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Sex, The Secret Gate to Eden - Alchemy, Tantra, and Kabbalah

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I maintain a website call "Reuniting," which is also devoted to "white tantra" (as it is called in the film) and to demonstrating the universality of its principles - with special emphasis on the recent neurochemical research that is indirectly confirming the wisdom of making love differently. Therefore, I was very pleased to see that this film is a powerful contribution to mankind's education about the sacred potential of intimate relationships. It's also a gorgeous tapestry of thousands of years of symbolism from esoteric traditions all over the globe. I'm especially impressed that the filmakers managed to portray the essence of Samael Aun Weor's teachings without his fiery language. Bravo!

`Sex, The Secret Gate to Eden - Alchemy, Tantra, and Kabbalah' has managed to present a profound and foundational concept in an exquisitely simple format that makes sense to both novice and adept spiritual seeker. Taking its audience step by step in classroom fashion idea after idea, concept after concept is presented, explained and linked to the previously covered information keeping the flow of information coherent and consistent.

The DVD covers such Arcanum as:
- Desire and Suffering, Chastity and Perfection
- The 7 dimensions and the Kabbalistic Tree of Life
- Moses, the Bronze Serpent and the Caduceus of Mercury
- Jesus, Magdalene and the Christos
- Black, Gray, White Tantra
- Kundalini and Kundabuffer: Controlling the Serpent Within
- The Alchemical Marriage
- Giving Birth to the Soul

There is so much essential information to be dispensed in this film you would be wise to have pen and paper close at hand. Essential material for the pilgrim traveling the path to enlightenment and perfection!

Even though the word "Sex" is central to this DVD, it contains no lascivious or malicious images or language. The subject is of upmost importance for those seeking true self-realization. If you are tired of feeling empty after mechanical, repetitive and fruitless worship. This DVD will not let you down and will open your eyes. I cannot thank the authors enough as it did change my life and those around me. There is a lot of information to be experienced in order to achieve our place back in Eden and this is a great tool in order to get you in that path.
The narrative is presented over great and inspiring images. It is well worth the money and I am ordering more to give as gifts to friends.

This was a life changing film. This is one that can change your whole world. I will be watching it again because it spoke to my soul. Never before have I been so inspired to grow! Never have I wanted this bad; to leave my sad and suffering world behind...and come into the light.

I find this film very hard to describe or summarize. The concepts and information are so deep and overwhelming that my mind is spinning. I have studied a lot of tantra and mysticism, and see now how wrong so many books and videos have been. This video makes everything so clear and real that I feel both grateful for the insight and ashamed of my foolishness. I am deeply grateful to the filmmakers, and hope that many people get the message.

In an age where television programming, blockbuster movies, popular music and media bombard the mind to the point of violence, it is so refreshing to watch a film that has been made in such deliberate good taste, and on such an unexplored and esoteric subject matter.

A few technical qualms aside, I found that this documentary was extremely well done. The topic was treated with the utmost respect, the narration was accessible and tantalizing, and the logical use of so many excerpts, citations, and beautiful works of art from across the globe made every moment a pleasurable and highly informative learning experience. In fact, by the end of the film, I felt as though I had emerged from a prolonged state of prayer and introspection, which is about the best thing I can say about any work of art.

I would like to thank Thelema Press for this exceptionally rare, meticulously researched and thorough fresh look at the topic of sexuality.

To everybody with an intuitive interest in the subject matter, I safely give this DVD my highest recommendation.

This production left nothing but positive impressions for me after watching. Potential viewers should not be turned away by the title, this DVD is completely clean and mature audiences will find no vulgar or crude material here. Open-minded individuals from all religious backgrounds will be inspired by the message and teachings of this film. Spirituality and sexuality are synthesized in White Tantra.

On a side-note, your understanding of the Bible will really open up, particularly the story of Adam and Eve.

This film is appropriate for people who are seeking answers, or are interested in spirituality and have some background on such topics. If one doesn't know certain traditions or ideas, then some parts can be confusing: such as allusions and references to ancient ideas without their source and origin being explicitly stated. Thankfully, this doesn't occur frequently, and most of the ideas are traced very clearly.

This DVD is something that our humanity greatly needs in these times and I hope that it reaches a large audience.

It seems obvious that this video will get some bad reviews, because it pertains to a subject that is so controversial and misunderstood. I was happily surprised by its simplicity and straightforwardness in dealing with such a thorny issue. The gentleness and grace of the delivery is especially appealing due to the strength and edge of the matter, since many people can get easily offended or critical when it touches their sexual lives.

This video offers, through a simple yet thorough presentation, the unanimity of religious scriptures on the subject of sexuality. Rather than being a dogmatic and Puritanical explication on how sex is bad, it explains how sexuality, in its proper usage, is a wonderful medium for the divine. It emphasizes that sex without the orgasm was the primeval method for procreation and spiritual development. Rather than expending millions of sperm for the conception of a single child, the video explains how children were conceived through sexual union without orgasm. This is what religious scriptures assert to be "immaculate conception," meaning: "without fault or impurity."

While the video stresses the purity and sanctity of sex, it also explains that it's opposite, fornication (sex with lust and the orgasm) is detrimental to the soul. The video makes the point that Eden (Hebrew for "Pleasure") is a natural state of human consciousness, born from the chaste usage of the sexual energy. Fornication, on the other hand, is a source of psychological and spiritual suffering, since it involves a large expenditure of energy that could be used instead to give life to the soul.

The video also clarifies that chastity, rather than meaning sexual abstention, instead means "without blemish," or without orgasm, rather than "without sex." This relates to the meaning of the word Tantra, "the Continuum," since by refraining from the orgasm, the sexual energy is contained and harnessed without being lost.

It's ironic that there are people who defend Tantra with the orgasm when the very act contradicts its etymology. With the orgasm there is no continuum or cycle of energy, since it is being wasted. This video does an excellent job of explaining these types of discrepancies and confusions from a scriptural standpoint.

I also think it's interesting to note that many argue in favor for the orgasm, that it is healthy and so on, even when there is no scientific evidence for this. In fact, there is more evidence to the contrary. The producers of this video have a website called "Sacred-sex.org" which has some scientific articles about the physiological and psychological detriments of the orgasm. There is also a website dedicated to this subject called "Reuniting" which, while having nothing to do with the teachings of Samael Aun Weor, also presents sexuality in a different perspective than what is commonly taught today. For those looking to find more information in relation to this video, these sources are an excellent compliment.

My only complaint with the video is that it is not long enough. More could have been explained and elaborated upon; however, this can also be said to be beneficial for those who are newer to these teachings, which I would believe, from having studied this work, was the intended audience. Overall, I was very impressed with the level of detail and care given to the video, in terms of imagery and presentation. I look forward to Glorian Publishing's upcoming production, which I believe will involve live-action filming.

This movie reiterated some things I've learned about kabbalah and alchemy over the years and illuminated alot of facts I did not. This is a must have video introduction into the doctrine of Gnosticism as taught by SAW. A great gift for anyone looking to share with a friend or find basic information about the faith themselves. Most importantly the science of alchemy as kundalini yoga, such an eye-opener!

Thank you so much!