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In the Hindu belief system, Shiva has the reputation of being the destroyer.  It's a positive destruction though:  an eradication of all the things that keep us from knowing our true natures.  With death comes rebirth.  Sexual exchange was considered one of the most powerful crucibles in which to conduct such transformation. Says Shiva: 

Sex has the power of both illusion and liberation, depending on the participants' degree of conscious awareness. Sexual initiation is the selfless bestowing of one's sexuality on another. When a person accepts a sexual act as a gift, exchanges take place on several different levels simultaneously. There is a physical exchange and blending of secretions, a psychological exchange of life energies and polarities, a psychological exchange of attitudes, a Karmic exchange through a convergence of destinies - and there is a spiritual exchange, a communion between spirits. On the highest level, all these exchanges add to the quality of the couple.  During high acts of Tantric sex, Karmas and unresolved personality conflicts can be totally transcended.

- Sexual Secrets