Sacred Prostitution

Sacred prostitution, temple prostitution, or religious prostitution is a sexual ritual consisting of prostitution or other sexual intercourse performed in the context of religious worship, often as a form of fertility rite.

Read more about Sacred Prostitution:  Ancient Near East, Asia, Central and South America, Revisionist Criticism of "widespread Sacred Prostitution", Recent Western Occurrences

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    Such sacred Treasures are the Limbs of Boys
    In which a Soul doth dwell:
    Thomas Traherne (1636–1674)