Sentence:  He has elevated sex - not Eros or libido but pure , spontaneous , uninhibited sex - to the rank of the godhead ; it <WSD>is</WSD> Astarte , Ishtar , Venus , Yahwe , Dionysus , Christ , the mysterious and divine orgone energy flowing through the body of the universe . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  be identical to; be someone or something