Pan chuckles and dances seductively with the nymphs, Aphrodite smiles and beckons as she sheds her garments, Gaia explodes with life and consciousness of every kind. No wonder those who fear the energy of life fear us and try to twist the conversation toward victimization, hurt, abuse and death. One of my friends who is a sex educator says that no matter where he speaks these days, there are always several people in the audience who keep turning the conversation toward sick sex, no matter how often he turns it back to healthy sex. That fear is all out of proportion to what is actually happening in our lives. Smoking cigarettes and driving cars are vastly more dangerous than anything else we do, yet when we light up, or turn the key in the ignition, we seldom turn our thoughts to lung cancer or horrible car wrecks.
Sexuality is enormously complex, and so are our feelings about it.
We let our feelings overwhelm our common sense, and go home with a charming stranger. The next morning we have second thoughts and regret our casual encounter. Our young people are growing up in this time when the surrounding society is enthralled in a moral panic. The Goddess calls us to create ever more celebrations of the energy of life, to dance with the joy of our bodies and spirits, to love one another with our hearts and our lives. I invite everyone reading this to enter into a dialogue about the joyous celebration of the energy of life, about sexuality.