veronika,
i thought i'd add my thoughts to the mix, if only to throw a wrench in ^.^

no i don't equate what i do sexually with religion. or what i do lifestyle-wise with religion.

but with spirituality, oh boy, you betcha. confusing? for me it is sometimes.

but i believe, very strongly, that sex and the male/female or masculine/feminine dynamic (lol in whatever manner its expressed) are very much muddled in my head and that sex is for me often times a spiritual event.

and heres another fun thing; being pagan by my path i have engaged in sexual acts AS spiritual acts and vise/versa.

this topic has actually made me stretch my mind around the links between sex and spirituality in ways i often havent - like a lot of people i don't think too hard on things i accept and take for granted as part of my world.

but i also think it may be a good idea not to read much into that. most pagan religions as ive read them deal with a very basic tenet of duality in their world view. god and goddess, often in the older ones with the goddess held higher than the god, but more commonly with a general equality. and naturally because we give human characteristics to the world around us - anthropomorphism or "magical thinking" - so the weather, the turn of the seasons, the solstices and fire festivals all become wrapped in a mythos containing a lot of sex.

a lot of masculine/feminine interactions into which one can read sexual content but i wanted to make sure you were still reading. so logically we(pagans, but not all) strive to worship and express our spirituality in ways that reflect the mythos. sex!

the human body is a gift, the world around me as i see it it a great roiling natural sex show, so i dive in and participate to the best of my ability.

i had fun with this, i know y'all are confused. hehehe

i'm so keeping an eye on this thread.

bon soir
-matin