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Langdon
strained
to
hide
his
emotion
,
and
yet
he
could
not
believe
what
he
was
hearing
.
Sophie
Neveu
had
unwittingly
witnessed
a
two
-
thousand
-
year
-
old
sacred
ceremony
.
«
Masks
?
»
he
asked
,
keeping
his
voice
calm
.
«
Androgynous
masks
?
»
«
Yes
.
Everyone
.
Identical
masks
.
White
on
the
women
.
Black
on
the
men
.
»
Langdon
had
read
descriptions
of
this
ceremony
and
understood
its
mystic
roots
.
«
It
’
s
called
Hieros
Gamos
,
»
he
said
softly
.
«
It
dates
back
more
than
two
thousand
years
.
Egyptian
priests
and
priestesses
performed
it
regularly
to
celebrate
the
reproductive
power
of
the
female
,
»
He
paused
,
leaning
toward
her
.
«
And
if
you
witnessed
Hieros
Gamos
without
being
properly
prepared
to
understand
its
meaning
,
I
imagine
it
would
be
pretty
shocking
.
»
Sophie
said
nothing
.
«
Hieros
Gamos
is
Greek
,
»
he
continued
.
«
It
means
sacred
marriage
.
»
«
The
ritual
I
saw
was
no
marriage
.
»
«
Marriage
as
in
union
,
Sophie
.
»
«
You
mean
as
in
sex
.
»
«
No
.
»
«
No
?
»
she
said
,
her
olive
eyes
testing
him
.
Langdon
backpedaled
.
«
Well
…
yes
,
in
a
manner
of
speaking
,
but
not
as
we
understand
it
today
.
»
He
explained
that
although
what
she
saw
probably
looked
like
a
sex
ritual
,
Hieros
Gamos
had
nothing
to
do
with
eroticism
.
It
was
a
spiritual
act
.
Historically
,
intercourse
was
the
act
through
which
male
and
female
experienced
God
.
The
ancients
believed
that
the
male
was
spiritually
incomplete
until
he
had
carnal
knowledge
of
the
sacred
feminine
.
Physical
union
with
the
female
remained
the
sole
means
through
which
man
could
become
spiritually
complete
and
ultimately
achieve
gnosis
–
knowledge
of
the
divine
.
Since
the
days
of
Isis
,
sex
rites
had
been
considered
man
’
s
only
bridge
from
earth
to
heaven
.
«
By
communing
with
woman
,
»
Langdon
said
,
»
man
could
achieve
a
climactic
instant
when
his
mind
went
totally
blank
and
he
could
see
God
.
»
Sophie
looked
skeptical
.
«
Orgasm
as
prayer
?
»
