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Japan's Forgotten Sacred Sexual Rituals
Imagine if sexuality wasn’t separate from spirituality, but woven into the sacred landscape itself?
In this episode, Simon speaks with ISTA faculty member Aya Kamānakai about her journey to reconnect with the ancient sexual and spiritual traditions of Japan. Born in Japan but raised largely abroad, Aya describes how returning to facilitate ISTA trainings in her homeland opened an unexpected path back to her ancestry. She rediscovered a culture in which sexuality, spirituality, nature, and ritual have long been intertwined.
Their conversation traverses Shinto animism, erotic shunga art, sacred…
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