ABSTRACT
In writing this theology, I have imagined a diverse readership: not just Pagans or sexual minorities, but all kinds of body-honoring religious people, united by a desire to perform the sacrament of touch. Each reader is a potential minister of that sacrament, a priestess or priest of the erotic divine. It is an office that can take many forms, and one with no hierarchy of merit. The volunteer who visits nursing homes in order to hold the hands of the elderly does work that is as important as that of the professional bodyworker or sacred sexuality educator. In whatever way we are each able to offer (or train others to offer) sacramental touch, we alleviate or prevent just a bit more suffering and spread the conviction that we are all holy and infinitely loved.
