CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES

Sex, Immortality and the Future of Women
An interview with Barbara Marx Hubbard by Jessica Roemischer
Hubbard’s dynamic exploration of the evolutionary significance of sex.
http://www.enlightennext.org/magazine/j30/hubbard.asp

Transcendent Sex
Pioneering psychologist Jenny Wade’s surprising study of mystical experiences in the bedroom
by Elizabeth Debold
http://www.enlightennext.org/magazine/j43/transcendent-sex.asp

If the Shoe Fits, Wear It
Sex and the City Finds its moral footing
by Maura R. O’Connor
Amusing and provocative spoof on the popular TV series
http://www.enlightennext.org/magazine/j24/sexAndCity.asp

Karma Free Sex
Andrew Cohen navigates through this most challenging arena of human experience and asks the question: is sex ever really free?
http://www.enlightennext.org/magazine/j43/karma-free-sex.asp

Caster Semenya: When Gender is Not Sex
How we take for granted the way we think about sex.
http://magazine.enlightennext.org/2009/10/23/caster-semenya-when-gender-is-not-sex/

SEX AND SPIRITUALITY

Women Who Sleep with Their Gurus… and Why They Love It
by Jessica  Roemischer
A revealing look at the stories of women who chose to engage in a sexual relationship with their spiritual mentors.
http://www.enlightennext.org/magazine/j26/women-who-sleep.asp

Sally and Jade
Interviews with two tantric consorts of spiritual teacher Barry Long.
http://www.enlightennext.org/magazine/j13/sally_jade.asp

Their Stroke of Insight
The experimental One Taste community is pioneering a new spiritual path. But can their metaphysics of masturbation take us all the way?
by Maura R. O’Connor
http://www.enlightennext.org/magazine/j43/stroke-of-insight.asp

You Have to Do it All
An interview with Margot Anand – world-renowned teacher of tantric sexuality
by Susan Bridle
http://www.enlightennext.org/magazine/j13/anand.asp

Here’s Looking at You
by Carin Jungmann
A contemporary celibate describes her decision to renounce sexuality for a period of time and what she discovers about the potential for real intimacy between men and women.
http://www.enlightennext.org/magazine/j13/heres_looking.asp

PHILOSOPHICAL VIEWS

Sex is Neutral
An Investigation into Sexuality and Its Relationship to the Multidimensional Nature of True Humanity
by Andrew Cohen
http://www.enlightennext.org/magazine/j13/neutral.asp

Is Sex a Path to God?
Andrew Cohen and Ken Wilber discuss the relationship between sexuality and spiritual development. http://www.enlightennext.org/magazine/j43/guru-pandit.asp

The Promise of Perfection
From a talk by Andrew Cohen
Andrew Cohen explores our fundamental desire to possess and the suffering that this inevitably leads to.
http://www.enlightennext.org/magazine/j13/promise.asp