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''St. [[Priapus]] Church'' ({{lang-fr|Eglise S. Priape}}) aka The Temple of Priapus is a [[North America]]n religion founded in the 1970s that centers on the worship of the [[phallus]]. 

[[Priapus]] [[worship]] reemerged in North America in the 1970s due to the efforts of a Reverend Jackson who had been [[ordained]] during a visit to Italy and subsequently in 1973 incorporated the church in California. 
The year before, (in 1972) a dentist in Calgary, Alberta, had incorporated the church in Canada. 
He remains as a high [[priest]].
In 1984, D. Francis Cassidy was elected the new Pontifex, a position he has held since.

St. [[Priapus]] Church was founded in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]] and has found a following mainly among [[homosexual]] and [[bisexual]] men in [[Canada]] and the [[United States]] although some [[temples]] have [[heterosexual]] gatherings.A greater variance can be found among [[temples]] in Europe, some of which (such as those in [[Switzerland]]) include families. 

There are four levels of membership in the [[temple]].High [[Priests]] are [[ordained]] following the [[rites]] of [[Mary Magdalen]] in the [[West]] and similar [[rites]] in the [[East]].The church, which is named after the [[Greek mythology|Greek god]] [[Priapus]], teaches that the [[phallus]] is the source of [[life]], [[beauty]], [[joy]], and [[pleasure]].

[[J. Gordon Melton]] (1996, 5th ed.). ''Encyclopedia of American Religions'' (Detroit, Mich.: Gale) ISBN 0810377144 p. 952.

The [[worship]] of the [[phallus]] can be accomplished by a variety of [[sexual act]]s, including group [[masturbation]].
Wayne Dynes (ed., 1990). ''Encyclopedia of Homosexuality'' (New York: Garland) p. 779.

[[Semen]] is also treated with [[reverence]] and its consumption is an act of [[worship]] as a [[Sacrament]] of the Most [[Holy]] [[Seed]].

The church has formed an [[alliance]] with the [[American Gnostic Church]].


There are nine centers of the church in Canada and eight in the United States. The largest membership of the church reside in [[San Francisco]], [[California]] and it is headquartered in Montreal.

[[Temple]] of [[Priapus]]
PO Box 1164, Stn. H
[[Montreal]], PQ, [[Canada]] H3G 2N1



== External links ==
http://templepriapus.org/

== Related links ==
http://sacredsemen.com/

http://semeneucharist.tribe.net/



==Notes==
related history

1. A [[Gnostic]] sect [[celebrated]] the [[Eucharist]] ([[spiritual]] [[communion]] with
[[God]]) by eating "... 'their own [[sperm]],' declaring it to be 'the [[body]] of
[[Christ]].'" ("[[Gnosticism]]," [[Encyclopedia]] of [[Erotic]] [[Wisdom]], Rufus C. Camphausen,
Inner [[Traditions]] [[International]], Rochester, Vermont, 1991.)

2.The [[Manichaeans]] (also spelled as [[Manichæans]] or [[Manicheans]] ) and the [[Albigenses]] sprinkled [[semen]] on their [[Eucharistic]] bread' (Woods, Articulate, p. 45) and (Crawley, [Alfred] Ernest in The [[Mystic]] Rose p 109

3. The Semetic [[scholar]] of [[Sumerian]] [[philology]], [[John Marco Allegro]], of [[Dead Sea Scrolls]] fame indicated from his [[research]] [[revealed]] that Jesus/Joshua in its [[Greek]] form means ‘the [[semen]] that [[heals]] or fructifies,’ the god’s [[juice]] that gives [[life]].

4. [[Christ]] partook of his own [[semen]] to show that "we must so do, that we
may live." (Interrogationes Maiores Mariae, quoted by St. [[Epiphanius]] in his
[[Panarion]], XXVI, cap. VIII.)

5.The [[Yellow Emperor]] of China (c. 2697-2598 B.C.) practiced the
[[feedback]] of his own [[reproductive]] [[cells]] for [[therapeutic]] purposes. (A.
Ishihara & H. S. Levy, The [[Tao]] of Sex, Harper & Row, New York, 1970.)

==References==
*Andy Nyberg, "St. [[Priapus]] Church: The Organized Religion", ''[[The Advocate]]'', Sep. 1983, pp. 35–37
*Phallos : St. [[Priapus]] Church Newsletter
by St. [[Priapus]] Church
Type: Journal, magazine : Periodical; English
Publisher: San Francisco, CA : 
St. [[Priapus]] Church
583 Grove St.,
San Francisco, CA 94102-4205 
USA, [1982?].
[[OCLC]]: 233823574


[[J. Gordon Melton]] (1996, 5th ed.). ''Encyclopedia of American Religions'' (Detroit, Mich.: Gale) ISBN 0810377144 p. 952.

Wayne Dynes (ed., 1990). ''Encyclopedia of Homosexuality'' (New York: Garland) p. 779.