High priestess of the Church of the Most High Goddess
High Pri.
Mary Ellen Tracy
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Born
| 1943 (age 80–81)
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Other names
| Sabrina Aset
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Occupation(s)
| Kemetic-style Neopagan high priestess, writer, actress
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Years active
| 1984?present
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Spouse
| Wilbur Tracy
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Mary Ellen Tracy
(aka
Sabrina Aset
) (born 1943) is the
high priestess
of the
Church of the Most High Goddess
, who was convicted in 1989 of a single
misdemeanor
count of running a house of
prostitution
in connection with the operation of the church, located in
West Los Angeles
,
California
. Tracy is a graduate of the
University of Miami
, cum laude in chemistry, did graduate work in chemistry at
UCLA
, and received her masters in
Environmental Sciences
/
Chemistry
from
Portland State University
.
The Church
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According to Mary Ellen and Wilbur Tracy, the couple ? both former devout and dedicated
Mormons
? created and founded the
Modern Egyptian
neo-pagan
Church of the Most High Goddess following a
divine
revelation
received at an oceanside cottage in
Santa Monica
, California, in the year 1984. In testimony later given in a
Los Angeles
superior court, Wilbur Tracy described "a brilliant light," through which "knowledge was being poured in without voice." Tracy further claimed that
God
appeared 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.
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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 ancient
Egyptian
practices. Tracy, a
classical scholar
in her own right, assumed the role of High Priestess of the church, whose
divine
duties included engaging in
sexual intercourse
with
congregants
. According to Tracy herself, she had sex with over 2,000 men as part of a ritual of spiritual cleansing.
[2]
[3]
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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.
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As a result of her various legal difficulties, Mary Ellen Tracy was asked to permanently discontinue her voluntary work with the
Placerita Canyon Nature Center
in
Newhall
, California.
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During the late 1980s,
The Newhall Signal
, a
daily newspaper
published in
Los 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.
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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 of
pimping
,
pandering
and
prostitution
. They were subsequently
convicted
in a trial in
state court
and sentenced to jail terms: Wilbur Tracy for 180 days plus a $1,000.00 fine; Mary Ellen Tracy for 90 days plus mandatory screening for
STDs
.
[9]
[10]
Film and television
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During the early 1990s, Mary Ellen Tracy hosted her own
public-access television
talk show series,
Sabrina On ...
. She has also appeared in a number of
x-rated
films under a variety of stage names, including the
Positively Pagan
series, and
Club Head 2
(1991). On January 29, 1992, Mary Ellen Tracy was featured on a
television broadcast
of
Donahue
,
[11]
as well as
The Montel Williams Show
, appearing with such other
New-Age
spiritualists as
Aidan Kelly
, First Officer of the
Southern California Local Council of the
Covenant of the Goddess
, and Avilynn Waters of the
Los Angeles Nest of the
Church of All Worlds
.
See also
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References
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- ^
Where Are The Gods?
by MaatRaAh
Archived
2010-08-15 at the
Wayback Machine
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"Sex Goddess In Court"
,
Watchman Expositor
, vol. 6,
Watchman Fellowship ministry
, 1989
, retrieved
2012-03-28
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"In the News: Mary Ellen Tracy"
.
Los Angeles Times
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"Rome News-Tribune - Google News Archive Search"
. Retrieved
2015-07-19
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Sabrina Aset, High Priestess of the Church of The Most High Goddess.
"What Do You Call a Female Stud?"
. goddess.org
. Retrieved
2015-07-19
.
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"NEWHALL : Convicted Prostitute Loses Nature Center Post"
. articles.latimes.com. January 13, 1993
. Retrieved
2015-07-19
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Padilla, Steve (31 August 1989).
"Woman Tells Court She Performed Sex Acts for Religious Reasons"
.
Los Angeles Times
. Retrieved
13 June
2020
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California (State).
California. Court of Appeal (2nd Appellate District). Records and Briefs: B046140, Petition for Writ
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"Religion Based on Sex Gets a Judicial Review - NYTimes.com"
.
The New York Times
. May 2, 1990
. Retrieved
2015-07-19
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"Star-News - Google News Archive Search"
. December 25, 1991
. Retrieved
2015-07-19
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Moskowitz, E.S. (2001).
In Therapy We Trust: America's Obsession with Self-fulfillment
. Johns Hopkins University Press. p.
261
.
ISBN
9780801864032
. Retrieved
2015-07-19
.
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