The Book of Ashima

Initiation

Verse 1 - Asherah Goddess
Verse 2 - Genesis
Verse 3 - Birth
Verse 4 - Family
Verse 5 - Journey
Verse 6 - Dido
Verse 7 - Miracle
Verse 8 - Priestess
Verse 9 - Children
Verse 10 - Emim
Verse 11 - Rebirth
Verse12 - Revelations
Verse 13 - Initiation
Verse 14 - Priests
Verse 15 - Mountains
Verse 16 - Adam
Verse 17 - Carmel
Verse 18 - Shrine
Verse 19 - Satan
Verse 20 - Earthbound
Verse 21 - Soldiers
Verse 22 - Loneliness
Verse 23 - Hidden
Verse 24 - Twins
Verse 25 - Hate
Verse 26 - Azazel
Verse 27 - Funeral
Verse 28 - Love
Verse 29 - The Second Coming
Verse 30 - The Law

Verse 13
 
Initiation

The time had come for Ashima, the Goddess reborn, to be initiated in the Temple Order. This was done through the most sacred of all acts of every living beings. The act of making love. And to her bed that came Leah the Priestess and the maids Zada and Abella - her two best friends in the temple. And they all made love. It was the most heavenly feeling that the reborn Goddess had ever been part of. For so say the Goddess - sexuality is the holiest of all gifts of Life - it is what makes Life itself go on and on. And it shall be treasured and revered. It is a gift to enjoy and to rejoyce in. This gift must not be used idly and carelessly. But neither is it a thing to be ashamed of. Never be ashamed. And the Goddess say, all sexuality practiced between willing, yearning adult persons ejoying and loving each other, regardless of gender or race, is the most sacred thing that exists. And in the Temple of Asherah, sex was a part of life as much as it was outside, and the Priestesses - the male as well as the female - were highly skilled in the art of making love, and it was their highest joy as well. And women and men came to the temple also to make love to a Priestess. It was truly the most holy of acts. And this was Ashima's most powerful moment of her entire human life. 
 
And it was time then for the declaration of her Priestesshood. All the Priestesses of the Temple were gathered around the grand table of the temple's main hall. And were also many other temple maids who were to be accepted on this night. And for the ceremony, Ashima's white dress had been exchanged with a dress which was red as blood, to wear only for this very night. Her first night as a Priestess. She had now acquired all of the traits of a Priestess of Asherah Goddess - upholding all of the balances of Life - the balance between female and male and between goddess and god, and in her heart lived the Sacred Mission of the Goddess to spread love and joy and comfort to every living being. And Leah then asked her the Sacred Words of Initiation: "Ashima - will You decicate Your Life to worship Asherah Goddess and to give Her knowledge and Her Love to every living being and spirit?" And Ashima aswered her: "Yes. I am a servant of Asherah Goddess." And around Ashima's neck, Leah hung the symbol of Asherah Goddes - the White Dove upon an encircled, even-armed Cross. Ashima was now a Priestess.   

The Book of Ashima