Society for Sacred Sexuality – Annual Autumn Equinox & Sacred Sex Ritual

Gary Joseph · Posted: September 19, 2006

The Society for Sacred Sexuality announces
its annual Autumn Equinox Celebration & Sacred Sex Ritual,
in the tradition of ancient sacred sex societies.

The ancient sacred sex societies celebrated the Autumn Equinox as a time of harvest, marking the end of the growing season and a time of thanks giving for Mother Earth's bounty. It is the day when nature's fruits have fully matured and ripened, a sign of her generative powers and fertile abundance. Many honored the day with a sacred sex ritual, celebrating the Goddess as the Horn of Plenty. Food was an integral part of the rite, which culminated in a grand feast.

Sacred sex, like the seasons, moves in cycles. Each season represents a different value of fullness of the wave of sacred sex ecstasy. Autumn, marking the time of harvest, represents rejoicing in a fully matured wave of sacred sex ecstasy. The Society for Sacred Sexuality celebrates this ripened wave with its annual event.

Equinox Day, the time when the sun is in perfect balance over the northern & southern hemispheres, is an ideal day for sacred sex practice. The balance in nature is highly conducive to enjoying the balanced state of Sacred Sex Union.

Equinox Day is also a day of transition between the sun's northerly path and its southerly one. This makes Equinox Day ideal for transitioning to higher states of being.

The event will be held each year on the day of the Autumn Equinox (traditionally September 21st). If the equinox falls before or after Sept 21 in a given year, the celebration and ritual will span the dates, continuing for 2 or more days as necessary. The exact equinox time will be posted in this Forum Message each year.

(Note the September date is for the northern hemisphere; Autumn Equinox for the southern hemisphere is on or near March 21. Residents of each hemisphere are invited to participate in the appropriate celebration for their region.) Because seasonal rituals fall on the same day, yet have opposite values (i.e. Autumn Equinox in the north is the same day as Spring Equinox in the south), our worldwide sacred sex ritual creates a perfectly balanced global effect.

To maximize participation & convenience, and also to create a truly global event, we invite everyone to join the annual ritual from the privacy of their own home. With membership from countries throughout the world, the Society for Sacred Sexuality has a unique opportunity to deeply infuse love & light in global consciousness.

You can participate in the event alone or with a lover by creating a personal sacred sex ritual according to your own desire, using the lessons in the Sacred Sex Lesson Forum, or your own sacred sex practice. In your ritual, emphasize rejoicing in your sacred sex waves, as though you are harvesting ecstasy. You might also include a declaration of Thanksgiving to the Goddess for the bounty of Fall Harvest. For ancient flavor, add food to your ritual and/or enjoy oral pleasures with your sacred sex rite. He can also nurse at her breast to honor the copious stream of nature. If weather and local law/custom permits in your area, you may even enjoy your ritual outside in a field to celebrate the Harvest Season.

Members are invited to use this Forum to ask questions, share experiences and ritual practices, suggest ideas, and generally discuss this annual celebration.

To learn more about the sacred sex cultures that evolved rituals like this, visit the Sacred Sex Tradition Forum.

I wish everyone a Ripe Sacred Sex Ecstasy during these Sacred Rites of Autumn.

Gary Joseph
Founder, Society for Sacred Sexuality

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OFFICIAL EQUINOX TIME & DATE

visit: Equinox World or Stellafane
(Southern hemisphere residents use "opposite" equinox)

Our Earliest Rituals:
(archived)

GMT = Greenwich Mean Time ("Universal Time")

2010
NORTHERN hemisphere - September 23, 3:09 (AM) GMT -- (Sept. 22, 11:09PM, US EDT)
SOUTHERN hemisphere - March 20, 17:32 (AM) GMT -- (March 21, 3:32AM, AUSTRALIA EDT)

2009
NORTHERN hemisphere - September 22, 21:18 (9:18PM) GMT -- (5:18PM, US EDT)
SOUTHERN hemisphere - March 20, 11:44 (AM) GMT -- (9:44PM, AUSTRALIA EDT [Sydney])

2008
NORTHERN hemisphere - September 22, 15:44 (3:44PM) GMT -- (11:44AM, US EDT)
SOUTHERN hemisphere - March 20, 05:48 (AM) GMT -- (15:48AM, AUSTRALIA EDT [Sydney])

2007
NORTHERN hemisphere - September 23, 09:51 (9:51AM) GMT -- (5:51AM, US EDT)
SOUTHERN hemisphere - March 21, 00:07 (12:07AM) GMT -- (10:07AM, AUSTRALIA EDT [Sydney])

2006
NORTHERN hemisphere - September 23, 04:03 (4:03AM) GMT -- (12:03AM, US EDT)
SOUTHERN hemisphere - March 20, 18:26 (6:26PM) GMT -- (March 21, 4:26AM, AUSTRALIA EDT)