(urth) Urth & Earth (was "Travelling North aka, miscellaneous thoughts on Wolfe")

[John Watkins]

Boxing too.  Apparently now, however, the opposite practice is encouraged.

On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 4:03 PM, David Stockhoff <dstockhoff at verizon.net>wrote:

> Pretty much, yes, and for both sexes (not just semen, but orgasms). They
> are either controlled, or controlled and released, for individuals of a
> certain status, or for everyone.
>
> Generally, due to its near-universality, I'd take the idea as coming down
> from prehistorical shamanism. Which is not to say that it's wrong or
> irrational---in fact, I'd call it common sense.
> But it's as much to do with magic as with religion, and magic underlies all
> religions in some way. As it does football, where young men are told not to
> indulge before a big game (or used to be).
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> All religions have similar doctrines regarding the use and retention of
> semen.
>
> There are variations in practice.
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