Sacred Sexuality in Ancient Egypt: The Erotic Secrets of the Forbidden Papyrus
• The first book to fully explore the sexual philosophy and practices of the ancient Egyptians\ • Lavishly illustrated with erotic scenes from papyri that have long been hidden from the public\ • Clarifies the connection of sacred sexuality to Egyptian cosmic symbolism\ Until recently the forbidden papyri, whose explicit illustrations of Egyptian sexual practices were judged too shocking, were off limits to all but a few scholars. In this book, the first to fully explore Egyptian sexual...
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• The first book to fully explore the sexual philosophy and practices of the ancient Egyptians• Lavishly illustrated with erotic scenes from papyri that have long been hidden from the public• Clarifies the connection of sacred sexuality to Egyptian cosmic symbolismUntil recently the forbidden papyri, whose explicit illustrations of Egyptian sexual practices were judged too shocking, were off limits to all but a few scholars. In this book, the first to fully explore Egyptian sexual philosophy and practices, Egyptologist Ruth Schumann-Antelme provides us a new view of the provocative sexual life of the ancient Egyptians. Richly illustrated throughout, Sacred Sexuality in Ancient Egypt explains the symbolism of the erotic images found on the inner walls of the temples and tombs as well as those carved into pieces of limestone and sketched on papyri. The authors cover in detail the astonishing erotic scenes illustrating the Turin Papyrus, which have long been kept from public view. These papyri reveal in great detail Egyptian attitudes about love, religion, and even medicine, as well as specific sexual practices. Sacred Sexuality in Ancient Egypt reveals the intimate details of a society in which sexuality was the dynamic principle of the divine world, and the cosmic symbolism of religion imbued every level of Egyptian society with sexual significance. Ruth Schumann Antelme is an Egyptologist, an emeritus researcher of the Centre Nationale de la Researche Scientifique in France, and a former professor at the Ecole du Louvre. She is the author of Becoming Osiris and a resident of Paris. Stephane Rossini illustrated Becoming Osiris and Reading and Writing Hieroglyphics. He lives in Paris.Midwest Book Review. . . the first book to explore the sexual philosophy and practices of the ancient Egyptians. A truly intriguing study.
AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter One: Sexuality, Engine of the Divine World The Heliopolitan and Hermopolitan Creation Myths The Cosmic Children of the Demiurge The Time Space Dimension: The Cursed Gods The Osirian Cycle The Memphis Triad The Eye of Ra: The Myth of the Distant One Amun the Theban HathorChapter Two: The Sexuality of the Human World The Socio-Legal Framework Sexuality and Ritual Purity The Earthly Harem of the Demiurge ProstitutionChapter Three: Love, Eroticism, and Sexuality in Literature Sarcasm, Insults, and Blasphemy The Moral Literature Love Poetry and Erotic LiteratureChapter Four: The Code of Love The Code of Love in Figurative Art Components of the Code of LoveChapter Five: Medicine and Sexuality The Primary Sources Gynecology and Obstetrics Venereal Diseases Sexual MutilationsChapter Six: Uncommon Sexual PracticesMale and Female Homosexuality Other PracticesChapter Seven: The Erotic Papyrus of Turin Conclusion Appendix One: A Simplified ChronologyAppendix Two: Egyptian DeitiesAppendix Three: Egyptian Place-Names Appendix Four: Egyptian HieroglyphicsNotes Glossary BibliographyIndex
\ John Anthony West"Utilizing material sequestered away in museum and university archives and rarely seen, evidently because of its explicit sexuality, Ruth Schumann Antelme reveals an aspect of Egypt that many have suspected but no one to date has demonstrated: an intense and joyous eroticism that plays out in the human sphere but is intimately tied to a profound metaphysical and cosmological Egyptian understanding—sex as a sacrament."\ \ \ \ \ The Midwest Book Review". . . the first book to explore the sexual philosophy and practices of the ancient Egyptians. A truly intriguing study."\ \ \ Cristina Rizen“. . . clearly and in great detail shows a part of the human side of ancient Egyptian civilization; that sexual intercourse was something that was seen as physically gratifying, spiritually gratifying and necessary not only for species survival, but also for spiritual and cosmic well-being.”\ \ \ \ \ From the Publisher\ “. . . clearly and in great detail shows a part of the human side of ancient Egyptian civilization; that sexual intercourse was something that was seen as physically gratifying, spiritually gratifying and necessary not only for species survival, but also for spiritual and cosmic well-being.”\ \ \ \ \ Midwest Book Review. . . the first book to explore the sexual philosophy and practices of the ancient Egyptians. A truly intriguing study.\ \
