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Sanskrit word for the male sexual organ is Lingam (pronounced LING-AHM),
and is loosely translated as "Wand of Light." It's
meaning is different in intention from the typical Western view of the
penis. In Tantra/Sacred Sexuality, the Lingam is
respectfully viewed and honored, a "Wand of Light" that
channels creative energy and pleasure
The most famous of all lingams in the
world, is the Washington Monument. It is an oversize copy an
Egyptian obelisk. The ancient Egyptians believed that the spirit of the
Egyptian Sun god, Ra - who represented the ultimate in masculinity and
power - resided within the obelisk,
The sex act between male and female is
represented by an lingam within a circle (yoni).
The Washington Monument sits within a circle.
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Shiva in the Lingam with
Brahma above, and Vishnu below as a wild boar.
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Lingam
erected at 1994 Burning Man Festival
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Giant
Lingam from the Narmada River. It is over 39 inches long and weighs over
700 pounds.
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Shiva Lingam
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it can be used as a technical term for the male phallus, specifically,
lingam is a Sanskrit term of reverence for the statues and images of the
god Shiva’s genital organ. The thousands of lingas one finds
throughout India and Nepal, on almost every street corner and in every
village square, are worshipped even today as sacred symbols of Shiva
(the "Destroyer" aspect in the all-male Vedic trinity); most
especially the twelve sacred jyotirlinga. People kiss and touch the
statues, which are generally sculpted from stone; they offer rice,
flowers, or fruit to them and will often color them with red ocher.
The Gupta-sadhana Tantra states that
"infinite result is obtained by worship of a Sivalinga that should
be made of crystal etc., but never of clay". (Banerjee, page 187)v r
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