the sacred prostitute and magdalene unveiled – a documentary

“As a human being our strongest desire is a sexual desire, no matter what, that is our nature…”
-ZaChoeje Rinpoche, Reincarnated Tibetan Lama

“The erotic energy that we have is at our core, its at the core of the universe and it impels both the human and the divine.”
-Rabbi Ronald L. Levine, Ph.D.

(click the picture for a link to view the documentary online)

First off, I am sorry to say that this is the only documentary of it’s kind that I have come across (of course if anyone else is aware of anything like this, do let me know). Secondly, although well produced and the commentary about the subject, although a bit personal rather than informative, was interesting simply because its the only thing of its kind.

Also somewhat disappointing is that it features commentary from Harley Regan “Swift Deer”, who is a total douche bag and the commentary from him sounds like Bush trying to give you a sex magick lesson. Ugh.

So what is a sacred prositute? As defined by the doc, a sacred prostitute is a teacher of sacred sexuality, a guider into mystical experiences where there is no separation of oneself, the other or divinity.

Another thing that kind of chafed me about this doc was how all of these so called “sacred prostitutes” were trying to differentiate themselves from sex workers, one therapist even went so far as to say “I am not the prostitute on the street doing drugs…”. BARF! Talk about rehashing old stereotypes.

So now that we got all the negativity out of the way (but I mean, really, what was expected of a documentary produced by new age flakes? )…

They cover some brief history about the sacred prositutes, like how the Romans used the temples and priestesses as a way to enegertically “clean the war” out of the men. They also talk about Mary Magdalene ALOT. Too much for my liking and it seems like they focus on alot her since she is the only characted in christian mythology that resembles anything close to the sacred prostitute therefore “legitimizing” the claim that they even exist. Perhaps this is somewhat of an attempt to market to a sad American audience that still feel guilty about eradicating or moving on from their christian roots.

The doc covers some of the different practices from the teachers and sex workers being interviewed. Some of the practices are interesting and some of them are just cliche. Hearing some of the events that take place in modern temples is worth watching.

All in all, I would recommend viewing it simply because of the subject matter it attempts to investigate.