a set of New Age teachings on sex which are claimed by Harley Reagan to be handed down from a variety of ancient cultures such as the Olmecs, the Mayans, and the Toltec. Given Reagan's history of false claims, and the response of traditional peoples to his claims^[1] ^[2], it seems far more likely that Chuluaqui Quodoushka is only the creation of Harley Reagan. Reagan runs "Sacred Sex Workshops" offering to teach this "ancient wisdom". The Cherokee Nation, supposedly the original source of Reagan's Chuluaqui Quodoushka teachings, disavows it entirely and disputes Reagan's claims to be half-Cherokee. After being denounced by the Cherokee Nation^[1] ^[2] ^[3], Reagan changed his backstory and now claims the teachings come from a variety of cultures.

The (CHOO-la-kway Kwuh-DOE-shka) (Also known as the "Q" to its adherents) sexual rites of passage are claimed by Reagan and his followers to be the foundation of the spiritual practices of the Olmecs, Mayans and some secret societies within the Cherokee Nation. However, this claim is not supported by any of the actual traditional teachers of the cultures in question. As a child moves into adulthood, rites of passage have been part of most indigenous peoples' traditions. Many believe that rite of passage ceremonies ensured a secure and stable society, and that honor was given to the idividual undergoing the passage from childhood to adulthood (seen by some cultures as taking place when females begin to menstruate and males begin to ejaculate). However, Reagan's particular take on what these ceremonies were, and should be now, stands in stark contrast to the teachings of the cultures he claims to represent.

According to Reagan and his followers, Chuluaqui Quodoushka can be used to awaken a practitioner's "natural self", for healing of fear and shame, to eliminate repression and to transform one into ones "magickal self". Proponents claim that it will aid in living in a "balanced" and "sensuous" way, allow one to give emotionally and to catalyze the "sexual soul." Chuluaqui Quodoushka teachings and guided exercises, rituals and ceremonies are credited by believers with allowing the person to improve relationships, both with themselves and with others, and with allowing one to reach higher levels of orgasm and sexual ecstasy, as well as to balance one's "feminine and masculine sides" and gain knowledge of genital anatomy shapes. They teach that there are seven different types of genital anatomy.

1 Language
2 Credentials
3 Criticism
4 What it is
5 How critics say it works
6 Those in favour
7 In the Movies
8 Notes
- 8.1 Sources

[edit] Language

In the workshops a woman's genitalia are called "Tupuli", supposedly a Cherokee term for "sacred black hole of creation" and a man's genitalia are known as "Tipilli" also claimed by Reagan to be a Cherokee term meaning "like a tipi pole". However, according to Durbin Feeling, who is a linguistic specialist for the Cherokee Nation, there are no such words in the Cherokee language. Feeling said the word Chu-Lua-Qui is a word that refers to Cherokee people; he said the closest translation he could find for Quodoushka is "(a)qwv-tol u- ska" a graphic term for a male sexual organ that has nothing to do with Cherokee spirituality. "It's pretty ugly. I don't know if he(Harley Reagan) realizes what it means." Feeling added as an afterthought, "He probably does know what it means."

[edit] Credentials

Despite the claims that the Chuluaqui Quodoushka is based on ancient traditions there is no corroborating evidence.
Much of the Maya religious tradition is still not understood by scholars and a search for Mayan sex rituals reveals no information. The implication of there being no information is that they cannot have had anything to with Sex Ceremonies.
The Olmecs were a people in Mexico who predated the Aztecs. Their culture disappeared and the only clues left about them are some stone statues and hieroglyphic carvings. Olmec mythology has left no documents and therefore cannot have anything to do with Sex Ceremonies.
There are also claims that the teachings are also Toltec in origin, also unsubstantiated.
The Cherokee Nation firmly denies any involvement in the Chuluaqui-Quodoushka. Harley Reagan appeared on the Home Box Office program Real Sex in America in 1992, promoting his sex therapy "Quodoushka" as a Cherokee ritual. The chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma at the time, Wilma Mankiller, threatened to sue HBO for misrepresentation, and a resolution was passed by the Cherokee condemning Reagan and other "plastic shamans". Reagan later claimed that Quodoushka is a blend of many ancient sexual traditions to avoid a lawsuit.
Dr. Richard Allen, a research and policy analyst of the Cherokee Nation, says of the Chuluaqui Quodoushka, "[Reagan]'s made it up. We learn about sex like everyone else does, behind the barn." ^[4]

[edit] Criticism

Many critics make the following claims.

Most of the websites that feature postings praising the "Q" are making money from it or from similar sex workshops.
Many of the people who have been vicitimzed by these workshops have been subjected to intense conditioning and have been effectively brainwashed by it.
Many people who have been to these workshops are embarrassed and not likely to go public with tales of their foolishness, sexual degradation, public nudity and their own gullibility.

[edit] What it is

Critics state that the Chuluaqui-Quodoushka is clearly based on the Kama Sutra. Much of this allegedly Native American practice refers to one or more of the Chakras, which is an East Indian term. The "Q" workshops have been known to utilise prostitutes and or impressionable people as teachers or assistants to demonstrate the lessons. These demonstrations include male and female masturbation techniques and close up examinations to show differeces in the shapes of genitalia. Many of the masturbation techniques have been taken from the book Erotic Massage by Kenneth Ray Stubbs. This is acknowledged in the Chuluaqui-Quodoushka course manual. The same techniques can be found on a multitude of web sites devoted to self-pleasure. Usually the techniques have been reworded to make them sound like they are more mystical than they really are. For example: "Use plenty of Lube" has been replaced by "anoint with oil."

Other lessons deal with "Personal Sexual Magick Ceremonies", "Lovers's Mask Healing Ceremonies" and "Tribal Wisdom". During the Chuluaqui-Quodoushka actual sexual intercourse does take place as part of the classes but only in the "most advanced" level.

[edit] How critics say it works

Chuluaqui-Quodoushka is said^{[Please name specific person or group]} by critics to be a form of hypnosis.^{[citation needed]} Having the clients stare into the other person's eyes, while practicing rhythmic breathing and guiding the person's thoughts through "rituals", "ceremonies" and other "exercises" a form of hypnosis can occur. This is said^{[Please name specific person or group]} to be one of the reasons most of these sex workshops emphasize breathing techniques and "visualizing" energy etc. This helps to make sure the client is open to suggestion. The result is that the clients perceive an improvement in their sexuality and responses to their partner. It is said that in many cases, their actions during sex become rigid and almost automatic, and that this can result in less satisfaction for the client as well as his or her partners. It is said the client then feels that by attending more workshops they will improve their sexuality even more. Repeat clients usually become more and more driven to participate in the "Q" again and again as the repeated exposure reinforces the suggestive effects of the hypnosis. Frequently, clients are reluctant to speak of what happens in the "Q" and describe it as being unable to explain unless you understand the 'ceremony' or 'energy'. ^{[citation needed]}

Some clients swear by the "amazing" experiences of Chuluaqui-Quodoushka, while most who try it once find that it is an annoyingly complicated process that does little to justify the cost. ^{[citation needed]} Like hypnosis, which is honestly labeled for what it is, Chuluaqui-Quodoushka will affect some highly suggestible people greatly, some mildly, and many not at all. According to decades of research, 10 to 15 percent of adults are highly hypnotizable, said Dr. David Spiegel, a psychiatrist at Stanford who studies the clinical uses of hypnosis. Up to age 12, however, 80 to 85 percent of children are highly hypnotizable. One adult in five is flat out resistant to hypnosis, Dr. Spiegel said. The rest are in between, he said.

[edit] Those in favour

One of the biggestfans of the "Q" is Porn Star Porsche Lynn. She has become a devoted follower of Harley Reagan and has a lot of praise for the "Q" workshops. Many of the clients of this sex workshop have high praise for it. On the Internet it is very easy to find a lot of people who claim to have benefitted fom it. Obviously too, the workshops do continue to sell. Whether or not this due to new people just finding out, or due to a number of repeat clients is impossible to know.

[edit] In the Movies

A movie called Quodoushka, Native American Love Techniques (or Quodoushka) came out in 1991 distributed by Vivid Video and starring such hard-core porn actresses as Ashley Nicole , Heather Hart , Hyapatia Lee , Madison.