The Secret Work of the Hermetic Philosophy

27The end of lawful marriage is the procreation of children. So that a stronger and nobler child may be born, let both spouses be cleansed of every blemish and stain before they climb the marriage bed, and let nothing foreign or superfluous cling to them, since pure generation proceeds from pure seed. In this way the chaste marriage of sun and moon will be consummated when they have entered love's bridal chamber and been joined, and she will receive the soul from her spouse through caresses. From this coupling a most powerful king will be born, whose father is the sun and whose mother is the moon.