Hi Marnia,

I havent read your book yet . But the moment I read the word arrow and something on sacred sex , I recollected one of the Osho's discourse on Saraha. The greatest Tantra master in the history. I am sure you must have heard of him. Here is his short story,

"Saraha was born to a Brahmin family in Bengal when Buddhism was strongly supported by the court of the region. Saraha became a Buddhist monk and a noted scholar. However, he was expelled from his monastic order, some stories say for drinking alcohol.

Here is a link to extensive notes collected by a man in Finland.

If you have time and like history, you may enjoy reading about those who recommended this practice through history, including Muslims, early Christians and others. It begins with a lot of material about the Catholic Church's condemnation of Karezza.

Link to notes

Subject: Bernie Prior-An Uneasy Critique!
Date: Mon, 2009-07-13 10:20

Several years ago i was lucky/unlucky enough to attend a theosophical society lecture featuring a certain self-proclaimed spiritual master "Bernie Prior".
Never having been confronted by speaker who had obviously done his "esoteric homework/rhetoric" on a grand scale, or by a speaker who was so "confrontational" i was rather bewildered!
Innocently i asked a question and was told "...you are the problem, blah blah", and leaving the room felt that this individual was indeed someone "genuine".

This is a beware Bernie Prior Warning.

After attending a lecture years ago, and recently attending a Prior lecture i would like to warn people to be very discriminating when approaching this self-proclaimed "spiritual teacher".
I dont think St Paul charged hundreds of "pounds/talents" for spreading the "good news", and in my opinion this individual is nothing but a poor imitation of Barry Long who deserves credit and much more.(at least he was genuine).
Others views would be educational.

The ch'ung mo, or thrusting channel rises from the base of the penis, goes up between the tu mo and jen mo channels and ends in the heart.—from "Taoist Yoga" by Charles Luk

hello there,
excuse me if there are any blunders in this posting. it is my very first one so i haven't been able to negotiate the site & its protocols yet. however may i say what a relief it was to find such a forum full of people willing to contribute to the knowledge pool of such the 'sticky' subject (excuse the pun) of sexuality & intimacy.
i fear i have many questions to ask (and hopefully perspectives & experiences to offer) but will limit my first one or two to this:

1-
i am a male.

A while back I read a book by Dianne Richardson. She was a follower of Barry Long and Osho who after running workshops wrote a book call "The Love Keys". Later it got renamed as "The Heart of Tantric Sex". I took the book off the shelf the other day and found that much of the stuff is very related to what is discussed on this web site.

She now travels around running workshops for couples and has written another book on the subject for women. I was wondering if anyone else has had any experience or contact.

I have started this Forum topic because it seemed to be creating a lot of interest under Australia's Blog.

Circle of the Pheonyx is a sexual alchemy coven, seeking members in California. We are open to pagans of all traditions, and celebrate the blending of the sensual, physical and spiritual planes to create balance and harmony.
We will be practicing; Spiritual Danse
Drumming
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(this is an English translation of a German translation of an original French wroting by de Chardin)

I appeared from the beginning of the world.

Everything in the Universe is a work of unification and fertilization - occurring through the gathering of the elements, who look for each other, melt together two by two and are thus reborn in a third. (...)

I am the uniting face of all existence - I am the god scent, attracting them in freedom and passion on the path to their union and to Myself.