#43: Love, Sacred & Profane
Contents
Editorial
by Jay Kinney
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Up Front
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Forum
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News & Notes
A new light on Gregorian chant; Gurdjieffians convene; James Joyce & the Goddess.
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Introduction: More Than a Feeling
by Richard Smoley
Why love is more than just an emotion.
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The Poet of Body and Soul
by Mark Richard Barna
Walt Whitman's poems show a man struggling with the same issues of sexual freedom vs. puritanism that face us today.
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A Mystery of Sex
by John Michael Greer and Carl Hood, Jr.
Did the Golden Dawn practice sex magic? The rumor persists - and has been steadily denied. A glimpse into what they may have been up to.
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Love and Awakening: An Interview with John Welwood
by Paul Shippee
Why is it so hard to have a conscious relationship? Possibly because it's never been tried before.
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Letting God Be the Matchmaker
by Eileen Flanagan
How the Quaker practice of listening to the voice within can help you decide whether to marry.
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Why Do We Quarrel?
by Jacob Needleman
Maybe the experts are wrong. Maybe we need to take our emotions less seriously.
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The War Against Love
by David Fideler
Why sex has innate value apart from the purposes of reproduction.
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Pain, Desire, and Transcendence
by Jay Kinney
What are the spiritual dimensions of bondage, domination, and sadomasochism?
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From Russia with Love
by Gary Lachman
The last days of tsarist Russia bred a feverish preoccupation with sex, love, and spirituality.
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Contemporary Kabbalah: An Interview with Z'ev ben Shimon Halevi
by Frank Donnola
The distinguished British Kabbalist discusses the state of the tradition today.
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Book Reviews
- Total Freedom: The Essential Krishnamurti by Mary Cadogan, Alan Kishbaugh, Mark Lee, and Ray McCoy
- Paschal Beverly Randolph: A Nineteenth-Century Black American Spiritualist,
Rosicrucian, and Sex Magician by John Patrick Deveney
- Breaking Through: A Narrative of the Great Work by Andre VandenBroeck
- The Intelligent Enneagram by A.G.E. Blake
- The Tao of Natural Breathing by Dennis Lewis
- The Multi-Orgasmic Man by Mantak Chia and Douglas Abrams Arava
- The Soul's Code: In Search of Character and Calling by James Hillman
- Bloodlines of the Holy Grail: The Hidden Lineage of Jesus Revealed by Laurence Gardner
- Twilight of the Celtic Gods: An Exploration of Britain's Hidden Pagan Traditions by David Clarke with Andy Roberts
- Feet of Clay: A Study of Gurus by Anthony Storr
- Omens of Millennium: The Gnosis of Angels, Dreams, and Resurrection by Harold Bloom
- A Mapmaker's Dream: The Meditations of Fra Mauro, Cartographer to the Court
of Venice by James Cowan
- Sacred Origins of Profound Things: The Stories Behind the Rites and Rituals
of the World's Religions by Charles Panati
- American Druidism: A Guide to American Druid Groups by Daniel Hansen
About our covers:
Cover photographs by Susan Slotter. Front: Canyon Trilogy No. 3, (c)1992; back: Honoring Child, (c)1994.
