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Chapter 74

           IntercoursewasthereveredunionofthetwohalvesofthehumanspiritmaleandfemalethroughwhichthemalecouldfindspiritualwholenessandcommunionwithGod.Whatyousawwasnotaboutsex,itwasaboutspirituality.TheHierosGamosritualisnotaperversion.It’sadeeplysacrosanctceremony.»

           Hiswordsseemedtostrikeanerve.Sophiehadbeenremarkablypoisedallevening,butnow,forthefirsttime,Langdonsawtheauraofcomposurebeginningtocrack.Tearsmaterializedinhereyesagain,andshedabbedthemawaywithhersleeve.

           Hegaveheramoment.Admittedly,theconceptofsexasapathwaytoGodwasmind-bogglingatfirst.Langdon’sJewishstudentsalwayslookedflabbergastedwhenhefirsttoldthemthattheearlyJewishtraditioninvolvedritualisticsex.IntheTemple,noless.EarlyJewsbelievedthattheHolyofHoliesinSolomon’sTemplehousednotonlyGodbutalsoHispowerfulfemaleequal,Shekinah.MenseekingspiritualwholenesscametotheTempletovisitpriestessesorhieroduleswithwhomtheymadeloveandexperiencedthedivinethroughphysicalunion.TheJewishtetragrammatonYHWHthesacrednameofGodinfactderivedfromJehovah,anandrogynousphysicalunionbetweenthemasculineJahandthepre-HebraicnameforEve,Havah.

           «FortheearlyChurch,»Langdonexplainedinasoftvoice,»mankind’suseofsextocommunedirectlywithGodposedaseriousthreattotheCatholicpowerbase.ItlefttheChurchoutoftheloop,underminingtheirself-proclaimedstatusasthesoleconduittoGod.

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