Society for Sacred Sexuality – Annual Winter Solstice & Sacred Sex Ritual

Gary Joseph · Posted: December 20, 2006

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

The ancient sacred sex societies celebrated the Winter Solstice as a time of stillness and tranquility, when nature reaches its deepest slumber and the sun descends to its lowest path in the sky. Winter Solstice is the shortest day of the year. Many honored the day with a sacred sex ritual to attune to the deep silent peace of nature.

Sacred sex, like the seasons, moves in cycles. Each season represents a different value of fullness of the wave of sacred sex ecstasy. Winter represents the deep transcendental bliss of sacred sex. It is the time to fully sink into the wave of sacred orgasm, and fathom its depths. In that stillness of Being you rediscover your true Self, and emerge revitalized and rejuvenated to start anew. The Society for Sacred Sexuality celebrates this inner Sacred Union with its annual event.

Solstice Day, the time when the sun is in transition between its southerly & northerly course in the sky, is an ideal day for sacred sex practice. This time of transition in nature is highly conducive to transitioning out of everyday awareness and into a state of Sacred Sex Union.

Solstice Day is also a day of perfect balance, when the sun descends to its lowest path in the sky, and seemingly pauses before reversing on its ascending journey. This makes Solstice Day ideal for enjoying the balanced state of Sacred Sex Union.

The event will be held each year on the day of the Winter Solstice (typically December 21st). If the solstice falls on December 20 in any given year, the celebration and ritual will continue for two days, through December 21. The exact solstice time will be posted in this Forum Message each year.

(Note the December date is for the northern hemisphere; Winter Solstice for the southern hemisphere is on or near June 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. Winter Solstice in the north is the same day as Summer Solstice 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. During your ritual, gently build to a peak sexual wave, then sink deeply into its pleasure and ecstasy. Float in that stillness and bliss as long as possible. If you feel content from the start, you don't even need to build a wave -- make your whole ritual a deep submergence in sexual ecstasy. To enhance your experience, create a cozy nest for your ritual -- suround yourself with pillows and snuggly blankets, then enjoy deep hibernation in your 'winter cave'. Feel yourself deep in the Womb of Mother Nature.

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 the Deep Bliss of Sacred Sex Union during these Sacred Rites of Winter.

Gary Joseph
Founder, Society for Sacred Sexuality

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OFFICIAL SOLSTICE TIME & DATE

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

Our Earliest Rituals:
(archived)

GMT = Greenwich Mean Time ("Universal Time")

2010
NORTHERN hemisphere - December 21, 23:38 (11:38PM) GMT -- (6:38PM, US EST)
SOUTHERN hemisphere - June 21, 11:28 (AM) GMT -- (9:28PM, AUSTRALIA EST [SYDNEY])

2009
NORTHERN hemisphere - December 21, 17:47 (5:47PM) GMT -- (12:47PM, US EST)
SOUTHERN hemisphere - June 21, 5:45 (AM) GMT -- (3:45PM, AUSTRALIA EST [SYDNEY])

2008
NORTHERN hemisphere - December 21, 12:04 (PM) GMT -- (7:04AM, US EST)
SOUTHERN hemisphere - June 20, 23:59 (11:59PM) GMT -- (June 21, 9:59AM, AUSTRALIA EST)

2007
NORTHERN hemisphere - December 22, 06:08 (AM) GMT -- (1:08AM, US EST)
SOUTHERN hemisphere - June 21, 18:06 (6:06PM) GMT -- (June 22, 4:06AM, AUSTRALIA EST)

2006
NORTHERN hemisphere - December 22, 00:22 (12:22AM) GMT -- (December 21, 7:22PM, US EST)
SOUTHERN hemisphere - June 21, 12:26 (PM) GMT -- (10:26PM, AUSTRALIA EST [Sydney])