The magic wand
The Lingam is a “magic wand”. As a man’s organ of love it needs a lot of love and touch. Most often it has only been “used,” and not “loved,” by both man and woman. Once the Lingam is touched with conscious, loving touches – free of the fixation on an orgasm – a new intimacy and love lust develops, enriching man and woman.
- Lingam made from glass
Lingam is the Indian word for phallus, vayra, thunderbolt, the symbol of the God Shiva. It is made precisely for sexual union (as it is not necessary for discharge, neither the shape nor the erection). The worship of procreation, without which we would not exist, is unthinkable without the lingam and the important role it plays. This means affirming and supporting not only romantic wildness, but the determination, tenacity, clear structure and the power of the male yang energy in order to make life possible at all, and to ensure its continuity. In tantrism the adoration of the phallus therefore goes hand in hand with the felt experience of unity during an erotic encounter and in gratitude for this divine gift,of penetration, with the Shiva lingam, in its powerful, beautiful aura of the ultimately indescribable and endless.
The very visible phallic symbols in various cultures speak still today of the pride and naturalness in how they treat the male sex organ. Whether as objects of daily use or sacred objects, usable, put on display or worshipped – the beautiful, appealing/coaxing, upright/uprising shape of the penis has always been used to represent power and strength.