Religion:St. Priapus Church
Template:Infobox Religious group St. Priapus Church (French: Église S. Priape), also known as Temple of Priapus, is a North American pagan[1] religion founded in the 1980s that centres on the worship of the phallus.
Formation and tenets
St. Priapus Church was founded in Montreal , Quebec, by D. F. Cassidy and has found a following mainly among homosexual men in Canada and the United States . The church, which is named after the Greek god Priapus, teaches that the phallus is the source of life, beauty, joy, and pleasure.[2]
Ceremonial practices
The phallus is to be worshipped, which can be accomplished by a variety of sexual acts, including group masturbation.[3] Semen is also treated with reverence and its consumption is an act of worship.[2] Similarly, fellatio is strongly encouraged; St. Priapus Church sees it as a commandment, a good deed which has positive effects not just for the recipient but for society in general, a practice facilitating world peace. (Well-fellated men, the church teaches, are less likely to make war.)[4]
Membership
There are nine centres of the church in Canada and eight in the United States. The largest membership of the church resides in San Francisco, California , and it has its headquarters in Montreal .[2]
See also
- New religious movements
- Phallic saint
Notes
- ↑ "Montreal's Penis Temple Dedicated To Every Member", Huffington Post, 30 March 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 J. Gordon Melton. (1996). Encyclopedia of American Religions, 5th ed, p. 952. Detroit, MI: Gale, ISBN:0-8103-7714-4.
- ↑ Wayne Dynes [Ed.]. (1990). Encyclopedia of Homosexuality, p. 779. New York: Garland.
- ↑ Daniel Eisenberg. (1997). Pasado, presente y perspectivas del teléfono erótico. El cortejo de Afrodita. Ensayos sobre literatura hispánica y erotismo, anejo 11, pp. 105–114. [ Actas del Segundo Coloquio Internacional de Erótica Hispana (1997), Málaga ], Analecta Malacitana. ISBN:8492217235.
References
- Andy Nyberg. (1983-09). St. Priapus Church: The Organized Religion. The Advocate, pp. 35–37.
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