The Soul of Sex: Cultivating Life As an Act of Love - Hardcover

Moore, Thomas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060186976 ISBN 13: 9780060186975

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1998

Synopsis

The author of the best-seller, Care of the Soul, shows readers how to increase the sensuality in their lives, deepen the meaning of sex, and reconcile their spirituality with their sexual needs. 200,000 first printing. $200,000 ad/promo. Tour.

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Review:

‘Moore writes about sex with depth and intelligence, blending mythological material with a caring, personal style' -- San Francisco Chronicle

From the Back Cover:

In this provocative and highly original work, the bestselling author of Care of the Soul and Soul Mates at last restores sex to its rightful place in the human psyche. Describing sex as an experience of the soul, Thomas Moore here brings out the fully human side of sex -- the roles of fantasy, desire, meaning, and morality -- and draws on religion, mythology, art, literature, and film to show how sex contains the most profound mysteries. While finding the spirituality inherent in sex, Moore also explores how spiritual values can sometimes wound our sexuality. He recommends many ways in which society can tone down its moralism and create a public life that is erotic, one that affirms desire and pleasure. He interprets the media's obsession with sex as a symptom of our failure to weave sex into the whole of life, and spells out an Epicurean lifestyle where the simple pleasures of good food, friends, family, and intimacy with nature give our sexuality a broad and supportive base. Blending rather than opposing spirituality and sexuality, The Soul of Sex offers a fresh, livable way of becoming more deeply sexual and loving in all areas of life.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0060186976
• ISBN 13: 9780060186975
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 307