Sowetan

Women are at the heart of ancient wisdom of sex act

Sexual texts on taoism, trantra go back centuries

- By Karabo Disetlhe-Mtshayelo

It is no secret that sex goes back centuries. When it comes to sex literature, though, the most popular has always been the Kamasutra, which got the world excited.

Is there other sex literature we should know about?

Are we missing out on ancient wisdom about sex?

Sex expert Harrizon Gray says that there are ancient sexual practices that have been documented that most people are not familiar with. “People got excited about

Kamasutra because it involved lots of pictures and illustrati­ons. Kamasutra is all about positions, but there is other important sex literature that can unlock the power of preventing early ejaculatio­n and the art of pleasing a woman.”

Gray recommende­d these ancient sexual texts and we got some insight on them: Taoism

Taoism sex practices date back to 220AD. According to the Taosexperi­ece website, Taoism is a philosophi­cal, spiritual and religious tradition that has its roots in ancient Chinese history.

Taoism recognised the need to pleasure and please both parties involved in the sex act.

“A woman had to be stimulated so that she could also benefit from the act of sex. The arousal level of sex had to be mutual, because if one longed for the sexual act more than the other, Taoists believe that this imbalance would lead to the female creating more Jing, which would be absorbed by the male and therefore increase his Qi [Energy].

“Women were believed to hold more power during sex because they did not ejaculate and as such, since loss of bodily fluids decreases the life force, women were able to walk away undiminish­ed unlike men.”

Taoism, in a nutshell, focused on the exchange of energy between individual­s during sex and ensuring that both parties are thoroughly satisfied. Tantra

According to Ashley Thirleby on the Templeofta­ntra website, Tantra is neither yoga, meditation nor religion.

“In modern psychologi­cal terms, Tantra is a process which sexually reconditio­ns the individual – freeing the mind, body and emotions of all inhibition; developing total control over all facets of sexuality, enabling you to heighten sexual pleasure in its myriad forms; and channeling your sexual energy, to call upon it to assist you in all areas of living.

“Tantra will enable you to reach a transcende­ntal sexual level, a cosmic inner orgasm; to experience pure male-female sexuality – a return to the essence of the universe; to Creation itself.

“The power of sexuality is the heart of Tantra. All-pervasive, frequent and prolonged sex. And because the female has the capacity for prolonged sexual activity and repeated orgasm, she has – as at the creation – always been the centre of Tantric teaching.”

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