Sacred priestess or prostitute?

[Jon Ford]

It would be more appropriate to say "Jon M. Ford quotes." What I wrote was 
that belly dancing has a very long history, and wasn't invented by Muslims, 
and was originally related to fertility cults.What I might have written was 
that as male leaders took power in formerly  matriarchal goddess-worshipping 
societies, some of the older rituals like the sacred fertility dances were 
turned into entertainment for men in seraglios.

Jon


>From: StepCher@aol.com
>CC: austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
>Subject: Re: Sexual Rage Post
>Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 12:10:40 EST
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>In a message dated 11/6/01 10:28:41 PM, jonmfordster@hotmail.com writes:
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><< sacred prostitution ... Girls might be
>sent to the temple as the result of a pious vow; >>
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>then mightn't "sacred priestess" be more accurate than "sacred prostitute"?
>must sex carry profane connotations? think either tantra or william blake 
>for
>whom sex is a spiritual act.
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