{"product_id":"the-great-work-of-the-flesh-sexual-magic-east-and-west-9781620553787","title":"The Great Work of the Flesh: Sexual Magic East and West","description":"An inside look at sex magic in Eastern and Western Mystery traditions \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Details the sex magic practices of P. B. Randolph, Aleister Crowley, Austin Osman Spare, Julius Evola, and Maria de Naglowska \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Includes a complete overview of love magic in the Middle Ages, with accounts of the use of potions, powders, spells, and enchantments \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Explores sex magic techniques of the East, including Taoist sexual alchemy \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMagic, almost in its entirety, is connected to sexuality. It is through the natural magic of love that sex magic operates, harnessing the forces that join lovers together. In this extensive study of sex magic in the Eastern and Western Mystery traditions, Sarane Alexandrian explains how there is a sex magic connected with every religion, spiritual belief system, and initiatory society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExploring sexual practices in folk magic, high magic, alchemy, and religion, the author begins with a complete overview of love magic in the Middle Ages, including accounts of the use of potions, powders, spells, and enchantments, and he reveals how these techniques related to the religious practices of the time. He introduces the Taoist sexual alchemy practices of Mantak Chia, the secret tantric practices of the Tibetan bons, sexual shiatsu, and a Vietnamese practice called \"mouth moxa.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExamining the sacred sexuality that arose in Western initiatory orders in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Alexandrian details the development of P. B. Randolph's white sexual magic and the black sexual magic of Aleister Crowley, as well as explaining the practices of Austin Osman Spare, Julius Evola and the Ur Group, and Maria de Naglowska. He reveals the scientific principles underlying sex magic and how successful results are guaranteed by the influences of the heavenly bodies and the radiant powers of color, number, scents, and physical movements, which intensify the activity of the human bioelectric field. Alexandrian also details the tantra practices of Margot Anand, the sexual rituals of Wicca, and magical \"sex aids,\" including talismans and jewels. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProviding complete practical information, the author explains how, through sex magic, a couple can extract from each other what they are missing by way of virility and femininity, multiplying their energies tenfold and merging the carnal and spiritual worlds to experience transcendent adventures in the deepest depths of reality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Destiny Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620553787\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.08h x 5.97w x 0.57d","brand":"Sarane Alexandrian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52146994512053,"sku":"9781620553787","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1b4ef0da-41e7-48bc-8c19-a31687d64dc5.jpg?v=1767678377","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-great-work-of-the-flesh-sexual-magic-east-and-west-9781620553787","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}