Rahasya Puja

Skt., rahasyapuja
from rahasya: mysterious, esoteric
and puja: worship, ritual

In this most secret form of yoni puja (the meditation-aspect of the secret and outer type), the practitioner is alone with the woman who has agreed to serve as the focus of energies, to serve as representative of the Goddess. This woman participating in this ritual observance may be one’s married wife, a lover, an initiate or perhaps a veshya; paid and professional woman specializing in such services.

The practitioner sits in front of and between her open legs. With complete concentration and with unwavering awareness, the worshipper will go through a cycle of ritual actions, each of which represents one of the five elements.

Element Ether, or Space With the element ether in mind, he will move his hands across most of her body in large circles, ranging from her legs to her breasts, repeating these movement over and over.

 

 

Element Air During the next stage, and with the element air in mind, he will restrict the movements of his hands to her belly and thighs; once more repeating his strokes several times.

 

 

Element Fire During stage three, with the attention becoming focused now on the Yoni and representing the element fire, the genital area is stroked - again and again - in a repetitive upward movement.

 

Element Water Next, the direction of stroking is changed and, symbolizing the element water, the Yoni is stroked in the manner as during stage three - but with downward movements.

 

 

Element Earth Finally, after a process that may have taken the better part of an hour, the element earth is given expression by pressing one hand, softly but firmly, against the woman’s Yoni; resting there until the ritual finds its natural end.

Note
Go here for details about the Indian system of Five Elements (Skt., pancatattva).