The sacred slave/prostitute Kedeshah
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The Solomon that was king of a Hebrew nation, son of David, considered the wisest on earth - I would say was most likely a single man. The Solomon whom all the magickal grimoires are attributed to is not this same man and most likely is more than one man.
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As i'm on here taking a break from finding out about these lol...
From what i can make out, the reason for harems is for each woman to be the embodiment of a diety (or a lover who encompassed all but NOT the wife) that there was to be no mundane communication or knowledge of this woman other than as the embodiment of a goddess, and the owner would go to each embodiment physcially as he would the mind or in prayer. The reason for a mistress is for the Adulterous "feel" of the encounterment. The energy from an illicit love affair is meant to be very potent. (Artharian Legends depict the love affairs with other men's wives to be the driving force of motivation for the Hero...The women also represent diety)
Whilst i would agree with this under minimal experience (too classy to have ever cheated grins) and minimal familiarity with artharian legends, i probably know the least, in fact i dont even "get" the whole holy grail thing 100% despite me asking Izzy to explain it to me yet again every so often with no avail! lol.. but under the "notion" of Chivalry this does explain why women were held in so high reguard then, but not so much anywhere else in history, and history doesnt even show much evidence of a time of chivalry... however many a historical romance reckons there was LOL ... ahhh the whimsical world of fiction...
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@pixie_pseuicide said
"Mary Magdeline was a sacred prostitute"
Just FYI, Mary was not a prostitute. Pope Gregory the Great combined her and several other women in the bible into one person, thus Mary became the prostitute whom the Christ met.
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the solomon of the bible i have slightly better knowledge of than the solomon of the grimoires,through some research into "jesus as a political figure" theories i'ld heard of. it does make more sense to me that the two be different from each other.
now mary magdalene is another name i've found to lead in a few directions,as theres so many conflicting opinions. i know that theres one school of thought which makes her a former prostitute who went on to become jesus's wife,but,and not to sound disrespectful to anyones opinion,but there were a lot of mary's as best i can understand during that time frame,and maybe only jesus himself knew who was who.
in my way of thinking,the terms slave and or prostitute "could" be taken for actually meaning "sexually uninhibited",and i believe its fair to say that even now,a woman who's sexually uninhibited frightens a good portion of people,and draws disdain from a good many more,having said that...i know a good handfull of people who worship at the alter of jenna jamieson,and i dont just mean staring at her videos.
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I'm in the begining early stages of looking into this path ysee so you'll have to forgive me for expressing myself a bit lazilly.. These women i depicted have been portrayed (in one avenue of thought at least) in the rather fanciful light of sacred sexuality. I mean no disrespect in lumping them together or for now mislabling them (though i do appreciate the direction on where i'm not doing myself favours in getting my point across lol..i dont worry so much as making mistakes because then i'll know they are mistakes..if you catch my way of thinking lol) (lord i ramble)
I loved the story of soloman (In that yellowed covered JW childrens bible lol
) Two women coming to him who both laid claim to a baby and his responce was to order the baby be chopped in half and each women have half each... the baby's true mother cried out "No let her have the baby just dont chop him in half"....and then He knew which woman was the true mother....paraphrasing obviously lolol but it was always my favourite -
Your etymological claims are still bullsh!t:
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dude it was addressed where i'd got it from and where Izzy had, its not even the basis of the thread (sacred slave/prostitute and Kedeshah) which i obviously have not managed to make clear.
(What i know so far)
Temple prostitutes have been around for a long time... These women would prositute themselves in front of the Temple of Aphrodite (But have read other instances with other deities) at least once in thier lives and have sex with a stranger, before marraige. The Consenseous of the time is that that god frowned upon manogomy. (Hera was used also)
Other tidbits i've found that relate are far and few between
Mary Magdeline has been researched by some to have been a Sacred Prostitute
Romulous and Remus's Mother was a Vestia Virgin
Jezabel i THOUGHT had been coined a sacred whore but i was mistaken
Soloman's collection of wives and concubines peaked my interest as much has been written on how he did things, and may have in some text somewhere written soley about the purposes and what he beleived it brought him.What else do you know of Sacred Slaves, Sacred Prositutes or Kedeshah.
Maybe the re-write was in order
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What is Kedeshah? I googled it and it doesn't say anything about prostitution or slavery.
Kedushah (Hebrew, holiness) in Judaism, this term means set apart through holiness.
www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/k/kedushah.htmlThe Kedushah or Q'dushah (Hebrew: ק××ש×â) is traditionally the third section of all Amidah recitations
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Same root - QDS - meaning "set aside, consecrated"
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@AvshalomBinyamin said
"Same root - QDS - meaning "set aside, consecrated"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_prostitution"
Thank you.