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heqi

Daoist ritual
Also known as: Union of Breaths
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  • Taoism
    / Communal ceremonies

    …the Union of Breaths (heqi), a communal sexual ritual said to have been celebrated at each new moon. Later Buddhist sources described this as a riotous orgy of outrageous and disgusting license. Several cryptic manuals of instruction for the priest in charge of these proceedings are preserved in the…

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    …the Union of Breaths (heqi), a communal sexual ritual said to have been celebrated at each new moon. Later Buddhist sources described this as a riotous orgy of outrageous and disgusting license. Several cryptic manuals of instruction for the priest in charge of these proceedings are preserved in the…

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