This is a Brand New book in excellent condition. Format: Paperback Author: Larry Falls ISBN10: 1440151636 ISBN13: 9781440151637 Evidence of the connection between sex and religion can be found in fertility cults in all nations of the past. When Sex Was Religion takes a comprehensive look at how sexual practices were originally considered a religion before the introduction of Christianity. Dr. Larry Falls a registered clinical sexologist specializing in sexual abuse trauma and emotional health spent five years traveling throughout the United States Canada and Europe learning about different religions cultural history and sexual behavior while working on his doctoral thesis. In his fascinating exploration into the beginning of human reason and the birth of religious thought includes the importance of reproduction virgins and temple prostitutes the original meaning of the cross Devil worship witches Sabbath and the curse of the evil eye. Dr. Falls also proves that the Kama Sutra an ancient Hindu religious narrative about pleasure love and sexuality was really a Bible designed for the purpose of teaching others to gain favor from the gods by engaging in sexual intercourse. Dr. Falls examination into sex worship demonstrates that phallic reverence was not only a religion but also a cause for dominance and sexual exploitation that to this day remains part of our social structure.