Jaspernon the Prince : The Rise of the Cult of the Goddess Chapter 4 : Part 2 : Changing The Cult Section 1

   Patience the High Priestess was becoming even more popular at court, particularly as now she began to spread her favours to many courtiers.

    She had not forgotten her work with the poor and needy. The seductive pursuits of the Palace were a lazy path. She was aware that if she practiced promiscuous sex she must do it for the Goddess, unselfishly, but she must limit her sexual activity so that she could continue to effectively manage the Cult. She saw that the love of the Goddess was within communal love, but it must be taught to be unselfish.

    She began to spread her newfound joy into the Cult. She set out to introduce leading Priests and Priestesses gently into the pleasures of the flesh. She seduced a number of them herself. They were largely keen because all had been at least largely celibate and were missing this kind of communion. Prince Jaspernon had talked to her plenty about this move. He had encouraged it, but she had come to agree with him that it was time to change the Cult.

    “The care for the poor and needy must not suffer, so we must teach self control and generosity. Priestesses and Priests will become the true vessels of the Goddess, encouraging the development of sexual sharing amongst the followers of the Cult.” The changes were imperceptible at first, but soon it began to change some of the nature of the Cult. More people were drawn to the cult because of attraction to the changes.

   Patience tried out communal love within the Palace at first, but then she fostered it amongst the Priestesses and Priestesses and then amongst Cult followers. It was to grow like a natural revolution, a ripple through the Priesthood, and then through the whole of Anachronarian society and across all of Pirion.

    Patience was a kind lady. Her role in life was to help people, young and old, disabled and the poor and disadvantaged, the lonely and those who feel excluded. The work of the Goddess was to care for her people, not just the people of Anachronar and Pirion, but people everywhere, all over the continent and beyond. She had never been outside the continent, and had little personal knowledge of those other lands of Vanmar and beyond, but she had seen much of Pirion and its continent.

     The Cult of the Goddess had followers in Dalos, where it had long been popular, and even in Shallas, where it had expanded in recent years. It had been tolerated in a society which was more closely controlled than in Pirion, because it did not threaten the rulers, the nobility or the citizens of the state. It may have given sustenance to slaves and to the poor, but did no harm to the order of things.

     She wished to see the whole world in harmony, for all to be happy in their work and their lives, but in Pirion all was not well, even though it was better than in Shallas. The Goddess wanted her to help, to make Pirion better than it was.

    When she was seduced by the Prince she perceived that sexual healing and enjoyment was something which could make everyone’s life better. The Goddess approved of her sexual adventures and experiences so she would approve of sexual experience for everyone.