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Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Origins of Sacred Temple Prostitution
The Origins and History of Prostitution | doc
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| Yeah, I think sacred would be better. |
Deeply rooted in tradition, culture, and socio-economic dynamics, it grew with civilization, oftentimes blurring lines between religious acceptance and societal norms.
Commerce, slavery, segregation -- various factors intertwined, shaping its complex history. With changing times, the perception and status of prostitution has also metamorphosed, sparking a spectrum of laws, debates, and attitudes around the world.
Let's journey back in time, unraveling the enigmatic roots of sacred prostitution in Sumer as reported in the oldest written work we have, The Epic of Gilgamesh.
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Would it be the worst thing to bring back sacred prostitution?
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There is a fascinating little book out there in the world somewhere (and lost in the stacks of the Wisdom Quarterly Library), a pamphlet really, called something like An Experience of Enlightenment. Fascinating title but misleading. First of all, no one gets enlightened.
What happens is that the author recounts the true story of an incident that happened to affluent Westerners, friends dabbling in the occult by having a seance to "communicate with the other side." Sounds ominous, but who wouldn't want to connect to the Other Side, the Twilight Zone, the Shadow World? Sounds scary, but it ended well, not with actual enlightenment but with an experience that was eye opening.
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| The banana hammock is a popular undergarment |
One day a prince is traveling through, and as priest he shows him hospitality. He claps for a temple dancing girl to come out and entertain this guest, this youth, as he is given food and drink. The priest has a crush on this dancing girl, possibly a temple prostitute of some kind or just a veiled sacred Kathak dancer, She immediately falls in love with the youth and he with her. The priest notices and sends her away. But it's too late. They elope. And when the priest, the spirit through the medium, notices, he loses control and kills her. He might have killed the youth, too.
In either case, it's in contradiction to his religion and priestly duties, so when he dies and expects to get into Brahma's heaven for his life of religious devotion to protecting the temple to some god or another, he is unable. Kind Brahma tells him he needs to get their forgiveness. That is, it's not enough that he apologize. That would be easy. It's that they must forgive him. Everyone at the seance table is moved by his testimony and glad he contacted them with this story of past lives, heaven, sin, lust, possessiveness, God, and karma, BUT what's it got to do with them?
What's a Hell's Half Acre? The U.S. has had various.
Westerners horsing around at an American seance table. That's when he lays down the boom, showing how strange the working-out-of-karma is: Those two people he needs to get the forgiveness from at sitting at the table right now. You're one of them, temple dancing girl being ogled by the priest, and that guy's the former youth.
Would sacred temple prostitution have mitigated this situation? Or is emotional love going to always win out, prompting our craving, longing, and attachment? This poor priest, possessive murderer. This poor frustrated couple, gets reborn to find each other anew, in the holy precincts of a temple to the God, but then this jerk's attachment leads him to a jealous rage that gets people killed and him in 3,000 or more years' worth of trouble, trying to track these two down to get them to understand what happened, accept his apology, and grant their forgiveness so he finally move on and up. Do they grant it?
Readers come a way with a dizzying set of questions about what the Buddha was talking about when he warned about craving, lust, attachment, karma (deeds), thoughts, views, words...and forgiveness (khanti). This is a Western author talking to Westerners. There is no Indian, except what we were before rearising here. Even us, why do we care about spiritual India so much?
Why did Paramahamsa Yogananda claim he found his former students now living in the West, reborn white and prosperous? And they recognized him, were attracted to him, found his Kriya Yoga teaching perfectly in line with the Jesusism and Christianity they were now born into, when even today few people realize the "lost years" of Jesus (Issa) were spent in northern India, at that time culturally Tibet, at Hemis Gompa, where he
- studied with Buddhist monks,
- met Brahmins,
- learned Vedic teachings...
And if we go much further back to the Sumerian roots of Judaism (who took those ancient stories and made them about themselves), to a time before the Jewish priests desecrated "God's House" and turned the temple into a usury-bank for moneychangers, a den of iniquity and hypocrisy, so odious that Saint Issa/Jesus Christ flipped those tables over and chased them out, securing the place for godly things again.
Imagine a temple economy based not on the disgusting ritual slaughter of sacrificial animals and black magic rites of scapegoats and blood atonements to some insane tribal war god demanding the scent of burnt offerings (roasted flesh) wafting up to Him but instead the disgusting ritual prostitution of holy orgasm and sex with respect and not possessiveness and clinging. We could be as bonobos rather than chimps and vicious apes!
- This temple economy based on killing animals is exposed in Christspiracy and is just like the ancient Greeks' obsession with dead offerings to their pantheon in Homer's The Odyssey and which even the good Vedas talk about having Brahmin priests do for Brahma or other more sinister spirits, godlings, demigods/titans, ogres, reptilians/Draconians, and interlopers (superiors, devas, asuras, yakkhas, nagas, brahmas)
Who knows how the great Sumerians set up a system of sex at church, sex at temple, sex in the holy precincts of houses of worship, devotion, and morality-learning, but it would be great to bring it back.
Whether prostitution is ultimately good or bad, no one can question how bad it is in current practice -- full of condemnation, shame, drug abuse, exploitation, pimps, madams, abusive boyfriends, lack of agency and advancement. Sex work could be a positive thing. It's going to be a thing anyway.
Look at the bonobos, chimps, gorillas, monkey, macaques, orangutans, and other primates, they use sex the way humans do. And to say we don't is willful ignorance, foolishly dismissing what anyone can see.
- History But Fast, March 9, 2024; Eds., Wisdom Quarterly, orig. 3/27/24
Friday, September 5, 2025
Monkey Mind: 'Monkey-barring' for dating
'Monkey-barring' is the latest dating trend wreaking havoc on relationships
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| Without letting go of one, you grab the next. |
What is monkey mind? Restlessness, worry...
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| A Modern Journey to the West |
It is a Buddhist concept that describes a state of restlessness, capriciousness, and lack of control of one's thoughts and emotions, the inability to find soothing stillness, calm, equanimity, poise, or maintain mindfulness.
Attempts to suppress tend not to work. It is spurred by caffeine, stimulants, excitotoxins (chemicals), and is frequently followed by a crash, exhaustion, and cyclical dysfunction:
- Worry, sleepless, exhausted, stimulated, foggy, worried, sleepless, exhausted...
This "mind monkey" metaphor is found in Buddhist writings in Zen, Chan, Mind-only, Pure Land, and Shingon and has also been adopted by Taoism, Neo-Confucianism, Chinese poetry, theater, and literature.
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| Perfectionism is a mental illness. |
Chinese xinyuanyima (心猿意馬) and Japanese ibashin'en (意馬心猿) illustrate the interconnectedness of a restless mind and wandering (discursive) thoughts.
The "Monkey King" Sun Wukong in the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West is an iconic personification of feeling indecisive and unsettled. More
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Monday, July 7, 2025
Clingy love is doomed to disappoint
Mystic Knights "I'm Afraid"
"Peace of mind, peace of mind, hard to keep, hard to find" sings Danny Elfman
How to gain peace of mind, Dalai Lama?
The 14th Dalai Lama explains how one might gain peace of mind
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Sunday, June 22, 2025
Stop Trump/Israel's push for world war
Update Pertahanan, June 22, 2025: After countless attacks on Palestinians, Yemenis, Lebanese, Jordanians, Egyptians, and now Iranians, Israel is being hit in retaliation for the 20th time in a row.
- Mary Trump: WE ARE AT WAR: The BRUTAL truth on Pres. Trump's ILLEGAL war crime attack on Iran
- Mary L. Trump is the sister of the current president:
Media hatemonger Mark Levin (American Jew) crushed by Ana Kasparian
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Monday, April 29, 2024
Anne Hathaway dates young Coachella bro?
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| Busted on video making out with sexy Boy Toy |
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| Who'd you go to see? - August Moon! |
In shocking revelations, she has a teenage daughter, too. It was the girl who dragged mom to the big Woodstock in the desert event, where she hooked up with a straight boy band singer, Hayes Campbell. Why he's young enough to be her own son! That shameless hussy?
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| Actor Anne Hathaway was once very famous. |
Is there anything she won't do for attention? Who would star in such a movie, all about real life goings on? It seems Hathaway is embracing the "unconventional" age gap -- playing cougar to some young cub -- in the new movie, The Idea of You.
While it's serious sex, it hides under the cloak of "rom-com." In this scandalous upcoming romantic comedy, Hathaway plays 40-year-old Solène Marchand, a single mom who takes her daughter to Coachella to see her favorite boy band, August Moon.
When she has a chance meeting with that band’s 24-year-old frontman, "Hayes Campbell," played by Nicholas Galitzine, sparks fly between them and they strike up an unexpected romance.
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Hathaway and Galitzine stopped by TODAY on Monday, April 29, to talk about it and the conversations it has sparked around romantic age gaps.
Old Anglo Martin Freeman recently spoke to The Times of London about the backlash that erupted over his movie Miller's Girl earlier this year. The erotic thriller opened in theaters in January and caused a stir on social media due to intimate scenes between Freeman and his co-star young Latina Jenna "Lolita" Ortega (Beetlejuice 2). The movie casts the "Wednesday" favorite as an 18-year-old student who is attracted to her writing teacher (Freeman) and attempts to start an affair with him. Freeman is 31 years older than Ortega. Martin Freeman reacts to outrage over ‘Miller's Girl' 31-year age gap with Jenna Ortega: The film is ‘grown up and nuanced' and not saying ‘Isn't this great?'
Why would "love" do this to people? Why not? - Jenna Ortega, 21, was totally 'comfortable and sure' about filming X-rated sex scene with Martin Freeman, 52, for Miller's Girl, film's intimacy coordinator insists -- as she hits back at critics who branded it 'gross' (Daily Mail)
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| I'm fed up with... [Israel?] No, with being judged. |
“It’s kind of fun to be in a film where we talk about it, where we don’t dance around it, but we actually embrace her point of view on it,” Hathaway said.
There’s no doubt The Idea of You subverts traditional rom-com tropes by featuring a relationship between a 40-year-old single mother cougar and a much younger man-child.
However, as Hathaway points out, being 40 can mean different things to different people, and it’s the relationship between two individuals that ultimately matters.
“It’s funny, it’s OK if 40 is old, it’s OK if 40 isn’t old, it’s OK whatever it is, because it’s personal,” she explained. “For [my character] Solène, her point of view is, you know, she became a mom really young, and she really wanted to have a career, and so she doesn’t totally identify with her age.
“She feels like maybe she’s done things a little bit out of order and for her, 40 means it's a time...of self-discovery for her,” she continued. “And that’s what the movie says…how wonderful that she finds someone that she feels so supported by, seen by, embraced by, valued by.”
Is it IRL or Hollywood?
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| Let's get out of here, Anne. - I'm married, Nick. |
Hathaway also said she “poured so much love, so much life experience into this film.” Galitzine and Hathaway also revealed they had instant chemistry as "friends" off-screen.
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| She was once a starlet in H-wood |
“The whole room, it wasn’t just me...Nick sang at the audition with his guitar and looked at me sometimes,” she answered with a laugh. Was The Idea of You age gap the same in the book?
The Idea of You is based on a 2017 novel of the same name by Robinne Lee.
- While the plot of the movie is similar to the book, the characters’ ages were changed slightly in the film adaptation. In the movie, Solène is 40 and Hayes is 24, while in the book, the characters have a larger age gap: Solène is 39, while Hayes is just 20.
- TODAY.com, 4/29/24; Ashley Wells, Crystal Q., CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Monday, March 4, 2024
Social media stars willing to DIE for views
Crime Dynasty, Feb. 23, 2024; Pfc. Sandoval, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
YouTubers who died while filming videos
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Monday, January 8, 2024
SexBot Brothels? Where might we see robots?
Ry Crist, X-SCITECH, CNET (CBS News.com, 7/7/17); Eds., Wisdom Quarterly
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Sexbot brothels? What we might see in an era of sex robots
| Favorite model Robotic Boob Boebert |
From delivery drones to automated cars, robots are on the rise -- and that includes robots one can have sex with, thanks to the growing number of companies working to bring artificially intelligent (AI) sex dolls to the masses.
The Foundation for Responsible Robotics, which calls for "accountable innovation for the humans behind the robots," sees sexualized robots creeping up on the horizon, so it put together a comprehensive report on the subject.
It's a fascinating read, covering evolving societal attitudes, ethical implications, and sociological concerns.
The entire report is worth a look, but here are seven key takeaways.
Sex robots skew toward men, but women are interested, too
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| What if AI sexbots becomes sentient? |
For instance, 9 percent of respondents to a Huffington Post survey expressed interest in the idea; another survey found 66 percent of men and about half as many (33%) women would want to give sexbots a go.
Still another poll found that 86 percent of respondents believed a robot would be able to satisfy their sexual desires, suggesting potential for the market to grow as attitudes toward sex robots evolve.
- Our robotics system will be compatible with any RealDoll. Which one of these lovely ladies would you like to see brought to life? pic.twitter.com/WoHOJx3NUF — Realbotix (@Realbotixxx) June 30, 2017.
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- Officers in Colorado are investigating an apparent altercation between out of control Rep. Boebert and ex-husband
- AI race a free for all, warns veteran investor Terry Smith (telegraph.co.uk)
Social acceptance of the fantasy will be key for adoption
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| I don't really look like a Fox News sexbot, do I? |
The report also examines what future relationships with sex robots might look like and draws comparisons to professional sex workers [prostitutes], many who say, according to the report, that high-paying clients often want to drink, socialize, and do drugs together to form the pretense of a relationship in addition to having sex.
While the technology needed to make sex robots into drinking buddies is likely a long way off, the report points to men who say they've formed emotional connections with inanimate dolls.
These sorts of "fictive relationships" are a little like imaginative play, the report says, and social acceptance of these kinds of relationships will be needed for more people to feel comfortable entering into them.
The table's set for sex robot brothels
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In another of the many surveys cited in the report, respondents were asked if sex robots were an acceptable substitute for prostitutes.
On a scale of one to seven, with one being unacceptable and seven being acceptable, the survey results averaged out to a perhaps surprisingly high six.
This, coupled with the fact that bordellos of inanimate sex dolls are already on the rise in Asia, leads the authors of the report... More
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Thursday, September 28, 2023
72-y.o. Golden Bachelor: Meet his dates
ABC; Wall Street Journal (WSJ) ARTS & CULTURE
TV; ABC, Family Guy; The View; Sky News Australia; Seth Auberon, Ashley Wells, Sheldon S., CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
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| Hi, I'm Grandpa Gerry. But you can call me Fabrizzio, the Golden Fox and geriatric lover. |
America’s new most eligible bachelor, 72-year-old grandpa
Gerry Turner, is a retired restaurateur who fills his days with pickleball. He’s about to date 22 women, one as young as 61, on national television (WSJ).
- Hollywood's The Golden Bachelor premieres tonight
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| ABC has high hopes for senior dating (Variety) |
Preview review
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| OMG, my work is never done. |
But here, in this golden years version, with all the silver foxes coming after the geriatric bachelor, if they're heartbroken, it's really easy to imagine that this was their last chance at true love or any love. They're hitting the wall, and now they're about to hit the ceiling as they get beat out by brighter, craftier, more cunning opponents. Will 60-year-old Nancy, Maria, or Joan win out because of their age...or will a crone rule the roost -- and the pickleball court -- and take the man chicken in hand as she does a man chicken walk in front of the other hens?
Will the Bidens be watching, Jill?
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
When women get rejected (video)
Alpha Central, May 17, 2023; Sheldon S., Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
The best of when women get rejected
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Friday, May 26, 2023
Memorial Day in a violent country: "Bodies"
Pfc. Sandoval, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly; WW, 4/29/20; America's Got Talent
"Rage Against the War Machine" 2023
"I don’t think we need to be involved in escalating tensions in Ukraine because it might lead to nuclear conflict," said New Yorker Anthony Carrion.
"I think they need to negotiate and that would help," said Janet Bates from British Columbia, Canada. "That would save thousands of lives."
Carrion called for funds currently spent on war to be diverted to domestic causes.
"For instance, East Palestine in Ohio, they're going to need money to rebuild that town [after the toxic train crash]," he said.
But blocks away at Lafayette Square, others urged continued support for Ukraine's fight against Russia.
"Ukraine is fighting for its life," said Mariam Tavberidze.
"It’s all about freedom [like U.S. free trade]," said Girsheli Bartaia. "Freedom is the most important thing in life, in the universe."
Tavberidze and Bartaia, like many others at the Lafayette Square demonstration, had ties to the country Georgia.
The event was designed to call for now-imprisoned former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili to be transferred to a foreign hospital.
But it also highlighted their support of Ukraine.
Bartaia said he was "Ukrainian [in his] heart because today, Ukraine needs big support."
The nation, like Sunday's demonstrations, seems to be divided. A recent AP-NORC poll says 48% of Americans support the US sending weapons to Ukraine. And 29% oppose it, and 22% said they had no opinion.
The Associated Press reports that in May 2022, during the early months of the [U.S.] war, 60% of U.S. adults supported sending arms to Ukraine.
As for sending funds directly to Ukraine, the same poll reported that 37% were in favor and 38% were against it. 23% of respondents had no opinion.
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"Let the bodies hit the floor"
Who shall we thank for that? Our Christian-European (German and Roman kind) our our all-too-British craving to rule the world as a violent empire, one not seen since the likes of Imperial Rome and Nazi Germany.
Police clampdown? Pandemic? It's time for mass panic to consume essentials, like beans and toilet paper. Not needing one, we might not need the other. Wipe with water, like Nature intended. Now it's called a bidet, though in Asia it's called a left-handed splashing, in use since the beginning of humankind.
(AGT) I'm 82, mad as h*ll, and I'm not going to take it anymore.
We're Wolves shined a light on our military's plandemic situation, with a cover of one of its favorite songs. Why the Old Man is so angry, after having been a Death From Above pilot for the U.S. War Machine, is anyone's guess. He looks just like my molesty grandpa. Stay away from him, Kids.
Panic buying is so very American. Remember when G.W. Bush told everyone to go back to buying after 9/11? Of course not, you were too young. But that's what he said as commander and chief of the economy and the military that undergirds it.
And the dunderheaded majority of us did just that. Mass consumerism of capitalist products only creates more stress, more demand, and more profits for those creating and feeding our addiction. Let's look out for each other instead, because we’re all in this life together, the whole planet.
Wash your butt, stay cheerful, come together, and calm the freak down.
And most importantly, let's respect each other, our elders, and how some humane human decency.
#drowningpool #bodies #metalcover
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