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Divine Sex: The Tantric & Taoist Arts of Conscious Loving

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If you are looking to explore other avenues in sexuality with a steady partner, this is a wonderful book on how to achieve a spiritual/sexual connection to self and each other. This is not a book about positions as much as it is about awakening an essence within yourself to make positions ultra-exciting and stimulating.

Tantric and Taoist lovemaking is not an art achieved by having multiple or unsteady partners. It is used to provide a connection between couples that is unattainable through conventional sex. It is lovemaking on a "higher plane." Yes, it is about physical feelings, but it is more about spiritual connectedness.

This book is not a quick fix! These arts take time and patience to master...but isn't that 90% of the fun?

I believe that this is a fabulous way to open up new dimensions with your partner as long as there is not the pressure of expectation. It will not fix çommunication problems, sexual problems, or lack of interest and caring. It will provide "something new" for couples who already have good sex lives and talk openly about sex with one another.

I've read (and browsed) quite a number of books on tantra. Many of them are a long and energy consuming read. I find Caroline's book to be a very accessable read for beginners in tantra. It's very well organized and written, with a nice balance of text and high quality photos. It covers the various standard areas of tantra at a good clip. I highly recommend it for anyone starting out in Tantra.

My partner and I really ended up liking this book a lot. It's most useful for relationships where you want to deepen the sexual aspects and convert it into real, open love-making. Tantric sex is VERY different from the standard American "wham-bam, thank you ma'm" approach, and this book does a nice job discussing the how's and why's of bathing, massage, foreplay, oral/manual stimulation and building orgasms from the "inside out". BTW, if you like pictures of exotic-looking couples demonstrating the tantric positions, you'll be pleased with this book.

This book was a bit of a disappointment. It does cover a large range of information relating to the lifestyle and background behind tantric sex. However, the information is not presented at a very sophisticated level, but rather more in an overview style. This would not be so bad except that the book isn't written to "inspire" tantric either, because of the clinic information it covers. It's almost like a book report about tantric sex, or an abstract, rather than the full text.

I was pleasantly surprised with this beautiful and informational book. I enjoyed the history and philosophy that was included, and particularly enjoyed the emphasis on energy and spirituality. This is a practical, reverent guide, great for beginners!