“The sacred prostitute, or holy whore, archetype is she is who makes sex sacred, and represents the eternal aspects of the divine feminine. She is a woman united in body and mind, who connects to both the earth and the heavens (heights and depths). The holy whore is not the false feminine often seen in the media who objectifies herself only to please the other. Instead, she combines the desire of the whore, and acting on what she wants, with the virginal quality of self-containment and freedom. She is both virgin and whore, sacred and profane. As this archetype is missing in our current culture, it is difficult to find inspiration. However, she used to exist everywhere in the past. The sacred prostitute asks us to bring sacredness to the earthly realm of matter, and become the fully integrated women we were meant to be. A sacred prostitute is integrated within herself—sacred and profane, masculine and feminine, mind and body, matter and spirit.”
— Rebecca M. Farrar, Vesta: Being a Holy Whore
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