Virginity, usefull or not? Options

Is there any magickal use in virginity? Or at least in females, considering the entire fuss religious traditions make over it?

I've been wondering about this for a while and I can't seem to find anything relevant to the question that isn't biased by our christian heritage. There's a good bit of magick centering around sex, but I'm reluctant because the opposite might be just as true. I'm loath to just have sex for shits and later discover a branch of magick that specifically asks for this!

Does anyone here know something about such a system? Or how the hymen virginity relates to energy? I vaguely recall one of the grimoirs asking for a female practitioner to also be a virgin.

I disagree entirely. Something you'll have to consider is separating fact from fiction, and also the practicality of each of the methods. The amount of energy that can be raised through sexual means then redirected in a ritual is surpassed only by blood sacrifice. Virginity doesn't even come close to either of those two. Besides, it's Hollywood not Christianity that has played up female virginity. The "virgin damsel in distress" is a cliché overused in too many films. In fact, when they portray a "virgin sacrifice" it is utterly historically false. Most human sacrifices performed around the world in ancient times involved a young virgin boy between the ages of 6-10, not a young virgin girl in her teens or twenties old enough to marry the knight in shining armor that will inevitably rescue her and live happily ever after, as Hollywood would have you believe.

Honestly, I would bet that someone trying to work with Artemis, Hera, Bridget, Vesta, or a Valkerie using sex as a means to raise energy and focuse would have a better chance of contacting them than a virgin. Besides, there are numerous texts that dictate many useless rituals and unnecessary requirements "that must be done" for the magickal work to succeed. For example, The Grimoire of Honorius would have you prepare a ceremony with almost a month's worth of meaningless rituals, including two animal sacrifices, the preparation of a lambskin covered with dozens of incoherent symbols, and traveling to fields and "secret" places to bury various parts of the animals' corpses. When it comes down to it, however, all you need is a short protective/banishing ritual and a Triangle of the Arte (and a magick mirror or crystal ball if you want to make it quick) to summon a spirit.

This post has been edited by Slayden: Feb 22 2008, 06:38 PM