An exploration of the spirit, psyche and body!

We encourage opening topics on any and all of the following areas.

Tantra and dynamic exchange of energy

Philosophy of sexual expression

Images from the human experience

Shakti & Shiva

Narcissus and self-love

Intimacy without fear

Time and relationship

Marriage as multidimensional partnership over time

Astrological indicators

Biological imperitives

What do men want?

What do women want?

What do organisms want?

Devotions

Love expressed through massage, sacred service to the god/dess

Magick and transformation

Phobias and indulgence

What is pornography?

Why are puritans so scared of sexuality?

About sacred sex

What should children know

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“On the Nature of Attraction” or “The Universal Nature of Desire”

Genetic Magnetism

The Eyes as Windows to the Genes

Memetic Gravitation

The Case for Celibacy

The Most Powerful Force in the Universe

Partnership as a Business Affair

Human First — Gender Second

Desire, Illusion and Infatuation

Is the Plough better than the Sword?

Puppies in a Pile

Global Intimacy, Local Sexuality

Older Intimacy, Younger Sex

Monkey Business

Religion and the Death of Love

The “Grown Up” Game: Refuting Peter Pan

Making Babies: Because it’s There…

Standing together facing the world

Desire vs NEED

The Transcendant Physics of Ecstasy

Mindgasm vs Orgasm

Narcissist Transcendence

Mars and Venus get Grounded

The Strange, Fascinating History of the Vibrator | Sex & Relationships | AlterNet.

Sad story, as usual.

What the hell is wrong with the fucking imbeciles who distort everything through the lens of fear, and repressed desire?

A lot can be laid at the feet of religion, in particular the monotheistic cults. But the control of sexual partners goes back even further, in my view.

In order to be assured of intimacy and sex, people created emotional dependency. An outgrowth of biological dependency, such as that of the child for its parent, emotional dependency is really an infantile form, which projects the demands of an emotional infant on the sexual partner. “If you do not fulfill my needs, I will scream and cry, and kick and make you miserable…”

The right-wing male cults are clearly not fulfilled in their sexuality. If they are gay, they must be so behind closed doors, while deprecating those who are freely open with their affections.

If they are not gay, they view intelligent women as threats, and are demeaning, abusive and intolerant in every way towards them.

They seek submission, or abject fealty from the women around them, even if she is dressed in diamonds and fur, she is no more than a living mannikin for his power and wealth.

Nick Herbert Interview on Quantum Tantra and “Fucking Atoms”

Can we learn from animals sex lives? – Sex News, Sex Talk – Salon.com.

Yeah! What if consciousness is not defined by matter, but exists in its own dimension? And sex, drugs and music (which was a great combo way before rock n roll, of course) are nature’s intended pathways to find our way back to that transcendent awareness… the awareness that we lose by being born into the material world.

The “Hero’s/Heroine’s Journey” always passes through the gates perilous, and sword or chalice at full attention, the sojourner finds in ecstatic visions the power of  see beyond the veil of birth and death to orgasmic eternal present.

What if Making Babies — Extending the Species — Isn’t the Real Reason for Having Sex? | | AlterNet.

Victorian Sex Rebels and Atheists: How Brave Artists Shook Up Prudish Mores | | AlterNet.

Brave artists are always at the forefront of the culture wars.

In case you needed more reasons…

Starhawk’s The Spiral Dance was an early introduction to the Goddess path.

I’m always grateful for her deep and sharp insight.

On Faith Panelists Blog: Out of darkness, light: Solstice and the lunar eclipse – Starhawk.

Why Are Men Always Expected to Make the First Move in Sex and Relationships? | Sex & Relationships | AlterNet.

It’s a good question. Of course, I don’t know that it’s “expected” as much as it’s just typical mammalian behavior.

Some of these authors might want to listen first with their body, then consider what they hear. Again, Leonard Shlain has plenty to say about this!

Art of the Accidental Penis | Top Cultured.

Why are these so hilarious?

I think penises are really pretty ridiculous, and the more so because men take them so seriously! On the other hand, they are exquisitely ‘designed’ for pleasure and perhaps the juxtaposition of the anthropomorphic phallus in peculiar situations stimulates laughter out of embarrassment or even envy!

There’s a lot of further phallosophising to do on this topic, but for now, check out the gallery above