Go back even further and do some research on the priestesses of Inanna, and the qidishtu - sexual spiritual oracles of Sumerian culture. It’s FASCINATING!
These women and their ways, celebrating life and the mysteries HAD to be demonized and cast as evil to allow for the rise of the violent domination based hierarchy we now call the patriarchy. Or depending where you’re coming from, the colonized mind.
The Science of Sex. Sounds like a show on Netflix. I’ve yet to subscribe to a substack, but… this one tempts me.