Talk:Hieros gamos
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This is based on The Da Vinci Code. Should be checked before put in the article
Apparently is some kind of ancient ritual in which men intend to reach god through a sexual climax, with a woman. According to this ritualuch with god. The cult priest perform the ritual with the choosen woman, while he is watched by the rest of participants. This ritual can traced back to ancient Egypt.
It's a bit over-simplistic. I like what's already in the article. Two main problems with the quote:
-Observance isn't an essential part. Some schools had everyone participating in a more physical way, others limited it to two participants.
-Egypt wasn't the only place it arose, and there isn't full evidence that later manifestations in different locations didn't evolve independantly.
"However, it should be noted that this is not regularly practiced by Wiccans or part of Wiccan Doctrine or Dogma.[citation needed] Many wiccans would also find this practice rather taboo or digraceful.[citation needed] Rather, it is practiced by a few minor sects or individuals, similar to how some Christians might practice snake handling but it is hardly the standard Christian tradition.[citation needed]"
This should be removed as its a POV. A better statment would be to state that the practice isn't followed by all Wiccans and leave out the Doctrine and Dogma parts. SiLiCoNDragon 16:32, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
In some cases, such as the "Sacred Marriage" of the king of a Sumerian city-state and the High Priestess of Inanna, it served a more practical purpose: since commoners frequently took this opportunity to have sex with their own spouses, it coordinated the births of children so that they would be born in the winter, when there was more time to take care of them.
Is there a source for this? It sounds very strange to me, because 1) I don't have any children but I am told they are in some ways more trouble at 2 than as infants (Can carry infants on a Cradle board, for example), 2) Winter was probably a bad time for nutrition, and 3) I doubt this would have a huge effect on birth rate (I don't know enormous numbers of people born near November 14). ArgentTurquoise 02:18, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
i did a report on this for my religion class and my teacher flipped out at me it was pretty funny
I doubt this would have a huge effect on birth rate (I don't know enormous numbers of people born near November 14)
is what that one person said, but it is a big effect.... and winter starts around december so it wood be about december 14th... which my birhtday is
While I freely admit that the Cartoon History of the Universe by Larry Gonick may not sound like the most reliable of sources, but he based it on real history books. I was just as astonished when I first read it, and so I checked out his sources, and one (I can't remember which, but it was reputable) had this in it. Lockesdonkey 15:22, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Da Vinci Code Movie
I'm quite sure that chapter 74 of the Da Vinci Code was completly omitted from the film, and therefore, Ron Howard has made no film that references Hieros Gamos.--Fhqwgads 15:52, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
