Mystics of Affection

The Temple of Affection stands in the realm of desire, the yearning towards union and connection, in the luminous moments before consummation when all is still possibility and giddy excitement.

The Temple of Affection is a caravanserai, a warm and peaceful haven where all travelers are welcomed as honored guests and quickly become beloved friends. The Temple of Affection is an alchemical alembic for the devotees whose lead of fear and loneliness and uncertainty is transmuted into the gold of love given freely and courageously, who themselves are distilled into the living essence of Venus's radiant romance. The Temple of Affection is the embrace that welcomes you home.

As a Mystic of Affection, you will enjoy friendship and creative partnership with your fellow devotees as we make offerings of beauty, pleasure, and comfort to each other, our festival community, and to Venus. We serve the gathering by creating a lovely and welcoming space where any one of us can seek out respite and refreshment. We extend this work by learning to embody the light of VenusÕs love, actively bringing it into our community to offer everyone the chance to be truly seen, to feel cherished, to know that they are among friends.

We will explore the arts of sensuality together, which may include adornment, massage, kissing, flirtation, dance, and the rites of bathing and anointing. We will learn to connect with the light of Love within us and to share it generously while still honoring our own boundaries. We will enjoy opportunities for soulful coffee-house conversation as well as playful silliness. We will develop huge schoolyard crushes on the whole world! While no one will be compelled to do anything they are uncomfortable with, this group is best suited to those who are okay with light physical affection and contact and who are interested in being active givers of friendship and love.

Keepers of the Temple of Affection
Rebecca aka Diva Dasi is a writer and artist with a theater education and many years of experience as a performer, which she now brings to the practice of sacred dance and ecstatic ritual. She is a regular presenter and staffer at FSA events and has been writing and facilitating rituals and giving workshops for several years. An eclectic Pagan and "kitchen mystic," she is dedicated to the path of sacred romance, which celebrates the Divine in the context of lover and Beloved. She is leading the development of the Temple of Amor as a spiritual home of sacred romance and the path of the Lover.
Stephanie Thill's purpose is to promote, and live, a life of pleasure and beauty. She has attended and volunteered (both officially and unofficially) at several Beltane events as well as last year's Fires of Venus. She recently relocated to the East Coast from Alaska, allowing her to be more active at events such as FoV. Joining Rebecca at the Temple of Affection is a natural extension of her purpose and she looks forward to serving Venus at this year's FoV!