Eros, Consciousness, and Kundalini: Deepening Sensuality through Tantric Celibacy and Spiritual Intimacy [Paperback]

Stuart Sovatsky Ph.D. (Author), Stuart, Ph.D. Sovatsky (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1999

Exercises based on yoga and chakra meditation teach you to transform sexual energy into spiritual and erotic fulfillment.

• Perfect for deepening a life partnership, gaining mastery over one's body, or healing the emotional scars of sexual abuse.

• Well-illustrated positions and techniques.

In this extraordinary celebration of the erotic, Dr. Stuart Sovatsky introduces us to the Tantric art of sexual sublimation, in which sexual energy is redirected toward achieving higher awareness and an erotic satisfaction far beyond that possible through sexual intercourse. The potential reasons for exploring Tantric celibacy are many--including the desire to deepen a life partnership, to gain a new level of mastery over one's body, to heal the emotional scars of sexual abuse, to practice safe sex, or to explore the intimate relationship between spirituality and sexuality.

Exercises based on yoga, kundalini, and chakra meditation make Eros, Consciousness, and Kundalini a practical guide to the world of Tantric celibacy. By transcending the boundaries of conventional sexuality, one can learn to harness the divine energy--glimpsed for only an instant by most people--that is at the heart of all erotic yearning.

This is the new edition of the book Passions of Innocence.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Reveals tantra's most central and powerful aspect: converting sexual energy into a higher, consciousness-altering vitality. Must reading for all who aspire to a spiritual way of life and are wondering just where sex fits in."
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Georg Feuerstein, author of Sacred Sexuality

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"Sovatsky's fascinating and highly readable work belongs to the new sexual revolution, which pays due attention to the spiritual context of our lives."
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Yoga Journal

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"Extraordinary excursion into the realm of Tantric celibacy provides a surprisingly tantalizing portrait of the power and passion of true erotic awareness. Sovatsky's book gives new meaning to the experience of eros and relationship while opening a door to a spiritual dimension we would never have achieved under ordinary circumstances."
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Napra Trade Journal

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"Tantra is widely and grossly misunderstood in the West. In Eros, Consciousness, and Kundalini Dr. Sovatsky provides a much-needed corrective, revealing Tantra's most powerful aspect: the conversion of sexual energy into a higher consciousness-altering vitality."
(

Georg Feuerstein, Ph.D., author of Sacred Sexuality

)

About the Author

Stuart Sovatsky, Ph.D., has been a practitioner of kundalini yoga for twenty-four years and is the director of two psychotherapy clinics in the San Francisco Bay Area. A former presenter at the World Congress on Sexology in India and the International Kundalini Research Network, he teaches at JFK University and the California Institute of Integral Studies. 

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Park Street Press (April 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0892818301
• ISBN-13: 978-0892818303
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #431,747 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not "awsome", but it is a nice introduction to the subject, March 24, 2000

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"zara_azari" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eros, Consciousness, and Kundalini: Deepening Sensuality through Tantric Celibacy and Spiritual Intimacy (Paperback)

Note to previous reviewer: Don't you think that it would be nice to have actually read the book(half a book...a chapter, perhaps?) before saying that it is awesome(before saying anything at all) or do you totally miss the point of reviewing?...I think you do. Anyway, it is a nice book, that covers basic concepts of Kundalini in a hutshell. It is orientated towards an average(western) reader, who knows nothing about it. It talks mainly about the "eros" part (for whose, who are looking for something "juicy", you won't find it here). Downside: The book does not have too many practical exercises and the pictures are not very helpful. SO, if you want some theory on the subject with couple of illustrations, this book is OK. However, if you are serious about practicing Kundalini, it won't be much help.

28 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Dangerously Misleading Book, June 30, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Eros, Consciousness, and Kundalini: Deepening Sensuality through Tantric Celibacy and Spiritual Intimacy (Paperback)

Stuart Sovatsky writes about subjects of which his knowledge is entirely second-hand. He pays lip service to Eastern philosophy but he clearly has no real understanding of what all the spiritual traditions say about defilement of the fragile and explosive sexual energies. He is an apologist for all kinds of sexual fixations and abnormalities. The practices which he recommends are not only not helpful for those seeking better functioning or enlightenment, but dangerous to psychic equilibrium. Sovatsky's book encourages delusional thinking. It should never have been published.

4 of 87 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars awsome, October 24, 1999

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This review is from: Eros, Consciousness, and Kundalini: Deepening Sensuality through Tantric Celibacy and Spiritual Intimacy (Paperback)

I am just about to read this book and I know it will be amazing. I'll let you all know later on.