Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #232051 in Books
• Published on: 2002-11-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 124 pages

Synopsis
Western cultures have often thought of the ancient practice of tantra as a form of super-sex. However, as scholar and teacher Bruce Anderson makes clear, it is actually a rigorous practice that harnesses sexual energy as fuel for spiritual development. In eight empowering chapters, Anderson explores and explains the spiritual concepts that practitioners must fully integrate into their lives before experiencing the transformative effects of tantra. Readers will learn essential techniques, such as harnessing breathing and exercises designed to enhance body alignment and strength, as well as more transcendent concepts, such as understanding the complexities and paradoxes of love and merging the spiritual with the more mundane aspects of life. Through these lessons, offered by way of an astute and unaffected approach, gay men will find themselves enhancing the power of their lovemaking and the strength of their orgasms to reach a state of cosmic bliss.

Customer Reviews

Over before it's barely begun
The focus of the book is the spiritual, followed by the sexual, and that is how Tantra should be perceived. As a general introduction to Tantra, it's scant and not very effective. Anderson believes that Tantra is the perfect spiritual path for modern gay men, because it is not dogmatic, and is based on the pleasure principle. But the connection between Tantra/Shaivism and homosexuality given in the book is just commentary, and there's no real evidence to back it up. As a 'how-to' book, it only gets into its stride toward the end, and features energy and consciousness raising practices which can improve the gay sexual experience. These core practices should not be skipped, as they are fundamental to Tantra, and it's good that Anderson emphasises this. However, we only get to the nitty gritty - the practical techniques - toward the end. This should have been a much larger book, with more information about tantra in general, a more convincing argument as to its relevance to modern gay men, and with more pictures/instruuctions.