Religion:Temple of Priapus
Template:Infobox Religious group The Temple of Priapus, also known as the St. Priapus Church (French: Église S. Priape), is a North American pagan[1] religion founded in 1979 that centers on the worship of the phallus.[2]
Formation and tenets
The Temple of Priapus 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 group, which is named after the Greek god Priapus, believes that the phallus is the source of life, beauty, joy, and pleasure.[3]
Cassidy took inspiration for the Montreal temple from a shortly defunct group of the same name he encountered in San Francisco in 1979, which was itself founded in 1973 after another one in Calgary, Alberta in 1972.[4] Cassidy said in 2014 of the San Francisco temple, "They were doing important community outreach, like helping homeless gay youth".[2]
Ceremonial practices
The phallus is to be worshipped, which can be accomplished by a variety of sexual acts, including group masturbation.[5] Semen is also treated with reverence and its consumption is an act of worship.[3] Similarly, fellatio is strongly encouraged; the Temple of Priapus 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 group teaches, are less likely to make war.)[6]
Membership
There are nine centres of the group in Canada and eight in the United States. The largest membership resides in San Francisco, California , and it has its headquarters in Montreal .[3]
See also
- Modern pagan views on LGBT people
- New religious movements
- Phallic saint
Notes
- ↑ "Montreal's Penis Temple Dedicated To Every Member", Huffington Post, 30 March 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hays, Matthew (2018-03-07). "Inside the Montreal Temple That Worships the Dick" (in en). https://www.vice.com/en/article/pam9zy/inside-the-montreal-temple-that-worships-the-dick.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 J. Gordon Melton. (1996). Encyclopedia of American Religions, 5th ed, p. 952. Detroit, MI: Gale, ISBN:0-8103-7714-4.
- ↑ Boisvert, Donald L. (2020), Palmer, Susan J.; Geoffroy, Martin; Gareau, Paul L., eds., "The Temple of Priapus: Contemporary Phallus Worshippers in Montreal" (in en), The Mystical Geography of Quebec: Catholic Schisms and New Religious Movements, Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities (Cham: Springer International Publishing): pp. 151–166, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-33062-0_7, ISBN 978-3-030-33062-0, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33062-0_7, retrieved 2023-08-22
- ↑ 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.
Further reading
- Boisvert, Donald L. (2020). "The Temple of Priapus: Contemporary Phallus Worshippers in Montreal". in Palmer, Susan J.; Geoffroy, Martin; Gareau, Paul L.. The Mystical Geography of Quebec: Catholic Schisms and New Religious Movements. Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 151–166. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-33062-0_7. ISBN 978-3-030-33061-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=yRDUDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA151.
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