The Kama Sutra is an ancient text that describes sexual positions in detail. Wilhelm Reich, an associate of Sigmund Freud, describes the energy released during orgasm as 'orgone energy', which if used wisely, can decrease or reverse the aging process. Tantric yoga investigates the use of the exchange of male and female energy to consciously experience life as an androgynous 'full spectrum' of reality, where male and female learn sexual techniques to consciously share life force energy . Wicca uses sexual ritual to influence the forces of nature. There is a continuum of female sexual expression that can be represented by the pure Virginal Essence of the Mother Mary and the Harlot image of Mary Magdellan.
Women are free to choose to incorporate either or both into their own self expression.
Perhaps the middle path is the road most traveled, with different phases being expressed at different times. Sex After Menopause Of all the complaints and fears that women express about the effects of menopause, the possibility of the loss of sexuality is most pervasive. In this study 436 women were assessed. Outcomes indicated that while frequency of sexual encounters decreased somewhat with age, enjoyment and satisfaction associated with sex was not related to age. In a very real sense, the old adage, 'if you don't use it, you loose it', applies to sexual function.