Can solitary-practicing Pagans use sex magick?
You could certainly charge up a love talisman, say, by masturbating over it. But, again, this could also be done purely symbolically using an altar and wine. So how central to most Pagan ritual is sex magick per se? Tabloid hype! I’m aware some Wicca covens, at least, perform sex magick actually – to produce energy through orgasm, which some say has more power than symbolic enactment. But I myself don’t know of one directly. I don’t think it’s so common, although I gather if a male and a female do enact The Great Rite through sex in the circle, the rest of the coven normally turns their backs in respect. But, I stress, most Pagans practice such rites only symbolically. Do some people, including some gay men, enter Paganism for the wrong reasons? Regardless of gender or sexuality, if anyone approaches Paganism looking for sex then they’d soon get bored. You’d have far more fun that way down your local sauna! Aren’t many Pagans, gay or straight, in fact a little overly-prudish about sex
