Sex and Spirituality : Ecstasy, Ritual and Taboo

Name: Sex and Spirituality : Ecstasy, Ritual and Taboo
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ISBN: 9780007692606

ISBN-10: 0007692609

ISBN-13: 9780007692606

Edition: N/A

Authors: Clifford Bishop

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Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 184
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Introduction	p. 6
Origins	p. 8
The invention of marriage	p. 10
Woman, man and beast	p. 12
The fertile earth	p. 16
Virginity and defloration	p. 20
Sacred prostitutes	p. 24
The Undivided Self	p. 30
Creation myths	p. 32
Does the spirit have a sex?	p. 34
Marks of initiation	p. 36
The divine seed	p. 40
Homosexuality	p. 46
Hermaphroditism and transvestism	p. 48
Orgy and possession	p. 54
The Order of the Soul	p. 60
Humans, gods and goddesses	p. 62
Phallic worship	p. 64
China: ritual and regulation	p. 66
Hinduism: asceticism and desire	p. 68
Buddhism: discipline of the body	p. 70
Judaism: marriage and ancient beliefs	p. 72
Early Christianity: celebration and moderation	p. 74
Islam: marriage and mysticism	p. 76
The Wounded Body: Sex in the West	p. 78
The classical world	p. 80
Denial of the flesh	p. 82
Troubadours and courtly love	p. 84
The love mystics	p. 86
Eve and Mary	p. 88
Confession	p. 90
Witches	p. 92
The rediscovery of the body	p. 94
Protestantism: Puritans and love cults	p. 96
Erotica and pornography	p. 98
The unfamiliar	p. 100
Sex and science	p. 102
Symbols, Symptoms and Taboos	p. 104
Sigmund Freud	p. 106
Carl Jung	p. 108
Wilhelm Reich	p. 110
Types of love	p. 112
Guilt and shame	p. 114
Pain and the body	p. 116
Incest and taboo	p. 120
Menstruation	p. 124
Masturbation	p. 126
Sexual ills	p. 128
Techniques of Ecstasy	p. 130
Bedchamber books	p. 132
Taoism	p. 138
Tantric principles	p. 144
Tantric practice	p. 150
The new occult	p. 156
Documentary Reference	p. 160
Marriage customs and ceremonies	p. 161
Love spells	p. 164
Virtual reality	p. 169
Glossary	p. 170
Bibliography	p. 172
Index	p. 175
Picture credits	p. 183
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