But really, it appears to be nothing more thanĪ New Age brothel practicing jack psychology techniques. Phoenix Goddess Temple claims to offer 'touch healing' to the sexually wounded and disenfranchised. 'The prostate is a sacred male spot,' Clayton adds. But if it's a little limp, I'll ask to do the prostate.' Usually, once I rub my breasts on that area, it's over. Some guys are uncomfortable or they're already erect. She says what New Times witnessed is typically what she does in a session, but regarding the prostate massage, she says, 'I don't always do it. Then she sent meridians up and down my spine to move internal energy better, and we had chakra-to-chakra contact.'Īphrodite's interpretation of what happened sounds less ethereal. 'We were developing a relationship, when I started to feel tingling sensations of yin-yang balance.

'The start with the sarong was awakening my skin,' he says. He lets out several loud moans, and Aphrodite cleans him up with a wet towel.Īfter he's dressed, Clayton tries to explain his session from a spiritual perspective. She puts on a 'finger condom' and inserts a finger into his anus, while simultaneously gripping and stroking his penis.įive minutes of this, and Clayton's whole body starts shaking. She rubs coconut oil on him while saying things like, 'We're all deserving of pleasure.'Ībout 40 minutes into the session, Clayton turns over on his back. ' She tells him she's going to run the sarong across his body a few times, and each time, he should imagine some pain he's had going away.

She's wearing only a black G-string that reads 'I O French. Aphrodite runs her hands over his back, then takes off her sarong and drapes it over him. A stick of Nag Champa incense fills the room with an earthy, spicy smell.Ĭlayton gets butt-naked and belly-down on a massage table. Books by Persian poet Rumi adorn the end tables, and sounds drift from a boom box - mostly birds chirping, combined with the sound of a sitar. This room is light blue, with accents that include billowy white curtains tacked across the ceiling. Just what is a 'session,' you ask? Step into the 'Persian Room' with Aphrodite and Clayton. She says she conducts up to three sessions per day. She's tan, blond, and blue-eyed, with faint crow's feet in the corners of her eyes. Like the majority of the goddesses, she appears to be in her late 30s to early 40s. Aphrodite is one of about 14 women who work at the temple. Practitioners at this self-styled church near 24th Street and Thomas Road say that what they do is sacred work to balance energy and heal people, and Clayton really seems to believe it - at least enough to let New Times watch two of his all-too-revealing sessions.Ĭlayton's title is 'touch healer.' He's in his 50s, about 5-foot-8, heavyset, with glasses and salt-and-pepper hair. It helps 'recharge energy' and maintains an all-important balance. Clayton says it's common for practitioners at Phoenix Goddess Temple to do sessions for each other. But first, he'll receive his own session with a temple 'goddess' who calls herself Aphrodite. He will use them later in one of his 'trauma healing' sessions. 'These are all my healing tools,' he says.Īmong them are a clear plastic bag stuffed with white latex gloves and a bottle of lubricant. On a brisk Sunday morning in mid-January, Wayne Clayton arrives at work at Phoenix Goddess Temple wheeling a brown piece of luggage. This story has been altered from its original version to remove any such suggestion. In addition, Goddess Temple of Orange County reports its registered as a church with the federal government and offers no sexual services. Clarification: New Times didnt intend to imply that goddess temples in Orange County and Chico, California Asheville, North Carolina Ann Arbor, Michigan and Sedona offer sexual services like those observed at the Phoenix Goddess Temple.

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