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Robert Lawlor calls upon the ritualistic nature of sexual behavior in tribal cultures and in the Tantric and Taoist traditions to provide valuable guidance for reversing the unhealthy excesses of male energy. Looking to the earth honoring, matriarchal societies, he focuses on specific techniques used in the sexual and spiritual training of males to energize creative potential and redirect the quest for power and dominance into constructive channels. He shows how the initiatic disciplines of orgiastic control enabled men and women to achieve extraordinary, ecstatic experiences, providing the basis for increased spiritual awareness. Modern adaptations of these methods are revealed, along with their profound repercussions on the male psyche and ultimately on society.
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"Lawlor's prose is always lucid and packed with intriguing facts and theories. The book is always very readable, the reasoning clear, and the conclusions original. This is an ambitious book. It is a plan to change our society and, ultimately, the world."
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"Drafts possible roadmaps for men to move into an intelligent, compassionate, and ecstatic appreciation of their life-force energies."
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"Drafts possible roadmaps for men to move into an intelligent, compassionate, and ecstatic appreciation of their life-force energies." < i=""> EastWest <>
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"Lawlor's prose is always lucid and packed with intriguing facts and theories. The book is always very readable, the reasoning clear, and the conclusions original. This is an ambitious book. It is a plan to change our society and, ultimately, the world." < i=""> Harvest <>
Synopsis
Earth HonoringThe New Male SexualityAcknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1." Sexuality and Self / Roadmap: The Crisis in Male Identity
1."" The Heterosexual Options
2."" Civilization, Sexuality, and the Sacred
3."" Toward a New Sexuality
Part 2." Sexuality and the Spiritual ? Roadmap: Definitions
4."" Symmetry and Sexuality
5."" Sex and History
6."" Sexuality in Philosophy, Religion, and Myth
7."" Repression of the Feminine
8."" Matriarchy: Reemergence of Female Sexuality
Part 3." Sexuality and Society / Roadmap: Dreaming the Creation
9."" Functions of Ritual
10." Orgasm, Ritual, and Society
11." Patterns for a New Ritual sexuality
12." Another Threefold View of Sexuality
13." Social Organization and Sexuality: Past and Future
14." The Chemistry of Sexual and Social Reformation
15." Generation/Degeneration
16." Sexuality and the Universe Evolving
Appendix
Epilogue
References
Bibliography
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andquot;Lawlor's prose is always lucid and packed with intriguing facts and theories." The book is always very readable, the reasoning clear, and the conclusions original." This is an ambitious book. It is a plan to change our society and, ultimately, the world.andquot;
<>em > Harvest <>/em > Draws from Taoist, Tantric, and tribal teachings to reveal specific techniques men can use to direct their quest for power into constructive channels and an ecstatic and compassionate experience of their life-force energies. Robert Lawlor proposes that only a deep transformation in the expresson of our sexual energy can lead humanity to a regeneration of the human spirit.
About the Author
Robert Lawlor is a writer and film producer living in Australia who has studied aboriginal culture firsthand. His published works include Sacred Geometry: Philosophy and Practice (Thames & Hudson, 1982), Earth Honoring: The New Male Sexuality (Inner Traditions 1991), and the translation of the works of Schwaller de Lubicz and Alain Daniélou.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments Introduction
Part 1. Sexuality and Self / Roadmap: The Crisis in Male Identity
1. The Heterosexual Options
2. Civilization, Sexuality, and the Sacred
3. Toward a New Sexuality
Part 2. Sexuality and the Spiritual / Roadmap: Definitions
4. Symmetry and Sexuality
5. Sex and History
6. Sexuality in Philosophy, Religion, and Myth
7. Repression of the Feminine
8. Matriarchy: Reemergence of Female Sexuality
Part 3. Sexuality and Society / Roadmap: Dreaming the Creation
9. Functions of Ritual
10. Orgasm, Ritual, and Society
11. Patterns for a New Ritual Sexuality
12. Another Threefold View of Sexuality
13. Social Organization and Sexuality: Past and Future
14. The Chemistry of Sexual and Social Reformation
15. Generation/Degeneration
16. Sexuality and the Universe Evolving
Appendix
Epilogue
References
Bibliography
Index