Trust: The Hand Book: A Guide to the Sensual and Spiritual Art of Handballing [Paperback]

Bert Herrman (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0962475157 | ISBN-13: 978-0962475153 | Publication Date: December 2, 1991

Bert Herrman, probably the world's most respected expert on handballing, offers the definitive guide to one of sexuality's final frontiers. The book explains in depth, not only techniques and health considerations, but a myriad of other details that affect participants, including chapters on the Kundalini and spiritual possibilities of handballing.

Product Details

• Paperback: 125 pages
• Publisher: Alamo Square Press (December 2, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0962475157
• ISBN-13: 978-0962475153
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #635,817 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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50 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Call it what you will,it's the most intimate act between men, April 12, 2002

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Carl W Cate (Knoxville, TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Trust: The Hand Book: A Guide to the Sensual and Spiritual Art of Handballing (Paperback)

I never would have dreamed I would write a review for a book such as this. However, this book is worthy of a purchase and an honored place on your bookshelf.
As the title suggests, it deals with the physical and spiritual aspects of handballing,also known as fisting. The book details in as simple language as possible what happens to the body, and the mind when engaging in this sensual and erotic activity.
He relates the history of the act, along with the historic cocomittants(poppers,drug use etc) that have been used while doing this. He advises against their use, and suggests alternative means of increasing ectasy,and bonding that occurrs naturally as a result of handballing.
My own experience,of bottoming and topping,has been greatly helped by the use of this book. There is nothing to fear,as long as one takes his time, doesn't rush the experience,and listens to and cares deeply for the one he is playing with. Respect is the key word to avoiding injury and gaining maximum benefits from this practice.
Many men are left wanting for more these days after having sex. The nature of a man is to have sex with as many people as he is able or comfortable to have it with. This practice creates a quality of ectasy unknown by any other form of sensual art. It breaks down the remaining barriers between two guys and truly make them fully whole, a couple fully present in the moment,with no boundaries between them. The complete relaxation created lasts,sometimes for days.

Do yourself a favor and say yes.

21 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best for history; Good for info on doing it., October 28, 2002

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TammyJo Eckhart "TammyJo Eckhart" (Bloomington, Indiana United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Trust: The Hand Book: A Guide to the Sensual and Spiritual Art of Handballing (Paperback)

When this book first came out in 1991, the information it contained was useful and necessary because gay men were dying from unsafe sex. Handballing, or fisting, has a danger to it it aside from disease, danger that is both physical and for some personal because it challenges not only the ideas of gender and sexuality but also runs right into some strong taboos. Now, the disease and barrier information is outdated so don't rely on this information, ask your doctor. However, the basics about how to do it phsyically and how to do it emotionally are still very useful. The idea of spirituality and sex isn't new, but once again for its time, "Trust" was forerunner of trends to come.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Groundbreaking, January 10, 2007

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Tim Brough "author and music buff" (Springfield, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Trust: The Hand Book: A Guide to the Sensual and Spiritual Art of Handballing (Paperback)

Bert Herrman is a kind of spiritual grandfather to the handballing world. He codified his status when he released "Trust" in 1991. He took a taboo topic and wrote about it with passion, and the floodgates were open. It is obvious that he feels deeply about the subject, and tries mightily to purvey as much information as possible at the time.

However, the final segments of the book get a wee bit esoteric. If you are more into the carnal than the spiritual, the last chapters of "Trust" may be a bit hard to digest, and you may find the information/viewpoint to be lacking (if somewhat one-sided). Also, in the intervening years, a great deal of knowledge about the red-hankie world has accumulated. Herrman's "Trust," while certainly an important document of the times, is very much a book of its time. Get it for the history, and because this was the work that opened the original door for many men.