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vital sexual essences during a perverse intercourse. In <strong>the</strong> Zoharic QabaIah<br />
<strong>the</strong> is viewed as an <strong>of</strong> and one <strong>of</strong> v"u."" ....<br />
alongside Agrat Bat or<br />
o-I-'lr""""" her stunning beauty, which she uses to seduce men<br />
in <strong>the</strong>ir is <strong>the</strong> reason why she is also caned "Beautiful".<br />
According to <strong>the</strong> apocrypha, she joined Lilith in haunting Adam when he<br />
and Eve for one hundred and years after murder <strong>of</strong><br />
Abel, for not want to children in <strong>the</strong> world <strong>of</strong> fear and<br />
violence. Demonic <strong>of</strong>fspring born this union are caned <strong>the</strong> Plagues <strong>of</strong><br />
Mankind, for lead humans away from God. But <strong>the</strong><br />
reputedly visits also each man filled with lust, giving birth to hundreds <strong>of</strong><br />
o<strong>the</strong>r dark entities.<br />
"And this Naamah became aroused and adhered to her evil side. And to this<br />
she exists, and her abode is among <strong>the</strong> waves <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> sea. And she comes<br />
and makes sport with <strong>the</strong> sons <strong>of</strong> man, and becomes hot from <strong>the</strong>m in <strong>the</strong> dream, in<br />
that desire which a man and she clings to him, and she takes <strong>the</strong> desire and<br />
from it she conceives and forth o<strong>the</strong>r kinds <strong>of</strong> into <strong>the</strong> world".<br />
But what exactly are <strong>the</strong> demons born from <strong>the</strong> union <strong>of</strong> a mortal man with<br />
<strong>the</strong> dark Naamah? These are fantasies and desires which<br />
1n(lp1"l1p <strong>the</strong> structures <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> world, yet remaining hidden and<br />
unconscious. In this sense, <strong>the</strong> waves <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> great sea from which <strong>the</strong><br />
Goddess comes become <strong>the</strong> ocean <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong> sea <strong>of</strong> on<br />
which a small part <strong>of</strong> our consciousness drifts exposed to interaction with<br />
<strong>the</strong> mundane world. They are <strong>the</strong> forces leading us away from God<br />
because <strong>the</strong>se forces are <strong>the</strong> projection <strong>of</strong> our personal and<br />
pursuits. Attempts to create our own paradise. Hidden from<br />
conscious awareness, <strong>the</strong> shackles <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> material world<br />
<strong>the</strong> imprisonment in lusts and ambitions which do not lead<br />
us <strong>of</strong> energy and with what we already have. They<br />
are <strong>the</strong> on which we build our <strong>of</strong> reality. This<br />
projection <strong>of</strong> unconscious aspirations <strong>of</strong>ten assumes a sexual form, like it is<br />
in <strong>the</strong> case <strong>of</strong> urge, and so <strong>the</strong> demons <strong>of</strong> Naamah and <strong>the</strong><br />
Goddess herself also manifest with a sexual Still beyond our<br />
awareness, <strong>the</strong>se energies bind our existence and keep it addicted from <strong>the</strong><br />
view on <strong>the</strong><br />
world.<br />
And when we confront Naamah, we face our urges and sources <strong>of</strong><br />
motivation which shape our actions in <strong>the</strong> mundane life. On <strong>the</strong> one hand,<br />
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