| Description |
xiii, 307 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. The Nymph of Sex: Divine Eros and Human Sexuality -- Ch. 2. The Erotic Body: Beauty, Face, Hair -- Ch. 3. Phallic and Vaginal Mysteries: Meaning and the Sex Organs -- Ch. 4. Archetypal Patterns in Sex: Myths, Saints, and Celebrities -- Ch. 5. Sexual Fantasy and Dream: The Role of the Erotic Imagination -- Ch. 6. Priapus the Scarecrow: The Comic and the Vulgar in Sex -- Ch. 7. The Mystic's Orgasm: Eros in the Spiritual Life -- Ch. 8. Eros and Morality: Sexual Ethics and Emotional Freedom -- Ch. 9. The Joy of Celibacy: Subtle Expressions of Sexuality -- Ch. 10. The Marriage Bed: Creating a Marriage Through Sex -- Ch. 11. The Mystery Lover: The Sex Life of the Soul -- Ch. 12. The Sexuality of the World: The Erotic Life of Things -- Ch. 13. Sublime Sex: Erotic Intelligence and Vision -- Ch. 14. Earthly Pleasures: The Epicurean Life |
| Summary |
This new book by Thomas Moore regards sex as an experience of the soul and emphasizes the themes of fantasy, desire, meaning, and morality. In The Soul of Sex, Moore turns especially to religion, mythology, literature, rites, stories, and visual imagery that see in sex some of the most profound mysteries of life. This is a book for any individual of any gender or lifestyle who is trying to integrate sex into the rest of life. It is also a tool for couples, helping them to explore their sexuality with honesty, appropriate emotional complexity, civility, and comfort. Moore argues that sex should be at the center of life and at the top of our priorities and if we don't give sex its due, it will haunt and consume us. But when sex has soul, deep pleasure and meaning find a common home, and in that sense this book is a sex manual for the soul |
| Analysis |
Sex |
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Sex - Mythology |
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Sex - Religious aspects |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-307) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-307) |
| Subject |
Sex -- Mythology.
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Sex -- Religious aspects.
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Sex.
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| LC no. |
98174556 |
| ISBN |
0060186976 |
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