New Community: Sacred Women, Sacred Sexuality

[qos]

During the past week or so, I noticed an interesting trend among the posts made by my women friends: sexuality, and the intersection sexuality and the sacred, was more present than usual. Of course, most of these posts were made under filters, and not everyone posting on this theme was a friend of the others.

I started to think about creating a community that could be a private temple for women to share their thoughts and experiences about sexuality and the sacred, wherever that awareness of sacredness led them, be it celibacy, traditional marriage, a monogamous non-marital relationship, non-marital sex, polyamory, ritual sex, sacred prostitution, masturbation, daimonic relationships, or any other form that affirmed holiness, integrity, and pleasure.

So this morning I created feral_holiness -- drawing on my preferred definition of feral, which is "one that is untamed that was previously domesticated."

So I invite women who want to share, learn, celebrate, heal, explore, discuss, pray, dance, and/or ritualize their holy embodiment and passions to join.


I did think long and hard about making this a community for both women and men, because I know that there are many discussions that could be enriched by the participation and perspectives of male friends and lovers -- but ultimately I felt very deeply that this needed to be women-only space. I'm sure no one on my friends list will be offended by this, I just wanted to share that that decision was part of my process.


ETA: This community is not just for Friends of QoS. Feel free to share with any woman you think would like to join.

Comments

[blessed-harlot.livejournal.com]

SQUEE!!

[qos.livejournal.com]

I knew you'd be pleased!

Bring friends!

[a-belletrist.livejournal.com]

Lead me to the temple!

[qos.livejournal.com]

You're there!

Welcome and be blessed!

[malakhgabriel.livejournal.com]

Unrelated to this post, but I added you to my flist. havah_prewett consistently speaks so highly of you that it just seemed wise. :)

[qos.livejournal.com]

I've seen you on her journal often!
Welcome! And I've friended you back.

And I love the "radical militant librarians" icon.

[malakhgabriel.livejournal.com]

Thank you! A good friend sent it to me, and it just seems to fit. :)

[quietearthling.livejournal.com]

Hi qos,

could I have your email please? Mine is quietearthling@yahoo.com, if you want to email me instead of posting here.

[oakmouse]

(Coming in late because I've been out of town)
Thank you SO much for doing this! I've been feeling a deep need for such a place but had a clear sense it wasn't for me to create it. I'm glad you took up the mantle!

[qos.livejournal.com]

I seem to have tapped into a real need, given the responses I've received so far.

Once I got the idea, I felt icreasing urgency to get the community set up and put out there. In fact, even though I slept very badly last Saturday night, I could not go back to sleep after waking up on Sunday morning because the drive to get on LJ and create it was so intense.

Thank you for joining! I look forward to your contributions.