The roots of sacred sex are ancient. Down through the centuries it has been practiced in many lands at many times, both openly and beneath the confines of the gallery. Most seem in agreement that the motivation behind sacred sex was an attempt to somehow achieve union with the divine, or awaken within the participants a spark of their divine nature. Contemporary Christians, however, are almost convinced of there a priori appraisal of sex practiced as they may say in conjunction with unorthodox beliefs: it in the Devil’s handiwork, plain and simple. This notwithstanding, perhaps the most interesting and compelling rationale for the evolution of sacred sex comes from within the context of Chistian symbolism. According to the theory, since God created man in His own image, Adam must have originally had a dick and a pussy, a creature combining the attributes of both sexes. The original Fall occurred not when Adam and Eve were banished from Eden by their jealous god, but when God robbed Adam of his original unity by creating Eve from him so that he wouldn’t be alone. Therefore the sexual impulse comes from an instinctual yearning in man to try and recapture something of the essence of his primordial condition. According to Franz Von Baader: “The higher meaning of sexual love, which should not be identified with the instinct for reproduction, is nothing other than to help both man and woman to become integrated inwardly (in soul and in spirit) in the complete human or original divine image.” The word “hermaphrodite” is a conjunction of Hermes and Aphrodite, a union of the masculine and feminine aspects of God. The symbolism of the Hermaphrodite and its central significance is well-known. Those familiar with Plato will recall that in his Symposium, he contended that humans descended from a primordial race “whose essence is now extinct” – a race of hermaphrodites. The race was powerful, yet arrogant, and when they rebelled against the Gods, they were in turn cursed and split in two. This is echoed in Genesis 2:24, which says, “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother to be united with his wife, and they will become one flesh (emphasis added.)” However explained, sacred sex can be viewed as the act to cure boredum. In contemporary society it has not become clear what purpose one would have with nature. Further, we continuously see ourselves being removed from nature by spending more time with leisure activities inside of the home. It is also well documented that many times people are not sexually satisfied with their significant other thus providing further boredum and settlement. Sacred sex has developed as a pop cure for this boredum- what with the advancement of pop sex in the main stream and a wave of interest stemming from movies such as the American Pie series and Meet the Folkers it is obvious that we are not enduring in sacred sex, or any form of sex at all, just like Folker is meant to sound like Fucker; it just isn’t, and though a penis penetrates a vagina it does not mean it is sex. In the garden of eden it was not until an apple from the tree of knowledge was bitten that Adam and Eve felt ashamed that they were naked, could the concept of marriage be just the opposite, an institution to provide sanction from shame of nudity? The problem still exists that people in a large do not know how to please their significant other and meet opposition when trying to get off. Before antiquity it would be suggested that sex was a sacred art that was openly practiced in a community instead of behind closed doors with the lights off and music playing. Yet has society moved away from this practice for the betterment of the species or for a homogonized placid populace?