Sarah the Priestess, pg 71-72 Ancient Mesopotamian priestesses at the beginning of the third millennium B.C.E. were highly regarded in their office as en during a ceremony known as the Sacred Marriage (hieros gamos), in which they were looked upon as the Goddess incarnate. Sometime during the third millennium, the priest-king was incorporated into the ritual… as the personification of the God… Sarah, in her capacity as priestess, officiated in the ritual of the Sacred Marriage on various occasions.
Sarah the Priestess, pg 71-72
Ancient Mesopotamian priestesses at the beginning of the third millennium B.C.E. were highly regarded in their office as en during a ceremony known as the Sacred Marriage (hieros gamos), in which they were looked upon as the Goddess incarnate. Sometime during the third millennium, the priest-king was incorporated into the ritual… as the personification of the God… Sarah, in her capacity as priestess, officiated in the ritual of the Sacred Marriage on various occasions.
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