The origin of religion began with phallic worship. In this lies it's importance. So true is this it may be safely stated that no one who neglects the study of phallic worship can have any adequate understanding of the origin of religion. - George Ryley Scott, 1941
This image depicts the origin of phallic worship in India
Featuring the androgynous Brahma, first member of the Hindu Triad: Vishnu, the second member; and Siva, the third member: Personifications respectively of creation, preservation, and destruction.
(Reproduced from Gardner, Faiths of the World (1858)
Comparison of human sexual behavior and religious practices of ancient cultures and modern data shows that, contrary to previous assessments, the origin of religion began with phallicism. If analysis of sex and religion is to be given credence, it must be indicative of the past and analogous to modern symbolism. An example of this relationship is in the interpretation of the Kama Sutra.
One interpretation was believed to be the precepts of love, and another interpretation indicated that it was silent with respect to exotic visual stimuli and arousal as a prelude to arousal in love play. Both hypothesis focus on love and sexual intercourse but nothing cited about religion. This suggests the analysis of ancient culture is selective and not adequately justified. The Kama Sutra was a Hindu Bible communicated as dogmatic theology, deigned to gain favor from the gods by sexual intercourse.
The unique sexological nature of this work is the study of sexuality from a religious perspective. The difference between ancient and modern ideas of morality and ethics is the major obstacle in dealing with sex worship which causes many writers to avoid the subject. Most illustrations found in books devoted to phallicism such as Higgins (1836) Anacalypsis, Inmans' (1869) Ancient Faiths and Scott's Phallic Worship are symbolic. Moore (1810) in Hindu Mythology, stated: "The plates in my book may be turned and examined, over and over, and the uninformed observer will not be aware that in several of them he has viewed the typical representation of the generative organs or powers of humanity." Everything was considered to be relative to generative powers.
Phallicism was not due to the demand for progeny, it was a way of life based on the doctrine that happiness is the chief good for the gods and humanity ( hedonistic), though it's lacking in racial and ethical justification.
Evidence of relative literature shows that basic ideals remain the same. The concept of sexuality and reward are part of the religious paradigm. Scott (1941) implied that sex worship was more profound than any contemporary
ry modern faith. His bias shows a lack of attention to the ancient mentality. Phallicism was not only a religion, it was a causation of dominance and sexual exploitation that remains part of our social structure
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