Sweet Meat by Jasmin Schuller

I’ve been going to a lot of barbeques this season.

* dependent on internet. of course.

cd's with stimulating sounds as well as compilations of recordings of

sexual acts, and dialogue on orientation, technique etc.

Technique: Cognitive response. Sensual audio.

Effect: Subjective, arousing, trigger physical memories through sound

Reference: http://www.swellaudio.com/index.htm

1.

Origin:  Asia, Middle East, India

History:  5000-2300 BC Sumerian cuneiform writings

The Courtship of Inanna and Dumuzi

“Bridegroom, let me caress you,

My precious caress is more savory than honey,

In the bedchamber, honey filled,

Let us enjoy your goodly beauty,

Lion, let me caress you,

My precious caress is more savory than honey”

- The sexual union of Inanna and Dumuzi was the prototype of the Sumerian custom of the ”sacred marriage.” which was ritually performed at the New Year festival and guaranteed the renewed growth of all human, animal and plant life

Summary:

Her older brother Utu tries to set her up with Dumuzi, the shepherd, but she initially rebuffs him, preferring the farmer. He assures her that his parents are as good as hers and she begins to desire him. Her mother, Ningal, further assures her. The two consummate their relationship and with their exercise in fertility, the plants and grains grow as well. After they spend time in the marriage bed, Inanna declares herself as his battle leader and sets his duties as including  sitting on the throne and guiding the path of weapons. At Ninshubur’s request, she gives him power over the fertility of plants and animals. (Wolkstein and Kramer pp. 30-50)

10th-13th C. AD

mentioned in aphrodisiac recipes in the Kama Sutra:

Kama Sutra (Part 7, Chapter 1, Sutra 45)

“If ghee (clarified butter), honey, sugar, and licorice in equal quantities, the juice of the fennel plant, and milk are mixed together, this nectar-like compositionis said to be holy, and provocative of sexual vigor, a preserver of life, and sweet to the taste”

Kama Sutra (Part 7, Chapter 1, Sutra 25)

“Anoint your penis, before lovemaking, with honey into which you have powdered black pepper, long pepper and datura- you will completely satisfy your woman”

Kama Sutra (Part 7, Chapter 1, Sutra 37)

“Honey-sweetened milk in which the testicles of a ram or goat have been simmered has the effect, when drunk, of making a man as powerful as a bull”

Kama Sutra (Part 7, Chapter 1, Sutra 39)

“Pumpkin seeds ground with almonds and sugarcane root, or with cowhage root and strips of bamboo, and stirred into honeyed milk, have the same arousing effect”

Kama Sutra (Part 7, Chapter 1, Sutra 42)

“The sages say that wheat-flour cakes baked with honey and sugar and sprinkled with the powdered seeds of pumpkin and cowhage give one strength for a thousand women”

Kama Sutra (Part 7, Chapter 1, Sutra 43)

“The yolk of a single sparrow’s egg stirred into rice pudding that has been thickened with cream, wild-honey and ‘ghee’ has the same invigorating effect”

15th C.

Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Nafzawi

The Perfumed Garden

Chapter 17: Prescriptions for Increasing the Dimensions of Small Members and for Making Them Splendid

“Another remedy consists in a compound made of a moderate quantity of pepper, lavender, galanga, and musk, reduced to powder, sifted, and mixed up with honey and preserved ginger. The member after having been first washed in warm water, is then vigorously rubbed with the mixture; it will then grow large and brawny, and afford to the woman a marvellous feeling of voluptuousness.”

Technical:  cultural/myth; physiological; taste

Expert:  fertility; stamina; libido; size; lust/desire

2.

Origin:  Europe, Greek, middle ages

History:  Cupid dipped his love arrows in honey before aiming at unsuspecting lovers. Honey is also known as the nectar of Aphrodite.

Middle Ages

Mead, a fermented drink made from honey. Lovers on their “Honeymoon” drank mead and it was thought to “sweeten” the marriage.

Technical: cultural/myth; taste

Effect:  love; libido; seduction; pleasure

3.

Origin:  Africa, Ancient Egypt, Nigeria

History:  sacred writings of Egypt

In Yoruba mythology, Oshun is the goddess of love, sexuality, healing, and fresh water. Although married to Orunmiller, god of divination, she was in love with Chango, a warrior king and powerful magician, who initally resisted her advances. To seduce him she dipped her fingers in her gourd and spread honey over her lips. She used the same technique on Ogun, god of war and metal.

Technical:  cultural/myth; taste; sacred

Effect:  seduction

Reference:

Hathaway, Nancy

New York

Penguin Group

2001

pp. 110-111

http://homecooking.about.com/od/foodhistory/a/honeyhistory.htm

URL: http://www.ishtartemple.org/myth.htm

URL: http://www.piney.com/BabCourship.html

1.

Origin:  Africa, Uganda

History:  no specific dates

to treat “sexual impotence and erectile dysfunction, leaves of Cannabis sativa, to chew

VO[taken orally]. or to smoke, inhaling fumes”

vernacular name: njayi ( Luganda), njaga (Runyankore), mbangi (Swahili)

Technique:  cultural/myth

Effect:  cure impotence; erectile dysfunction

2.

Origin:  Asia

History:  no specific dates

earliest mention in text from the Satapatha Brahmana c. 800 BC considered a sacred plant and praised in the medical literature as an exceptional aphrodisiac as it has both physical and spiritual effects.

mythical story of Shiva and Parvati:

“Shiva, the creator and destroyer of the world, lived with his heavenly wife Parvati in the Himalayas, the roof of the world. He never stayed at home, however, but went into the mountains instead, where he amused himself with divine nymphs and played with alluring goddesses. This did not please Parvati. And so she searched for a means of binding her husband to her and their house. She found a hemp plant, and took its resinous female flowers. When Shiva returned home, Parvati gave him the hempt o smoke. Shiva was immediately stirred by joyful arousal and an unprecedented desire for his wife. The two joined together in heavenly bliss. Shiva experienced that sacred ecstacy that would later opent he doors of paradise to his devotees.” (Ratsch p. 83-84)

illegal substance

Technical:  medicinal; sacred; myth

Effects:  libido; lust/desire; pleasure; spiritual

Reference:

Kamatenesi-Mugisha, M., H. Oryem-Origa

Metafro- Metadata Africa Organization- Infosys (Information Systems)

URL: http://www.metafro.be/prelude/view_reference?ri=HK%2038

Ratsch, Christian

Berkeley, CA

Ten Speed Press

1997

pp. 83-89

Indian Hemp Drugs Commission Report

URL: http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/library/studies/inhemp/6app1.htm