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  spiritual sex: Transcendent Sex Jenny Wade, 2004-04-06 IT'S NOT JUST SEX. IT'S NOT JUST LOVE. IT'S SOMETHING MORE.... But what could be better than sex? How about lovemaking that sweeps people into new realities, producing altered states of consciousness a thousand times more powerful than the most earth-shattering orgasm? Lovemaking so spectacular that it truly is a religious experience? Transcendent Sex is not about the Tantric method. It is about the best-kept secret in human history: that ordinary people, with no special training, can find themselves in different spiritual realms when making love -- an experience so profound that nothing will ever be the same. It is about sex that triggers episodes identical to the highest spiritual states -- as described in the annals of shamanism, yoga, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam -- including visions, channeling, reliving past lives, transcending the laws of physics, and seeing the face of God. This revealing book tells of lovers who engaged in sex as usual and suddenly found the veil between the worlds torn open. Transcendent Sex, like any other spiritual awakening, changes lives. Atheists have become believers; long-standing psychological wounds have been healed; and the sexually abused have become whole. These are the inspiring, incredible true stories of people who experienced an ecstasy and fulfillment beyond the borders of this world.
  spiritual sex: Sacred Sex Tim Alan Gardner, 2009-01-16 For years, Christians have been told that sex is God's creation, designed by him as a gift to husbands and wives. Yet few couples actually experience sex as a spiritual, God-ordained experience. Rather than admit their lack of fulfillment, many couples hide their disappointment and confusion, while others attempt to solve the problem through better sexual technique. Unfortunately, all the advice on improved technique fails to explain the one thing that makes sense of it all. Despite the proliferation of resources to enhance sexual satisfaction, couples continue to struggle in their sexual relationship. In fact, author and licensed counselor Tim Gardner estimates that as few as 2 percent of married couples ever experience a truly exciting, energizing, and soul-touching physical bond. But now, that can change. A couple's sexual relationship has a far higher purpose than pleasure or procreation. Scripture makes it clear that sex is the one thing on earth that joins two people into one. Now readers can learn how to approach marital sex in a way that brings the fulfillment of true oneness. Sacred Sex shows how they can experience a beautiful, God-ordained life of intimacy that blesses them far beyond the bedroom walls, serves as an act of worship to God, and touches their hearts and souls in ways they never could have imagined.
  spiritual sex: Sex and the Spiritual Life Patricia Cooney Hathaway, 2020 Sex and the Spiritual Life assures readers of the fulfillment they can experience through sexual integrity-a way of life that affirms the presence of God and the sacred in our sexual feelings and expressions. You'll hear from an array of Catholic men and women-married, clergy, religious, and single-whose stories will inspire and equip you to reclaim the joy and wholeness of sexual integrity. In a book that addresses sexuality across a wide range of vocations, challenges, and lived experiences, Dr. Cooney Hathaway and her contributors faithfully present the Church's teachings-and offer practical guidance and inspiration for all who want to experience the freedom and benefits of sexual integrity in their own lives--
  spiritual sex: The Spiritual Traditions of Sex Richard Craze, 1996 Why do we often feel sad after intercourse? In the West, the emphasis has been on the physical pleasure and satisfaction of the individual. This is to miss out on a whole exhilarating dimension that has long been recognized and thoroughly explored in eastern traditions: the spiritual dimension. Drawing from eastern traditions such as Taoism and Tantric Buddhism, erotic literature from China and Japan and the celebrated treatises from Persia and India (The Perfumed Garden and The Kama Sutra), The Spiritual Traditions of Sex shows you how you can tap into the great circle of energy that flows through the universe, how to transform a physical act into a loving, focused ecstatic meditation where souls share, exchange and reinforce each other's energies. Clear explanations of the philosophies of these great traditions and a series of simple, practical and pleasurable exercises are given to help you understand and learn the techniques from the east. The Spiritual Traditions of Sex will show you how the energy and ecstasy of sex can restore balance and harmony to both body and soul.
  spiritual sex: Why Guys Need God Mike Erre, 2008-01-01 Is the Christian community doing a good job of presenting the message of Jesus in a compelling way to men? Women greatly outnumber men in attendance and active participation in American churches. Pastor Mike Erre offers a solution for this imbalance: a thoroughly biblical and engaging theology of manhood that is missing in many churches today. This call to move past cultural definitions of masculinity goes straight to the heart of the issue: Creation--men and women bear the image of God in unique and surprising ways. The fall--men cannot experience significance on their own, so their lives often feel meaningless and empty. Redemption--God redeems a man's work, his sexuality, and his relationships. Unmasking unhelpful stereotypes of masculinity, this presentation of godly manhood inspires men to more effectively grow in Christ's image and empowers women to understand and encourage the men in their lives.
  spiritual sex: Spiritual Lovemaking Jody Baron, Peter Beamish, 2013 Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-221).
  spiritual sex: Sex and the Spiritual Teacher Scott Edelstein, 2011 Sex and the Spiritual Teacher looks at the complex of forces that tempt otherwise insightful, compassionate, and well-intentioned teachers to lose their way--and that tempt some of their students to lose their way as well. It analyzes why most of our current efforts to keep spiritual teachers from transgressing usually don't (and in fact can't) work--and, perhaps most importantly, it suggests a set of practices and structures that can build community, encourage healthy student-teacher relationships, increase trust and spiritual intimacy between teachers and their students, and help authentic spi.
  spiritual sex: Love, Sex, and Awakening Margot Anand, 2017 Famed tantric practitioner and teacher Margot Anand has led a life of spiritual bliss and erotic ecstasy. This book recounts the fascinating adventures, turning points, and breakthroughs on her path from sex to awakening, and it includes techniques and exercises to help you connect to the powerful energy of the erotic spirit.
  spiritual sex: The Marriage of Sex and Spirit , 2006 Forty-seven of the most provocative and fresh voices of our generation give us the keys to transforming relationships from a source of grief and limitation to a celebration of self and other. Drawing together the most powerful wisdom of spiritual teachers, psychiatrists, anthropologists, educators, therapists, coaches, writers, and artists, this groundbreaking anthology presents the visions and ideas that form the gateway to transforming both spirituality and sexuality--Cover.
  spiritual sex: Sexuality, Relationships and Spiritual Growth Agnes Ghaznavi, 1995 The vision of the Bah'h faith is one of evolution and progressive human development. It suggests that whenever problems build up the answer is to combine consultation with the desire of both partners to grow as persons and in the relationship, then seek sexual adjustment in this new context.
  spiritual sex: Tantra Osho, 2015
  spiritual sex: Sex and Spirituality Jeremy Elliott, 2021-05-22 A discussion of the purpose that sex and sexual relationships play in connection to spirituality and spiritual progress. Sex itself can be used for spiritual and creative purposes, or destructive and selfish purposes. Sexual relationships are beneficial for knowing oneself and cultivating unconditional love. The union of sexual partners in sexual pleasure is the precursor to the permanent bliss which is established by the ultimate union between an individual and the Creator.
  spiritual sex: The Spiritual Function of Sex McIvor-Tyndall, 2015-11-14 CHAPTER I SEX UNIVERSAL AND ETERNAL CHAPTER II SEX WORSHIP AND SEX DEGRADATION CHAPTER III PRESENT-DAY CONDITIONS: THE COSMIC CAUSE CHAPTER IV THE HISTORY OF MARRIAGE AND MATING CHAPTER V THE SYMBOLISM OF MARRIAGE AND OF SEX-UNION CHAPTER VI CONTINENCE; CHASTITY AND ASCETICISM; THEIR SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE CHAPTER VII SOUL-UNION: WHERE WILL IT LEAD? CHAPTER VIII THE HIDDEN WISDOM REVEALED CHAPTER IX WHAT CONSTITUTES SEX IMMORALITY? CHAPTER X THE PATHWAY OF LOVE CHAPTER XI THE LAW OF TRANSMUTATION CHAPTER XII SELLING THE THRONES OF ANGELS
  spiritual sex: The Shape of Sex Leah DeVun, 2021-05-25 Winner, 2024 Haskins Medal, Medieval Academy of America Winner, 2023 Margaret W. Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize, History of Science Society Winner, 2022 Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion: Historical Studies, American Academy of Religion Honorable Mention, 2023 John Boswell Prize, The Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender History (CLGBTH) Longlisted, 2022 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Studies, Lambda Literary Awards The Shape of Sex is a pathbreaking history of nonbinary sex, focusing on ideas and individuals who allegedly combined or crossed sex or gender categories from 200–1400 C.E. Ranging widely across premodern European thought and culture, Leah DeVun reveals how and why efforts to define “the human” so often hinged on ideas about nonbinary sex. The Shape of Sex examines a host of thinkers—theologians, cartographers, natural philosophers, lawyers, poets, surgeons, and alchemists—who used ideas about nonbinary sex as conceptual tools to order their political, cultural, and natural worlds. DeVun reconstructs the cultural landscape navigated by individuals whose sex or gender did not fit the binary alongside debates about animality, sexuality, race, religion, and human nature. The Shape of Sex charts an embrace of nonbinary sex in early Christianity, its brutal erasure at the turn of the thirteenth century, and a new enthusiasm for nonbinary transformations at the dawn of the Renaissance. Along the way, DeVun explores beliefs that Adam and Jesus were nonbinary-sexed; images of “monstrous races” in encyclopedias, maps, and illuminated manuscripts; justifications for violence against purportedly nonbinary outsiders such as Jews and Muslims; and the surgical “correction” of bodies that seemed to flout binary divisions. In a moment when questions about sex, gender, and identity have become incredibly urgent, The Shape of Sex casts new light on a complex and often contradictory past. It shows how premodern thinkers created a system of sex and embodiment that both anticipates and challenges modern beliefs about what it means to be male, female—and human.
  spiritual sex: Sex and the Sacred Daniel A Helminiak, 2012-12-06 A down-to-earth look at the spiritual power of sex Sex and the Sacred examines the spiritual dimension of human sexuality in a way that is free of religious affiliation but still open to traditional religion and belief in God. Dr. Daniel Helminiak, author of the best-selling What the Bible Really Says about Homosexuality, looks at the relationship between sexuality and spirituality, first, from a humanistic perspective and, then, a more familiar Christian point of view. In particular, he encourages LGBTI people to reclaim their spiritual heritage without apology. This unique book emphasizes spiritual commitment as an essential facet of LGBTI/queer consciousness and addresses such burning themes as coming out, the importance of self-acceptance, gay marriage, gay bashing, and the ethics of gay sex. Sex and the Sacred combines a psychological approach to spirituality with common sense and compassion, inspiring a break from moralistic religion and an understanding of what true spirituality means. The book applies this understanding to Christian topics such as the Bible, Fundamentalism, and the future of Christianity, and shows how coming out was an issue for Jesus, how homosexual experience relates to the Christian Trinity, and how Western Civilization became so sex-negative. Sex and the Sacred presents in the end a radical vision of Christianity open to all people. Religious leaders of all denominations, educators, counselors, members of the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender community, non-religious spiritual seekers, and anyone interested in the relationship between spirituality and sexuality will find this book enlightening and uplifting. Sex and the Sacred examines: the spiritual drive that is built into human sexuality the standard religious arguments against gay marriage a sustained argument that Biblical Fundamentalism is not Christian spiritual lessons from the AIDS epidemic the right and wrong of sexqueer and otherwise homosexuality in Catholic teaching and practice sexual ethics without religion a vision for a renewed Christianity within a global community
  spiritual sex: Good Sex Candice Nicole Hargons, 2025-02-04 We all deserve sex that's great for everyone involved. Let sexual liberation be your guide to a truly satisfying sex life. How we define good sex and the conditions that facilitate it will require a liberatory approach, because intersecting oppressions impose impossible sexual standards on most of us. Instead of intimate justice, we experience blocks to accessing the ingredients for erotic equity. Good Sex presents the ingredients to revolutionize your sexual menu in a way that works well for you, including intimacy, fun, pleasure, nastiness, and connection. Each chapter offers more than just theory and science. Good Sex outlines action steps to understand, define, and practice sexual liberation in your personalized way, replacing the unseasoned sexual menu most of us were socialized into.
  spiritual sex: Sex and Spirit Clifford Bishop, 1996
  spiritual sex: Sex--the Unknown Quantity Alexander James McIvor-Tyndall, 1916
  spiritual sex: Sex--The Unknown Quantity Alexander J. Mcivor-tyndall, 2015-02-24 [...]and intensifying the sex instinct until it bears a relationship to the average instance of sex-expression, analogous to that which the single-celled organism bears to intellectual man. If we will keep in mind the fact that Life in all its degrees of manifestation is like the ascending notes of the musical scale, we will be able to get a more comprehensive idea of the spiritual function of the sex-urge. We will realize that we can not mark a too distinctive separation between the various phases of life-manifestation.[...].
  spiritual sex: The Spiritual Impact of Sexual Abuse Diane Langberg, 2017-08-07 Are you ministering to someone whose trauma of sexual abuse has shattered their trust in God? Do you see them wrestling with the dichotomy between what they are told about God and the bitter facts of their wounds? If the abuse happened when they were a child, they may have a particularly fractured understanding of trust, truth, and ...
  spiritual sex: Heavenly Sex Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer, Jonathan Mark, 2020-11-03 Celebrated sex expert and bestselling author Dr. Ruth Westheimer bridges the gap between sex and religion in this provocative exploration of intimacy in the Jewish faith In this light-hearted, lively tour of Jewish sexuality, Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer and Jonathan Mark team up to reveal how the Jewish tradition is much more progressive than popular wisdom might lead one to believe. Applying Dr. Ruth’s acclaimed brand of couples therapy to such Biblical relationships as Abraham and Sarah, and Joseph and Potiphar’s wife, the authors enlist Biblical lore to explore such topics as surrogacy, incest, and arranged marriages. They offer a clearer understanding of the intertwining relationships between sexuality and spirituality through incisive investigations of the Song of Songs, Ruth, Proverbs, Psalms, and some of the bawdier tales of the Prophets. One chapter provides a provocative new perspective on the Sabbath as a weekly revival, highlighting not only its spiritual nature, but also its marital and sexual aspects. Focusing specifically on Orthodox forms of Judaism and offering Dr. Ruth's singular interpretations, the book answers such questions as: What night of the week is best for making love? How often should couples have sex? Can traditional Jewish notions of sex and sexuality be reconciled with contemporary beliefs? What roles can and do dreams and fantasy play? In Heavenly Sex, America's favorite sex therapist takes readers on a frank and fascinating journey to the heart of Jewish sexuality as she fits twenty-first century sexual mores into an ancient—and lusty—spiritual tradition.
  spiritual sex: The Philosophy of Spiritual Intercourse Andrew Jackson Davis, 1890
  spiritual sex: Good Sexual Hygiene and Spiritual Attitude Anthony A Morris, 2020-11-09 We are free spirits intended to live a life of fulfilled contentment. Discover what's holding you back and embrace your full potential. Good Sexual Hygiene and Spiritual Attitude shows the way. Applying the advice in these pages can prevent and restore broken relationships, dissolve generational barriers, eliminate bullyish mentalities, and melt racial and gender tensions. Shake off the chains that prevent you from living the blessed life you were meant to live. This book has been reviewed by Readers Favorites(R) reviewers. Four out of five reviewers gave his book a five-star rating. Enjoy it.
  spiritual sex: Discovering Your Sexual/Spiritual Power Sue Mize, 2001 Dear Reader, Discovering Your Sexual/Spiritual Power is a self-help book or, as I like to think of it, a treasure map. It is also a novella. The novella takes you into the private and passionate world of colleagues Lilith Swan and Grant Davis as they engage in an unadulterated, extra-marital affair. Lilith discovers her sexual/spiritual power through this affair and she will guide you in discovering yours. The treasure map or, self-help part of the book, takes you into your own private world of self-discovery. Self-discovery is like having an affair with yourself and having an affair with yourself is like going on an odyssey, an adventure to mysterious and exotic lands where you hunt for treasures. This book is your treasure map and the exercises at the end of each chapter serve as X's marking the spots where your treasures are to be found. Finding your treasure, you will return from your odyssey to discover that your home is a place of new and endless posibililtes. I wish you courage on your journey, Sue Mize Author
  spiritual sex: Redeeming Sex Debra Hirsch, 2015-04-06 Nothing has exposed the gap between the church and the broader society quite like the volatile topics of sexuality, relationships, identities, orientations and even gender. With a pastor's heart and a missiologist's mind, Debra Hirsch helps us discover a holistic, biblical vision of sex and gender that honors God and offers good news to the world.
  spiritual sex: Tantric Sex and Menopause Diana Richardson, Janet McGeever, 2018-04-10 A tantric guide to discovering the hidden gifts of menopause • Explains why Tantra works for menopausal women and how their bodies are naturally entering a more tantric phase focused on creative, spiritual energy • Details tantric practices and tools to connect with the body’s inner intuitive wisdom, remove the “performance pressure” of conventional sex, and set the stage for passion and pleasure to thrive both in the bedroom and beyond • Explores what to expect physically, emotionally, and spiritually, and in relationships As women, we live so closely to the body--through menstruation, pregnancy, birthing, motherhood, and then menopause. Each of these transitions changes a woman in a multitude of ways, most of which are celebrated. Yet menopause often causes women to feel despondent, as if our bodies are broken or deficient, especially when it comes to sex and intimacy. However, as tantric teachers Diana Richardson and Janet McGeever show, menopause has many hidden gifts to offer if we learn to embrace rather than suppress the changes this natural transition brings. Shining the light of tantric intelligence on menopause, the authors reveal how to explore and experience menopause in a radically positive fashion, suffused with a sense of vital awakening and “re-wilding” of a woman’s sexuality, creativity, and spirituality. Explaining what to expect physically, emotionally, and spiritually, as well as what it means for relationships, they detail tantric practices and tools to connect with the body’s inner intuitive wisdom and heart energies, remove the “performance pressure” of conventional sex, and set the stage for passion and pleasure to thrive both in the bedroom and beyond. They explain why Tantra works for menopausal women and how their bodies are naturally entering a more tantric phase focused on creative, spiritual energy. They explore how, in Tantra, sex is practiced not for the sake of sex itself but as an instrument for going “beyond” sex, for better health, improved relationships, enhanced self-control and emotional balance, and even higher states of consciousness. They also offer many self-help practices, exercises, and meditations to reinforce a positive attitude toward menopause and overcome many of the physical and sexual problems, such as pain, dryness, loss of interest, and loss of libido. Providing a guide for women who are approaching, experiencing, or have gone through menopause, the authors show how a more informed, tantric approach to menopause allows each woman to deepen her trust in the perfect functioning of the female body, embrace her natural sexual response, and reconnect with her inner self.
  spiritual sex: Sex and the Soul, Updated Edition Donna Freitas, 2015-02-27 First published in 2008, Donna Freitas's Sex and the Soul revealed what college students -- at institutions large and small, public and private, secular, Catholic, and evangelical -- really think about sex, dating, religion, and spirituality. Based on face-to-face interviews with students across the country, Sex and the Soul achieved national acclaim, illuminating the as-yet-unexplored struggles of college students navigating the lines of faith and sexuality. Now, in this updated edition, Freitas reflects on the hundreds of conversations she has had with students since the book was first published in an all-new afterword, and offers practical advice for young people struggling with issues of sex and spirituality and for the adults giving them guidance.
  spiritual sex: The Heart and Soul of Sex Gina Ogden, 2006-07-11 Drawing on the results of her unique national sex survey—and on decades of clinical practice as a sex therapist—Gina Ogden offers a revolutionary exploration of women's sexual experience. The best sex, say thousands of women, doesn't just happen in the body. It is multidimensional, connecting body, mind, heart, and soul. In The Heart and Soul of Sex, Ogden coaches readers to fully realize the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual aspects of sex, making what she calls the ISIS Connection. Throughout the book are firsthand stories of survey respondents, offering examples of how ordinary women—from ages eighteen to eighty-six and from many backgrounds—have found their own way to sexual expression that is deeply satisfying and even life-changing. The Heart and Soul of Sex takes the reader on a journey beyond the usual emphasis on performance, including practical exercises that can be done alone or with a partner. Ogden shows us that we can be much more than we've been told—not just fun and exciting but deeply healing, magical, and transformative.
  spiritual sex: Sex Education and the Spirit Lisa Romero, Laura Summer, 2017-12-31 Understanding our communal responsibility for the healthy development of gender and sexuality within society
  spiritual sex: Good Sex Martin Buss, Nickie Stipe, 2014-01-13 Good Sex presents sexual ethics in the light of faith. Speaking on behalf of Christianity, Buss describes love your neighbor as yourself as the only Christian rule; it is a positive rule rather than one that focuses on prohibitions. Since this call is never fulfilled in practice, it is joined by forgiveness for oneself and others. More concrete guidelines need to be aided by wisdom, which is not specifically Christian. Detailed biblical support is provided at the end. Stipe, a contemporary Pagan, advocates respect for all living things and doing no harm as a minimal ethical guide, leaving positive prescriptions to individual judgment. Buss and Stipe discuss details of sexual ethics in largely positive terms--what is good to do--but also with a concern for problems that should be avoided. They agree in many practical matters, just as Christians and Pagans did many years ago, before sexual equality became an ideal. They discuss various kinds of sex, including seeing and being seen, touching, masturbation, and penetration; different sexual identities; committed and uncommitted relationships, including the advisability of extended relations; having and raising children; abortion; and sensuous awareness in a spiritual setting.
  spiritual sex: Finding a Higher Love Elizabeth Clare Prophet, 2024-12 Elizabeth Clare Prophet explores the real purpose and power of relationships. Her profound insight as well as her practical tools and techniques will show you how to open your heart, spiritualize partnerships and magnetize the highest love.
  spiritual sex: Sex, God, and the Conservative Church Tina Schermer Sellers, 2017-04-21 Sex, God, and the Conservative Church guides psychotherapy and sexology clinicians on how to treat clients who grew up in a conservative faith—mired in sexual shame and dysfunction—and who desire to both heal and hold on to their faith orientation. The author first walks clinicians and readers through a critique of Western culture and the conservative Christian Church, and their effects on intimate partnerships and sexual lives. The book provides clinicians a way to understand the faulty sexual ethic of the early church, while revealing the hidden mystical sex and body positive understanding of sexuality of the Hebrew people. The book also includes chapters on strategies for a new sexual ethic, on clinical steps to heal religious sexual shame, and on specific sex therapy interventions clinicians can use directly in their practice. Finally, it offers a four step model for healing religious sexual shame and actual touch and non-touch exercises to bring healing and intimacy into a person's life.
  spiritual sex: The Purpose and Power of Love & Marriage Myles Munroe, 2005-01-28 Probably no other dimension of human experience has been pondered, discussed, debated, analyzed, and dreamed about more than the nature of true love. Love is everywhere—in songs and in books, on televisions and on movie screens. Yet, for all of our thinking and talking, how many of us truly understand love and where can we turn for genuine insight in matters of true love? In The Purpose and Power of Love & Marriage, Dr. Myles Munroe provides the answers to questions surrounding the true nature of love as he also exposes the false images created in our culture. Throughout this book he eloquently illuminates the many facets of love while at the same time tackling the really tough subjects of separation and divorce. This book is sure to become a classic that will last for a lifetime and beyond as it responds gently and practically to those seeking to resolve the challenges of human relationships.
  spiritual sex: Anger Control Management Sex the Ultimate Orgasm Rea Rahaman, 2017-06-19 Anger control management is a new approach in human engineering. It offers an in-depth understanding in controlling anger, managing life, and having orgasmic sex. Anger and sex are a mismatched combination. Using anger to create drama and desire to have fulfilling sex is old. At the same time, the role anger plays in sex creates meaningless sex. There is a passionate fire burning in everyone, waiting to be explored and initiated. Making love works to ignite that passion, enhanced by the magic of romance and foreplay. It does not matter how long a couple has been in a relationship or how sour it has become; sex can be passionate, fulfilling, and satisfying again. Never have anger and sex been explained like this. So ladies and gentlemen, fasten your seatbelts and enjoy the ride to the ultimate orgasm.
  spiritual sex: Sex Tips and Tales from Women Who Dare Jo-Ann Baker, 2001-02-28 The 30 female sexual revolutionaries who contributed to this collection come from a wide variety of backgrounds, locales, and professions. Doctors, journalists, entrepreneurs, prostitutes, and porn stars offer their hard-won insights on subjects ranging from how to have better orgasms, exhibitionism, and bringing sex toys to the bedroom, to performance art, S/M, fetishism, and gender bending. Sex Tips and Tales from Women Who Dare is a practical and personal look at sexual diversity that covers such topics as spiritual sexuality, stripping, drag, physical disabilities, masturbation, and same-sex relationships. The book is aimed at women, men, and couples who want to spice up their sex life or transcend inhibitions. The message is simple but powerful: Sexuality is a lifelong adventure, one that can be fun and dynamic at any age and in any circumstance.
  spiritual sex: Sexuality and Spirituality, Pursuing Integration William F. Kraft, 2005-04-21 This book is a response to such questions as: What is sexuality? Spirituality? How are they interrelated? What is healthy sex--and, how can we achieve it? Are there different kinds of sexuality? What are female-male similarities and differences? What is the sense and nonsense of marital and nonmarital sex, heterosexuality, homosexuality, masturbation, sexual addictions, and abstinence? My goal is to construct a model of sexuality and spirituality that engenders more health and satisfaction. My method is phenomenological. Theological truths are not explicitly included--I am a psychologist, not a theologian. Nevertheless, theologians and religious leaders across a broad spectrum have assured me that my vision is not incongruent with theirs and that it can serve as an infrastructure for their studies. My hope is that what follows will help married, single, and vowed celibate people to cope with, grow from, and enjoy their sexuality. --from the Preface
  spiritual sex: The Sexual Person Todd A. Salzman, Michael G. Lawler, 2008-05-21 Two principles capture the essence of the official Catholic position on the morality of sexuality: first, that any human genital act must occur within the framework of heterosexual marriage; second, each and every marriage act must remain open to the transmission of life. In this comprehensive overview of Catholicism and sexuality, theologians Todd A. Salzman and Michael G. Lawler examine and challenge these principles. Remaining firmly within the Catholic tradition, they contend that the church is being inconsistent in its teaching by adopting a dynamic, historically conscious anthropology and worldview on social ethics and the interpretation of scripture while adopting a static, classicist anthropology and worldview on sexual ethics. While some documents from Vatican II, like Gaudium et spes (the marital act promotes self-giving by which spouses enrich each other), gave hope for a renewed understanding of sexuality, the church has not carried out the full implications of this approach. In short, say Salzman and Lawler: emphasize relationships, not acts, and recognize Christianity's historically and culturally conditioned understanding of human sexuality. The Sexual Person draws historically, methodologically, and anthropologically from the best of Catholic tradition and provides a context for current theological debates between traditionalists and revisionists regarding marriage, cohabitation, homosexuality, reproductive technologies, and what it means to be human. This daring and potentially revolutionary book will be sure to provoke constructive dialogue among theologians, and between theologians and the Magisterium.
  spiritual sex: Sex: The Unknown Quantity Ali Nomad (Alexander J. Mcivor-Tyndall), 2021-01-01 Sex: The Unknown Quantity by Ali Nomad (Alexander J. Mcivor-Tyndall) is an enlightening exploration of human sexuality, a topic often shrouded in mystery and misconceptions. The book offers a candid discussion that breaks the barriers of silence, seeking to educate and encourage a healthy understanding of sexuality. Nomad's approach is scientific yet empathetic, blending research with insight to shed light on a subject that shapes our lives, relationships, and societies in profound ways. His enlightening exploration addresses misconceptions, social norms, and the psychology behind human sexual behavior. Sex: The Unknown Quantity is not just a book; it is an invitation to engage in an open conversation about an integral part of human life. It's a timeless work that challenges societal norms and encourages readers to understand and embrace their sexuality. Whether you're a student of psychology, a sociologist, or simply someone intrigued by the mysteries of human behavior, Sex: The Unknown Quantity offers valuable insights. Order your copy today and embark on this fascinating journey of discovery.
  spiritual sex: Living Spirit, Living Practice Ruth Frankenberg, 2004-03-15 In Living Spirit, Living Practice, the well-known cultural studies scholar Ruth Frankenberg turns her attention to the remarkably diverse nature of religious practice within the United States today. Frankenberg provides a nuanced consideration of the making and living of religious lives as well as the mystery and poetry of spiritual practice. She undertakes a subtle sociocultural analysis of compelling in-depth interviews with fifty women and men, diverse in race, ethnicity, national origin, class, age, and sexuality. Tracing the complex interweaving of sacred and secular languages in the way interviewees make sense of the everyday and the extraordinary, Frankenberg explores modes of communication with the Divine, the role of the body, the importance of geography, work for progressive social change, and the relation of sex to spirituality. Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, and other practitioners come together here, speaking in terms both familiar and surprising. Whether discussing an Episcopalian deacon, a former Zen Buddhist who is now a rabbi, a Chicano monastic, an immigrant Muslim woman, a Japanese American Tibetan Buddhist, or a gay African American practicing in the Hindu tradition, Frankenberg illuminates the most intimate, local, and singular aspects of individual lives while situating them within the broad, dynamic canvas of the U.S. religious landscape.
  spiritual sex: Sacred Sexuality Georg Feuerstein, 1992 Based on a vast diversity of religious and spiritual traditions, this comprehensive exploration of sexuality's spiritual dimensions uncovers deeply hidden messages about sexuality and shows how to incorporate the concepts of Hinduism, Christianity, Judasim, and other philosophies into our lives. Illustrated.
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