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Friday, November 10, 2006

Allow me to share my excitement at having my introductory essay on Sacred Sexuality published in the online publication known as Spirit One Webzine! If you've missed my Introduction to Sacred Sexuality workshop at the festivals, then I invite you to follow the links in the email below to read this article, as this conveys the material I share in that workshop and more!

Happy Samhain!!

Lovingly,
Inara

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From: Gordon Ireland < gireland@ameritech.net>
Date: Nov 1, 2006 3:04 PM
Subject: [aspiring_pagan_authors] Spirit One Webzine Volume 92
To: aspiring_pagan_authors@yahoogroups.com

Spirit One Webzine Volume 92

Spirit One is an online magazine that explores Pagan an Earth-based
religions and spirituality. Spirit One eZine is a free ezine sent
out eight times a year providing information and articles on
Metaphysical/Pagan topics. Any statements made in this ezine reflect
no one's opinions but my own and/or the writer's of
articles/poetry/etc.

ISSN: 1543-8074

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FEATURED ARTICLES

Introduction to Sacred Sexuality By Inara de Luna
When we consider the term "sacred sexuality," many of us will
experience severe cognitive dissonance. In other words, it is
difficult to conceive of viewing sex as anything other than
negative, secretive, shameful, or perhaps even sinful. These thought
patterns are so deeply embedded in our collective cultural psyche
that we may not even be aware of all the ways we think negatively of
sex, until we're exposed to a different way of thinking.

Living a Charmed Life! by Golden Hawk
Have you ever noticed that when you get up in the morning and either
your running late or you stub your toe on something, you seem to
have a day that anything that could go wrong does? As a result of
the negativity you have experienced your mind begins to look for
like ways to give you more of what you ask.

Harvest. Tractor Time. by Erin Lewin-Steinberg
Let's look for a moment at our own `harvest' for a moment. What
have we learned this past growing season? Have we tended the ground
we learn in? Have we pulled all the weeds and made room for healthy
and thriving thoughts? Have we, each and every one of us, sought
balance in our inner selves as well as our outer beings? Have we
spent time playing with our children and grand children? Have we
managed to connect with our loved ones in some special way? Havewe
given ourselves time to reflect and see who we are now and look at
it against the backdrop of who we were three months ago? Have we
learned to live in the moment?

Where Physics and Metaphysics Merge by Jason Randhawa
Before you can understand why, how, and where physics and
metaphysics will converge, you must understand exactly what is meant
by physics and metaphysics. Metaphysics is basically the
philosophical study of being and knowing. Metaphysics is very
closely related to spirituality, but it is not religious. On the
other hand, when I talk about physics I am not really talking about
the old Newtonian physics that many of us were taught in school.
Instead, I am talking more about the leading edge sciences that are,
in my opinion, currently expanding the previous limits of science,
mainly quantum physics.

Religions of old by W.K.Glöss
I have been reading articles of how the old greek gods and goddesses
are coming back in full force and of the fact that more and more
people are abandoning the young religions for the first religions.
This is a great time to be a Pagan indeed and it is exactly what our
ancestors wrote about and believed would come. Their prediction is
now more true than ever and it is such a wonderous thing to be
witnessing. We are still hated by a very insignificant amount of
close minded christians but a lot of them understand and accept us
as a religion and not a satanic cult.

Ten of Wands By Claire x
The message of the card is that even success brings its own burdens.
Look at someone famous like Robbie Williams, for example, he's got
everything a person could wish for – talent, money, devotion, fame –
but he's not particularly happy. Even that huge success brings its
own burdens. Being famous isn't as great as it appears from the
outside, neither is being rich or beautiful. Every benefit comes
with its own problems.

Message from Gaia (poem) By Sandria Decker
I am your mother I am your earth I am all and I am nothing You are
but sand on my beaches and pebbles on my mountains

THE VALLEY OF VON-DAR [Planet Er-Da Romance Adventure]: Chapter 11
By Jeffrey Redmond and Cory Anne Stickel
A long, terrible silence filled the air, suffocating them. This was
the worst moment in El-Lena's life. Her mind was trying to take in
what Mit-Ir had said, trying to make sense of all the contradictory
messages filling her head.

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As my first post, I'd like to introduce myself. This is the full bio that appears on my website, http://www.TempleRedLotus.com. I look forward to talking about all sorts of issues on the topics of sex, love, the body, relationships and spirituality.



Inara de Luna

Founder of the Temple of the Red Lotus, Inara is a Qadishtu priestess who believes in the sacredness of sex and pleasure. Inara describes herself as a bisexual, polyamorous, eclectic pagan. A teacher and lifelong practitioner of yoga, she follows a path of finding enlightenment by healing the mind-body-spirit split that occurs in Western society. Ecstatic dance, drumming, sex, yoga, ritual, energy manipulation and healing, research and reflection are the avenues Inara uses and encourages for spiritual expression and development.

Inara runs an online discussion group on sacred sexuality and offers workshops and classes on yoga, breath work, sacred sexuality, teenage sex education, menstruation reclamation, and Native American drumming/singing. She has been a guest instructor for the Indigo Village Summer Camp, and a guest lecturer at the University of Redlands in California and at St. Patrick's Cathedral School in Pennsylvania. Additionally, she has performed private yoga demonstrations for select audiences around the country. Inara is a published author, with articles and poetry appearing in The Common People magazine, Atlanta Rising magazine and the Carolina Spirit Quest newsletter.

Inara organizes the Village of Greenwood at Dreaming. She also coordinated the Adult Play area at FireDance 2004 and DayDreaming: Greenwood, a day-long sacred sex intensive. Most recently, Inara presented a three course seminar on sacred sexuality at Bio-Buzz in Albany, GA. She created the Temple of the Red Lotus as an organization devoted to promoting and practicing sacred sexuality and the Qadishtu path.