Hieros gamos, hieros (ἱερός) meaning "holy" or "sacred" and gamos (γάμος) meaning "marriage," or Hierogamy (Greek: ἱερὸς γάμος, ἱερογαμία "holy marriage")...

with his 'water'". The cosmogenic myth common in Sumer was that of the hieros gamos, a sacred marriage where divine principles in the form of dualistic opposites...

religious worship, possibly as a form of fertility rite or divine marriage (hieros gamos). Scholars prefer the terms "sacred sex" or "sacred sexual rites" in...

ceremony. The hieros gamos indicates a ritual of fertility magic, which was probably introduced from Near East in the Aegean region. The "hieros gamos" of Zeus...

God and earth Goddess known to the Classical Greeks much later as the hieros gamos. He states that the same principles also explain the placement of megaliths...

highly formalized and/or part of religious activity, as in the cases of hieros gamos, the hierodule, and Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.). Part of the rites...

to have been his mother and consort, with the two participating in an hieros gamos. The cult of Velchanos was likely influenced by the Mesopotamian deity...

hemisphere. Ganachakra Hieros gamos Liber XV, The Gnostic Mass Sexual ritual Yab-Yum Wagar, Samuel, "The Wiccan Great Rite — Hieros Gamos in the Modern West"...

and female in one, possibly being inspired by the Rebis. Adam Kadmon Hieros gamos Nondualism Unity of opposites Robert Allen Bartlett, Real Alchemy: A...

short descriptions of redirect targets History of erotic depictions Hieros gamos – Divine marriage Karezza – Sexual practice Karmamudrā – Vajrayana Buddhist...

Many scholars believe that the poem was acted out, perhaps in a sort of hiéros gamos. The prose prologue to the poem says that the god Freyr, the son of Njörðr...

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Aegean Great Goddess, who is represented by Hera, in a "holy wedding" (hieros gamos). At some point in their cultural history, the Mycenaeans adopted some...

of the Euphrates, where the river deposits its load of silt, a second hieros gamos supposedly resulted in the creation of Anshar and Kishar, the "sky-pivot"...

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practices Funeral oration Greco-Roman mysteries Hero cult Heroon Hierophany Hieros gamos Hymns Incubation Komos Nekyia Omophagia Orgia Panegyris Prayer Sacrifice...

practices Funeral oration Greco-Roman mysteries Hero cult Heroon Hierophany Hieros gamos Hymns Incubation Komos Nekyia Omophagia Orgia Panegyris Prayer Sacrifice...

practices Funeral oration Greco-Roman mysteries Hero cult Heroon Hierophany Hieros gamos Hymns Incubation Komos Nekyia Omophagia Orgia Panegyris Prayer Sacrifice...

idea have been claimed in other traditions, usually under the label hieros gamos). The term denotes a goddess who, personifying a territory, confers sovereignty...

practices Funeral oration Greco-Roman mysteries Hero cult Heroon Hierophany Hieros gamos Hymns Incubation Komos Nekyia Omophagia Orgia Panegyris Prayer Sacrifice...

practices Funeral oration Greco-Roman mysteries Hero cult Heroon Hierophany Hieros gamos Hymns Incubation Komos Nekyia Omophagia Orgia Panegyris Prayer Sacrifice...

Langdon explains that what she witnessed was an ancient ceremony known as hieros gamos or "sacred marriage." By the time they arrive at Westminster Abbey, Teabing...

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practices Funeral oration Greco-Roman mysteries Hero cult Heroon Hierophany Hieros gamos Hymns Incubation Komos Nekyia Omophagia Orgia Panegyris Prayer Sacrifice...

and Moon—the union of opposites—is an ancient idea in alchemy; and the hieros gamos or sacred marriage of god and goddess is an even more ancient idea in...

practices Funeral oration Greco-Roman mysteries Hero cult Heroon Hierophany Hieros gamos Hymns Incubation Komos Nekyia Omophagia Orgia Panegyris Prayer Sacrifice...

of Nature. Anekantavada Dialectical monism Esemplastic Enantiodromia Hieros gamos Holon (philosophy) Organic unity Rebis Syzygy Tantra Unity in diversity...

were the titulary deities of the people of the known world, and their "hieros gamos" marriage with the daughters of men gave rise to their rulers. There...

father of all earthly things through the fertilising power of rain. The hieros gamos of Neptune and Earth is reflected in Virgil's Aeneid V 14 (pater Neptunus)...

seasons", as he would subsequently put it. Descent to the underworld Hieros gamos Khalid Nabi Cemetery Life-death-rebirth deity List of fertility deities...