The Ritual of Tattoos
Tattoos have a long tradition with rituals amongst tribal people. Young men would often be tattooed to mark their rites of passage from boyhood to adulthood and to mark other transitions. The process of tattooing is deeply meaningful and contains many of the symbols associated with ritual such as blood, symbolic elements and the awakening of the astral body by the experience of pain.
Tattoos and the updated practice of tattooing can be regarded as an almost mystical experience similar to the exchange of energy experienced during tantric sex or modern day sex magic. The person receiving the tattoo opens up and is trusting much in the same way of opening your body up to the tattooist is the associated with the ecstasy and release of sex.
