Category
page 1Religious sex rituals
hieros gamos
divine marriage
sacred prostitution
sexual rite performed in the context of religious worship
fertility rite
religious ritual intended to stimulate reproduction

maithuna
thumb|Loving Couple, Maithuna, Eastern Ganga dynasty, 13th century Orissa, India
Maithuna (Devanagari: मैथुन) is a Sanskrit term for sexual intercourse within Tantra (Tantric sex), or alternatively for the sexual fluids generated or the couple participating in the ritual. It is the most important of the Panchamakara and constitutes the main part of the grand ritual of Tantra also known as Tattva Chakra. Maithuna means the union of opposing forces, underlining the nonduality between human and divine, as well as worldly enjoyment (kama) and spiritual liberation (moksha). Maithuna is a popular ic
sex magic
magic involving sexual activity
sexual ritual
psychologic and sociologic aspects of sex performed in a proscribed manner
Utagaki
Utagaki (歌垣), also read kagai (嬥歌), was an ancient Japanese Shinto ritual gathering. Villagers would meet on a mountaintop, where singing, dancing, eating, having free sexual intercourse and the reciting of poetry would occur, in celebration of the beginning of spring or autumn. These events were closely associated with harvest rites, and therefore fertility.
Great Rite
Wiccan ritual