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Mary Ellen Tracy

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Mary Ellen Tracy
Born1943 (age 80–81)
Other namesSabrina Aset
Occupation(s)Kemetic-style Neopagan high priestess, writer, actress
Years active1984–present
SpouseWilbur Tracy

Mary Ellen Tracy(akaSabrina Aset) (born 1943) is thehigh priestessof theChurch of the Most High Goddess,who was convicted in 1989 of a singlemisdemeanorcount of running a house ofprostitutionin connection with the operation of the church, located inWest Los Angeles,California.Tracy is a graduate of theUniversity of Miami,cum laude in chemistry, did graduate work in chemistry atUCLA,and received her masters inEnvironmental Sciences/ChemistryfromPortland State University.

The Church

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According to Mary Ellen and Wilbur Tracy, the couple – both former devout and dedicatedMormons– created and founded theModern Egyptianneo-paganChurch of the Most High Goddess following adivinerevelationreceived at an oceanside cottage inSanta Monica,California, in the year 1984. In testimony later given in aLos Angelessuperior court, Wilbur Tracy described "a brilliant light," through which "knowledge was being poured in without voice." Tracy further claimed thatGodappeared to him as an old man, with flowing white beard and long white hair.

On April 24, 1984, in broad daylight, I had a revelation that changed my life and the way I perceive the world and others. However, because I was blinded by the ignorance of the modern education, which I foolishly accepted as knowledge, I did not immediately understand the full impact of the revelation. I failed to understand that the mind can perceive only what the mind can conceive. What I experienced was beyond my conception, while my perception was completely distorted by what I had been taught was enlightenment. It was only when I set aside my prejudices – those beliefs which I had been conditioned to accept as fact, but which were in fact false – that I began to understand the experience.[1]

As a result of their alleged divine experience, Mary Ellen and Wilbur Tracy founded the Church of the Most High Goddess, with precepts based on their own research into ancientEgyptianpractices. Tracy, aclassical scholarin her own right, assumed the role of High Priestess of the church, whosedivineduties included engaging insexual intercoursewithcongregants.According to Tracy herself, she had sex with over 2,000 men as part of a ritual of spiritual cleansing.[2][3][4]In a post on her church's website, Tracy, who is bisexual, stated that she had had sexual contact with thousands of men and women over the course of her religious activities.[5]

As a result of her various legal difficulties, Mary Ellen Tracy was asked to permanently discontinue her voluntary work with thePlacerita Canyon Nature CenterinNewhall,California.[6]

During the late 1980s,The Newhall Signal,adaily newspaperpublished inLos Angeles County,presented a series of articles about the Church of the Most High Goddess, founded by Mary Ellen Tracy and her husband Wilbur Tracy, where sexual acts played a fundamental role in the church's sacred rites.[7]The articles aroused the attention of local law enforcement officials, and in April 1989, the Tracy's house, located at 6601 West 5th St, Los Angeles,[8]was searched and the couple arrested on charges ofpimping,panderingandprostitution.They were subsequentlyconvictedin a trial instate courtand sentenced to jail terms: Wilbur Tracy for 180 days plus a $1,000.00 fine; Mary Ellen Tracy for 90 days plus mandatory screening forSTDs.[9][10]

Film and television

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During the early 1990s, Mary Ellen Tracy hosted her ownpublic-access televisiontalk show series,Sabrina On....She has also appeared in a number ofx-ratedfilms under a variety of stage names, including thePositively Paganseries, andClub Head 2(1991). On January 29, 1992, Mary Ellen Tracy was featured on atelevision broadcastofDonahue,[11]as well asThe Montel Williams Show,appearing with such otherNew-Agespiritualists asAidan Kelly,First Officer of theSouthern California Local Council of theCovenant of the Goddess,and Avilynn Waters of theLos Angeles Nest of theChurch of All Worlds.

See also

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References

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  1. ^Where Are The Gods?by MaatRaAhArchived2010-08-15 at theWayback Machine
  2. ^"Sex Goddess In Court",Watchman Expositor,vol. 6,Watchman Fellowship ministry,1989,retrieved2012-03-28
  3. ^"In the News: Mary Ellen Tracy".Los Angeles Times.Archived fromthe originalon October 23, 2012.
  4. ^"Rome News-Tribune - Google News Archive Search".Retrieved2015-07-19.
  5. ^Sabrina Aset, High Priestess of the Church of The Most High Goddess."What Do You Call a Female Stud?".goddess.org.Retrieved2015-07-19.
  6. ^"NEWHALL: Convicted Prostitute Loses Nature Center Post".Los Angeles Times.January 13, 1993.Retrieved2015-07-19.
  7. ^Padilla, Steve (31 August 1989)."Woman Tells Court She Performed Sex Acts for Religious Reasons".Los Angeles Times.Retrieved13 June2020.
  8. ^California (State).California. Court of Appeal (2nd Appellate District). Records and Briefs: B046140, Petition for Writ.
  9. ^"Religion Based on Sex Gets a Judicial Review - NYTimes".The New York Times.May 2, 1990.Retrieved2015-07-19.
  10. ^"Star-News - Google News Archive Search".December 25, 1991.Retrieved2015-07-19.
  11. ^Moskowitz, E.S. (2001).In Therapy We Trust: America's Obsession with Self-fulfillment.Johns Hopkins University Press. p.261.ISBN9780801864032.Retrieved2015-07-19.
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