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.

Being a virgin is a potent symbol of a person's devotion toward love. Female virginity is especially powerful in this day because in women are constantly told that they need to make babies, or they need men. So for a women to conciously wait for proper man or to be ready to never be with said man for her life is indeed a powerful choice. Both sides of virginity are strong but for a female it has become something close ot an act of power in this male ruled society.

As alluded to there's nothing wrong with sex or people that use sexual magic, but anyone who believes that physical sexual activity is necessary would be sorely mistaken. What it's important to see is that being a virgin is of itself not a state of power, rather purity and devotion. It's when a person recognizes conciously the choice they are making to have dominion over their sexual energy that that choice becomes powerful. There are plenty of virgins out there who have no power whatsoever because they are merley waiting for the mr or mrs right who they will have kids with and live the dream that society has cast upon them. Nothing wrong with that either but there's a difference in waiting, and being ready to die waiting, one is true, one is not.

Ritualistically and magically it's hard to say what exactly the benefit of being a virgin might be. Peace of mind would seem to be something that stands out, because the quality of such a peace of mind is a marvelous thing. Being pure is a potent force that can open doors as well as afford a great deal of protection. And FYI if your virgin you can still participate in sexual activity on the astral or ethereal level.