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Chapter 27

           Helookedformenasmuchlikehimselfaspossibleandforwomenlikehispriestesswivesdynamic,utterlyconvinced(ashewashimselfconvinced),stubborn,andfree(orabletobefreed,oncetheirguiltandinsecuritywaspurged)ofjealousyinitssimplest,mosthumanmeaningandallofthempotentialsatyrsandnymphs,asthesecretinnerchurchwasthatutterlyDionysiancultthatAmericahadneverhadandforwhichtherewasanenormouspotentialmarket.

           Buthewasmostcautiousifcandidatesweremarried,ithadtobebothspouses.Anunmarriedcandidatehadtobesexuallyattractiveaswellassexuallyaggressiveandheimpressedonhisprieststhatthemalesmustalwaysequalorexceedinnumberthefemales.NowhereisitadmittedthatFosterhadstudiedthehistoriesofearlier,somewhatparallelcultsinAmericabutheeitherknew(orsensed)thatmostofsuchhadfounderedbecausethepossessiveconcupiscenceoftheirpriestsledtomalejealousyandviolence.Fosternevermadethiserror;notoncedidhekeepawomanentirelytohimself,noteventhewomenhemarriedlegally.

           Nordidhetrytooeagerlytoexpandhiscoregroup;themiddlechurch,theoneknowntothepublic,offeredplentytoslakethemilderneedsofthegreatmassesofguilt-riddenandunhappy.Ifalocalrevivalproducedeventwocoupleswhowerecapableof"HeavenlyMarriage"Fosterwascontentifitproducednone,helettheotherseedsgrowandsentinasaltedpriestandpriestesstonurturethem.

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