Solon, as the founder of this thread, and since you indicated that sexuality was one of your enjoyments/interests, here is a small section of Adi
Da's BASKET OF TOLERANCE on the same subject.
You will see that it contains books, audiotapes and videotapes. I am sure you will find something of interest
there.
It is not randomly selected. The ESSAYS indicated by title are by Adi Da and link and clarify the various sections.
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THE BASKET OF TOLERANCE
II. PRACTICAL LITERATURE RELATED (IN PRINCIPLE) TO ANY AND ALL OF THE SEVEN POSSIBLE STAGES OF LIFE
F. Sexual Wisdom
2354. - 2357. Divine Revelation List entries
1. The History and the Philosophies of Human Sexual Activity
*2357a. The Ovary of Eve: Egg and Sperm and Preformation, by Clara Pinto-Correia. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1997
*2358. The Sex Contract: The Evolution of Human Behavior, by Helen E. Fisher
*2359. The Lemurs' Legacy: The Evolution of Power, Sex, and Love, by Robert Jay Russell
*2359a. Ever Since Adam and Eve: The Evolution of Human Sexuality, by Malcolm Potts and Roger Short. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999
*2359aa. Anatomy of Love: The Mysteries of Mating, Marriage, and Why We Stray, by Helen Fisher. New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1994
*2359b. Intimate Behaviour, by Desmond Morris. New York: Random House, 1971
2359c. A Kid's First Book about Sex. Words by Joani Blank. Pictures by Marsha Quackenbush. Burlingame, Calif.: Yes Press, 1983
2359d. "Where Did I Come From?": The Facts of Life without Any Nonsense and with Illustrations. Written by Peter Mayle. Illustrated by Arthur Robins. Designed by Paul Walter. Secaucus, N.J.: Lyle Stuart, 1973
2359e. Inside Mom: An Illustrated Account of Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth, by Sylvia Caveney. Pictures by Simon Stern. New York: St. Martin's Press, first U.S. edition, 1977
2359ea. Talking with Your Child about Sex: Questions and Answers for Children from Birth to Puberty, by Dr. Mary S. Calderone and Dr. James W. Ramey. New York: Ballantine Books, 1982
*2359eb. "Playboy Interview: Dr. Mary Calderone-A Candid Conversation with the Outspoken and Embattled First Lady of Sex Education", in Playboy, Vol. 17, No. 4 (April 1970), pp. 63-78, 154, 236-240
*2359f. The Sexual Enlightenment of Children, by Sigmund Freud. With an introduction by the editor, Philip Rieff. New York: Collier Books, 1963
**2359g. Sexuality and the Psychology of Love, by Sigmund Freud. With an introduction by the editor, Philip Rieff. New York: Collier Books, 1963 [Epitome List *589a]
**2359h. The Mythology of Sex, by Sarah Dening. New York: MacMillan, 1996 [Epitome List *578b]
*2359i. Sex and Spirit, by Clifford Bishop. Living Wisdom series. Boston: Little, Brown, First American edition, 1996
2360. Sexual Practices: The Story of Human Sexuality, by Edgar Gregersen
*2360a. Indian Erotics: Of the Oldest Period, by Ivo Fiser. New Delhi: Gaurav Publishing House, 1989
*2361. The History of Sexuality, by Michel Foucault. Translated from the French by Robert Hurley. Volume One: An Introduction; Volume Two: The Use of Pleasure; Volume Three: The Care of the Self
*2362. Sexual Variance in Society and History, by Vern L. Bullough
*2362a. Love, Sex, and Marriage Through the Ages, by Bernard I. Murstein. Foreword by William M. Kephart
2363. Chivalry: The Path of Love. Introduction by Jeremy Catto. Medieval Wisdom series. London: HarperCollins, 1994
2363a. Bliss. A film about a newly married couple who seek the assistance of an iconoclastic therapist, whose unconventional therapeutic techniques are intended to move his clients beyond their emotional-sexual obstructions. Written and Directed by Lance Young. 1997. 103 minutes. Produced by Allyn Stewart. Triumph Films. Sony Pictures Entertainment Company [videotape]
*2363aa. Fille de Joie: The Book of Courtesans, Sporting Girls, Ladies of the Evening, Madams, a Few Occasionals, and Some Royal Favorites. New York: Dorset Press, 1967
*2363aaa. The Kingdom of the Young. Abridged from The Muria and Their Ghotul, by Verrier Elwin. London: Oxford University Press, 1968
*2363ab. Sex, Love, and Marriage from a Yogic Viewpoint: From the Mating Dance to the Cosmic Dance, by Sivananda Radha. New Delhi, UBS Publishers' Distributors, First Indian edition, 1994
**2363b. Sacred Sexuality, by A. T. Mann and Jane Lyle. The Sacred Arts series. Shaftesbury, Dorset, England: Element Books, 1995 [Epitome List *578a]
*2364. Myth and Sexuality, by Jamake Highwater
*2365. The Metaphysics of Sex, by Julius Evola
**2366. The Great Book of Tantra: Translations and Images from the Classic Indian Texts with Commentary, by Indra Sinha [Epitome List *798]
**2367. Tantra Asana: A Way to Self-Realization, by Ajit Mookerjee [Epitome List *799]
**2368. Sex in the World's Religions, by Geoffrey Parrinder [Epitome List **579]
[To view an Essay, select the title (in red) and press the F2 key.]
ESSAY
Male Non-Ejaculatory Sex-Practice in the Taoist and Tantric Traditions
**2368a. Homosexuality and World Religions. Edited by Arlene Swidler. Valley Forge, Pa: Trinity Press International, 1993 [Epitome List **579a]
*2368b. From Queer to Eternity: Spirituality in the Lives of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual People, by Peter Sweasey. London: Cassell, 1997
*2369. When God Was a Woman, by Merlin Stone
2370. Erotica Judaica: A Sexual History of the Jews, by Allen Edwardes
2371. Eros and the Jews: From Biblical Israel to Contemporary America, by David Biale
2372. Sexuality in Islam, by Abdelwahab Bouhdiba. Translated by Alan Sheridan
2372a. The Proper Conduct of Marriage in Islam (Adab an-Nikah). Book Twelve of Ihya' `Ulum ad-Din, by Imam al-Ghazali. Translated from the Arabic by Muhtar Holland. Hollywood, Fla.: Al-Baz Publishing, 1998
2373. The Prophet of Islam as the Ideal Husband, by Syed Abu Zafar Zain, under the direction of Haji Mushtaq Elahi Farooqui
2373a. The Mughal Harem, by K. S. Lal. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan, 1988
2374. The Bible and Polygamy: A Study of Hebrew and Christian Teaching, by G. Parrinder
ESSAY
A Call to Freedom of Choice in Religion and in Sexual Practice
2375. Sexual Desire and Love: Origins and History of the Christian Ethic of Sexuality and Marriage, by Eric Fuchs. Translated by Marsha Daigle
*2376. Dirt, Greed, and Sex: Sexual Ethics in the New Testament and Their Implications for Today, by L. William Countryman
ESSAY
The Appropriate Orientation for All Spokespersons in Democratic Societies
*2376a. Living in Sin?: A Bishop Rethinks Human Sexuality, by John Shelby Spong. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, First HarperCollins paperback edition, 1990
2376b. Homophobia and the Bible: A Self-Defence Manual, by Michael Halls. Plymouth, England: In Other Words, Third edition, 1998
2377. Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy, by Bernard Shaw. Definitive text under the editorial supervision of Dan H. Laurence
2378. Getting Married and Press Cuttings, by Bernard Shaw. Definitive text under the editorial supervision of Dan H. Laurence
*2379. After Polygamy Was Made a Sin: The Social History of Christian Polygamy, by John Cairncross
2380. Sex and Marriage in Utopian Communities: Nineteenth-Century America, by Raymond Lee Muncy
2381. Religion and Sexuality: Three American Communal Experiments of the Nineteenth Century, by Lawrence Foster
2382. The Mothers, by Robert Briffault. Abridged, with an Introduction by Gordon Rattray Taylor
*2383. Marriage and Alternatives: Exploring Intimate Relationships. Edited by Roger W. Libby and Robert N. Whitehurst
*2384. Sexuality and Spirituality: The Interplay of Masculine and Feminine in Human Development, by John Moore
**2385. Lust for Enlightenment: Buddhism and Sex, by John Stevens [Epitome List *579a]
**2386. Passionate Enlightenment: Women in Tantric Buddhism, by Miranda Shaw [Epitome List *584a]
*2387. Unraveling Zen's Red Thread: Ikkyu's Controversial Way, by Dr. Jon Carter Covell in collaboration with Abbot Sobin Yamada
*2388. The Laughing Buddha: Zen and the Comic Spirit, by Conrad Hyers. (Revised edition of Zen and the Comic Spirit)
*2388a. The Fine Art of Reviling, by Liang Shih-Ch'iu. Translated from the Chinese by William B. Pettus. San Francisco: Wallace Kibbee & Son, 1949
*2389. Laughing Matters: Comic Tradition in India, by Lee Siegel
*2389a. Sudden Glory: Laughter as Subversive History, by Barry Sanders. Boston: Beacon Press, 1995
*2390. The Fool and His Scepter: A Study in Clowns and Jesters and Their Audience, by William Willeford
*2391. The Comic Vision and the Christian Faith: A Celebration of Life and Laughter, by Conrad Hyers
*2392. Perfect Fools: Folly for Christ's Sake in Catholic and Orthodox Spirituality, by John Saward
*2393. "On the Behavior of the 'Fool for Christ's Sake'", by Alexander Y. Syrkin. In History of Religions, Vol. 22, No. 2 (November 1982), pp. 150-171
2394. God's Fools, by Rev Lev Puhalo and Vasili Novakshonoff. Second edition
2395. Hieroschemamonk Feofil: Fool-for-Christ's-Sake, Ascetic and Visionary of the Kievo-Pecherskaya Lavra. Gathered and compiled by Vladimir Znosko. Translated from the Russian by Lev Puhalo and Vassili Novakshonoff
*2396. "Blessed Theoktista the Fool for Christ", pp. 173-179 in Russia's Catacomb Saints: Lives of the New Martyrs, by Ivan Andreyev
*2397. "Tricksters" (comprising four articles: "An Overview", by Lawrence E. Sullivan; "African Tricksters", by Robert D. Pelton; "North American Tricksters", by Mac Linscott Ricketts; "Mesoamerican and South American Tricksters", by Lawrence E. Sullivan), pp. 45-53 in Volume 15 of The Encyclopedia of Religion. Mircea Eliade, Editor in Chief. Sixteen volumes [*487]
*2397a. Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth, and Art, by Lewis Hyde. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1998
*2398. The Trickster in West Africa: A Study of Mythic Irony and Sacred Delight, by Robert D. Pelton
2399. The Trickster: A Study in American Indian Mythology, by Paul Radin. With commentaries by Karl Kerenyi and C. G. Jung. Introductory essay by Stanley Diamond
*2399a. Woven Gods: Female Clowns and Power in Rotuma, by Vilsoni Hereniko. Pacific Islands Monograph Series, No. 12. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, and Suva, Fiji: University of the South Pacific, 1995
2399b. Freaks: We Who Are Not as Others, by Daniel P. Mannix. San Francisco: Re/Search Publication, Revised edition, 1990
2399ba. Diane Arbus: Magazine Work, by Diane Arbus. With texts by Diane Arbus, essay by Thomas W. Southall, edited by Doon Arbus and Marvin Israel. New York: Aperture Foundation, 1984
2399bb. Diane Arbus. An Aperture Monograph. New York: Aperture Foundation, Twenty-fifth anniversary edition, 1997
2399bc. Naked New York, by Greg Friedler. New York and London: W.W. Norton & Co., 1997
2399bd. Naked Los Angeles, by Greg Friedler. New York and London: W.W. Norton & Co., 1999
2399c. Freak Show: Sideshow Banner Art, by Carl Hammer and Gideon Bosker. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1996
*2400. The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Punch and Judy. With twenty-four illustrations designed and engraved by George Cruikshank
2401. Punch and Judy: Its Origin and Evolution, by Michael Byrom. Revised edition
2401a. The Punch and Judy Show: History, Tradition, and Meaning, by Robert Leach
*2402. Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll, by M. G. Lord. New York: Avon Books, 1995
*2402a. The Secret Life of Barbie. A news program documenting the history of the Barbie doll industry. From the Thursday Night ABC News series. 45 minutes. Produced by Lisa F. Jackson [videotape]
*2402aa. Barbie Nation-An Unauthorized Tour. A documentary program about artists who use the Barbi doll as part of their imagery, together with a history of the Barbi doll. From the POV series. Written and narrated by Susan Stern. Directed and produced by Susan Stern. 1998. 55 minutes. El Rio Productions [videotape]
2402ab. The Naughty Victorian Hand Book: Furtling-The Rediscovered Art of Erotic Hand Manipulation, by Burton Silver. Illustrated by Jeremy Bennet. New York: Workman Publishing, 1989
*2402ac. Keith Haring, by Elisabeth Sussman. With contributions by Jellybean Benitez, Fred Brathwaite, Jeffrey Deitch, David Frankel, Ann Magnuson, Robert Pincus-Witten, Fred Schneider, Robert Farris Thompson, and Junior Vasquez. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art (in association with Little, Brown, and Company), 1997
*2402b. The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book. Edited and designed by Peter Poplaski. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1997
*2402c. R. Crumb's America, by Robert Crumb. San Francisco: Last Gasp, 1995
*2402d. Crumb. A portrait of the innovative underground comic artist Robert Crumb, featuring revealing interviews with himself, members of his family, and some of his past and present associates, and examining his development as an artist, his views on society and individuality, and the largely psycho-biographical nature of his work. Directed by Terry Zwigoff. 1994. 119 minutes. Produced by Lynn O'Donnell and Terry Zwigoff. A Superior Pictures Production. Crumb Partners I [videotape]
2402da. Completely Mad: A History of the Comic Book and Magazine, by Maria Reidelbach. New York: MJF Books, n.d.
2402db. Good Days and MAD: A Hysterical Tour Behind the Scenes at MAD Magazine, by Dick DeBartolo. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, First paperback edition, 1995
*2402e. Beavis and Butt-Head Do America. A satirical animated film in which two adolescent boys pass through a series of dramatic adventures while remaining obliviously obsessed with their teenage concerns. A Mike Judge Film. Written by Mike Judge and Joe Stillman. Directed by Mike Judge. 1996. 85 minutes. Produced by Abby Terkuhle. An MTV Production. Geffen Pictures/Paramount Pictures [videotape]
2402g. Beavis and Butt-head Do America: The Official Script Book, by Mike Judge and Joe Stillman. Foreword by Mike Judge. New York: MTV Books/Pocket Books, 1997
2403. a. "Ren's Toothache" and "Rubber Nipple Salesmen". Two cartoons comprising an episode of The Ren and Stimpy Show. Part One: "Ren's Toothache". Ren experiences the consequences of not caring for his teeth. Directed by John Kricfalusi. Story by Bob Camp and John Kricfalusi. Part Two: "Rubber Nipple Salesmen". Ren and Stimpy work as door-to-door salesmen of rubber nipples. Written and directed by Vincent Waller and John Kricfalusi. The Ren and Stimpy Show created by John Kricfalusi. 23 minutes. Produced by Bob Camp, Jim Smith, and John Kricfalusi. Co-produced by SPUMCO and Nickelodeon [videotape]
b. "Son of Stimpy". An episode of The Ren and Stimpy Show. Stimpy searches for his lost fart. Written by John Kricfalusi, Vincent Waller, and Rich Pursel. Directed by John Kricfalusi. The Ren and Stimpy Show created by John Kricfalusi. 23 minutes. Produced by Jim Ballantine. Co-produced by SPUMCO, Games Productions, and Nickelodeon [videotape]
*2403a. Gargantua and Pantagruel, by Francois Rabelais. Translated by Burton Raffel. New York: W. W. Norton, 1990
*2404. Le Petomane: 1857-1945, by Jean Nohain and F. Caradec
2405. Le Petomane. A dramatization of the life of "Le Petomane", a Frenchman whose skilled flatulency entertained nineteenth-century audiences. Screenplay by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Directed by Ian Macnaughton. 34 minutes. Produced by Steven Bentinck, Robin Courage, and Peter Eton [videotape]
*2406. Madonna: Truth or Dare. A behind-the-scenes documentary on rock star Madonna's "Truth or Dare" tour, depicting her freedom of sexual expression and the popular reaction to it. Directed by Alek Keshishian. 116 minutes. Produced by Jay Roewe and Tim Clawson [videotape]
*2406a. Sex, by Madonna. Photographed by Steven Meisel. Art directed by Fabien Baron. Edited by Glenn O'Brien
*2406aa. Zorba the Greek. Feature film of a British intellectual travelling in Greece who meets Zorba, a zesty, earthy peasant, and their relationship that follows. Based on a novel by Nikos Kazantzakis. Adapted, produced, and directed by Michael Cacoyannis. 1964. 146 minutes. A Rockley/Cacoyannis Production [videotape]
*2406aaa. Fellini's Casanova. An extravagantly produced film version of the story of Casanova's life, including his uninhibited sexual exploits. Screenplay (freely drawn from The Story of My Life, by Giacomo Casanova) by Federico Fellini and Bernardo Zapponi. Directed by Federico Fellini. 1976. 158 minutes. Produced by Alberto Grimaldi. Kapustan Industries [videotape]
*2406ab. The World's Luckiest Man. An erotic film in which a man engages in sexual activities with 101 women, in a variety of playful situations. Written by Jon Dough, Clive McClean, and Nate Woodburn. Directed by Jon Dough. Presented by Hustler Video. 1997. 210 minutes [videotape; sexually explicit (heterosexual and female homosexual)]
*2406ac. The World's Biggest Gangbang. A four-hour documentary which chronicles Annabel Chong setting the world's gangbang record (251), in one day. Starring Annabel Chong. Directed by John T. Bone. 1995. 240 minutes. Produced by Bill Witrock. A Fantastic Pictures presentation. An Amazing Picture. Metro Home Video [videotape; sexually explicit]
*2406ad. World's Biggest Gangbang II. An erotic video which, by virtue of its "TV marathon" approach, illustrates how even an entirely sexual event can be made unerotic. Produced by M. H. Thompson III. Directed by John T. Bone. 1996. 240 minutes. Amazing Pictures [videotape; sexually explicit]
*2406ae. World's Biggest Anal Gang Bang: Brooke's All-Anal Adventure. An erotic video in which 51 men have anal sex with a single woman. Produced by Dan Beck. Directed by Cash Markman. 82 minutes. Midnight Video [videotape; sexually explicit]
*2406b. Rocky Horror Picture Show. A wacky and outrageous rock musical and horror movie/science fiction spoof in which a young, "straight" couple find themselves stranded on a stormy night in a castle full of bizarre characters from the planet of "Transylvania" who are amusing themselves with kinky sex, including sado-masochism and transvestitism. Starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, and Barry Bostwick. Directed by Jim Sharman. 110 minutes. Produced by Michael White [videotape]
*2406c. Jan Saudek, by Jan Saudek. Koln, Germany: Benedikt Tachen, 1998
*2407. The Anatomy of Disgust, by William Ian Miller. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1997
*2408. George Carlin Back in Town. A hard-hitting stand-up comedy routine in which George Carlin addresses (among other things) the hypocrisies of the right-wing "right to life" movement, false notions of the "sanctity of life", capital punishment, "balancing the budget", alcoholics and drug addicts, violent criminals, sex molesters, maniacs, farting, and fatuous verbal expressions, and delivers a closing tirade of "free-floating hostility" directed at a variety of inane cultural habits. Directed by Rocco Urbisci. Produced by Kimber Rickabaugh and Rocco Urbisci. 1996. 63 minutes. Cablestuff Productions [videotape]
*2408a. Pink Flamingos. An unabashed exercise in bad taste, telling the story of how Babs Johnson, "the filthiest person alive" (played by the female impersonator Divine), succeeds in maintaining her "title" despite the envious attempts of two other characters to wrest her "position" from her. Written, directed, produced, and filmed by John Waters. 1997. 108 minutes. Produced by Dreamland Studios. 25th anniversary edition (with a concluding interview segment, in which John Waters introduces a series of outtakes from the film). Fine Line Features. New Line Home Video [videotape; sexually explicit]
*2408b. Not Simply Divine: Beneath the Make-up, Above the Heels, and Behind the Scenes with a Cult Superstar, by Bernard Jay. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1993
*2408c. Shock Value, by John Waters. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1995
*2408ca. Eraserhead. A surrealistic film that powerfully portrays the vision of life as a meaningless sequence of empty but fundamentally dreadful events, symbolized primarily by the grotesquely subhuman "creature-baby" that the main character fathers and then is required to tend. Written, produced, and directed by David Lynch. 1976. 92 minutes. Columbia Pictures [videotape]
*2408d. Un Chien Andalou. Produced, written and directed by Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali. Surrealistic. Spanish director Luis Bunuel's first film, written over the course of a three-day exchange of fantasies and dreams with Salvador Dali. 1928. B&W, 16 minutes. New York: Interama Video Classics, 1990 [videotape]
*2408da. The Game. A film in which a wealthy middle-aged man is put in touch with key issues in his life by being put through a seemingly incomprehensible series of difficult and dangerous situations. Written by John Brancato and Michael Ferris. Directed by David Fincher. 1997. Produced by Steve Golin and Cean Chaffin. 128 minutes. A Polygram Filmed Entertainment Production [videotape]
*2408daa. My Dinner with Andre. A feature film centered on a dinner conversation between two old friends, in which one describes to the other how he dropped out of a successful career and embraced various, often strange, psychological, theatrical, and living experiments which thoroughly changed his point of view on life. Written by Jean Lenauer and Roy Butler. Screenplay by Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn. Directed by Louis Malle. Produced by George W. George and Beverly Karp. Presented by George W. George, in association with Michael White. 1981. 115 minutes. The Pacific Arts Corporation. New Yorker Films [videotape]
*2408db. Monty Python's The Meaning of Life. A comedic film that parodies the meaninglessness of mankind's ordinary activities and attitudes, which (in the words of one of the characters in the film) is caused by the failure to engage "a process of guided self-observation". Written by and starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. Directed by Terry Jones. Produced by John Goldstone. 1983. 105 minutes. Made by the Monty Python Partnership [videotape]
*2408e. Pecker. Directed by John Waters. A comic satire on modern art hype (and on hype altogether), in which a sandwich shop busboy with a photography obsession is skyrocketed to fame after being "discovered" by a New York art manager. 87 minutes. 1998 [videotape]
**2409. "Avadhoots, Mad Lamas, and Fools: The Crazy Wisdom Tradition", by James Steinberg. In The Laughing Man, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 88-101 [Epitome List **41]
*2409a. The Holy Mountain. A film depicting a group of spiritual seekers in search of realization and immortality in which the "sacred cows" of common worldly and religious life are parodied through exaggerated, surreal, and "shocking" settings and rituals, especially involving sex and nudity. Written and directed by Alexandro Jodorowsky. Presented by Allen Klein. 1973. 115 minutes. An Abkco Film [videotape; sexually explicit]
**2410. Ramana Maharshi and Vedantachudamani (v. 181) on "not disparaging a 'jnani' for his apparent conduct", p. 422 (beginning "One should not be deceived by the external appearance of a 'jnani'.") through p. 423, paragraph 2 (ending "Sri Bhagavan now warned the hearers against the mistake of disparaging a 'jnani' for his apparent conduct . . .") in Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi. 3 vols. in one [**3836 (Epitome List **914), see also **1613 (Epitome List **680), **1779a (Epitome List **247), and **2412 (Epitome List **49); Epitome List **47]
**2411. "Jivanmuktanandalahari (The Wave of Bliss of the Jivan-Mukta)", by Sankara Bhagavatpada. Translation and notes by Dr. C. S. Venkateswaran. In The Voice of Sankara (Sankara-Bharati), Vol. 5, No. 1 (May 1980), pp. 76-91 [Epitome List **48]
*2411a. Jivanmuktanandalahari of Adi Sankaracarya. Translated by Swami Tejomayananda. Bombay: Central Chinmaya Mission Trust, 1993
**2412. A conversation with Ramana Maharshi on "atyasrama" (or "atiashrama", meaning "beyond the four conventional 'ashramas'"), or the State of Self-Realized Freedom (otherwise called "Avadhoota"), which inherently exceeds all traditionally prescribed (or otherwise prescribed) developmental (or otherwise limited) "orders" (or life-roles), pp. 253-54 (#291) in Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi. 3 vols. in one [**3836 (Epitome List **914), see also **1613 (Epitome List **680), **1779a (Epitome List **247), and **2410 (Epitome List **47); Epitome List **49]
**2413. On "atiashrama" and "ativarna" (or the "ativarnashramin", the Realizer of the Free Self-Condition, beyond caste and life-prescription), pp. 228 (paragraph 4, "One who is beyond. . .") through 231 (end), in Jivanmuktiviveka (Liberation in Life) of Vidyaranya. Edited with English Translation by Pandit S. Subrahmanya Sastri and T. R. Srinivasa Ayyangar [*389; Epitome List **50]
*2414. "The Saintly Madman in Tibet", by John Ardussi and Lawrence Epstein, pp. 328-338 in Himalayan Anthropology: The Indo-Tibetan Interface. Edited by James R. Fischer
**2415. The Divine Madman: The Sublime Life and Songs of Drukpa Kunley. Translated by Keith Dowman and Sonam Paljor [Epitome List **46]
*2416. The Mad Monk: Paintings of Unlimited Action, by Jung-Kwang. With an introduction by Lewis R. Lancaster
2417. The Dirty Mop: Unlimited Action Paintings and Poems, by Jung Kwang, the Mad Monk. Text by Lewis R. Lancaster. Poems translated by Paik Seung-Gil
2. Healing the Emotional-Sexual Character
*2418. Meher Baba on Love. Published by Meher Era Publications, Poona. Third revised edition, 1970
**2419. The Four Loves, by C. S. Lewis [Epitome List *589]
*2420. Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare. A film based on Shakespeare's play about the power of romantic love to transform people's human lives, both positively and negatively. Directed by Kenneth Branagh. Produced by Steven Evens, David Parfitt, and Kenneth Branagh. 110 minutes. A Renaissance Films Production [videotape]
*2420a. Bitter Moon. A film portraying the initial apparent "happiness" and the eventual suffering and dissatisfaction of a conventional emotional-sexual attachment. Starring Peter Coyote, Emmanuelle Seigner, Hugh Grant, and Kristin Scott Thomas. Presented by Alain Sarde. Based on the novel Lunes de Fiel, by Pascal Bruckner. Produced and directed by Roman Polanski. 139 minutes. A French-British coproduction with R. P. Productions and Timothy Burrill Productions with the participation of Les Films Alain Sarde and Canal+ [videotape]
**2420b. Making Love: An Erotic Odyssey, by Richard Rhodes. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992 [Epitome List **589b]
**2421. Nothing Higher to Live For: A Buddhist View of Romantic Love, by Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano. Bodhi Leaves No. 124 [Epitome List **590]
**2422. Meher Baba on the Problem of Sex and the Sanctity of Married Life, With a Warning on the Means of Birth Control. Published by Meher Era Publications, Poona. Second enlarged edition, 1971 [Epitome List **591]
*2423. Eve: The History of an Idea, by John A. Phillips
*2424. Sin, Sickness, and Sanity: A History of Sexual Attitudes, by Vern L. Bullough and Bonnie Bullough
*2425. While the Gods Play: Shaiva Oracles and Predictions on the Cycles of History and the Destiny of Mankind, by Alain Danielou. Translated from the French by Barbara Bailey, Michael Baker, and Deborah Lawlor
*2426. Life Against Death: The Psychoanalytical Meaning of History, by Norman O. Brown
*2427. The Murder of Christ: The Emotional Plague of Mankind, by Wilhelm Reich
*2428. Sex in Literature: The Erotic Impulse in Literature, by John Atkins. New York: Grove Press, First Evergreen Black Cat edition, 1972
*2428a. Erotic Fantasies: A Study of the Sexual Imagination, by Drs. Phyllis and Eberhard Kronhausen. New York: Grove Press, First Evergreen edition, 1987
*2428aa. The Secret Museum: Pornography in Modern Culture, by Walter Kendrick. Berkeley: University of California Press, First California paperback edition, 1996
*2428b. War of Words: The Censorship Debate. Edited by George Beahm. Illustrated by Kenny Ray Linkous. Kansas City, Mo.: Andrews and McMeel, 1993
*2428ba. Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex, and the Fight for Women's Rights, by Nadine Strossen. New York: Anchor Books, Doubleday, 1995
*2428c. Pornography and the Law: The Psychology of Erotic Realism and Pornography, by Eberhard and Phyllis Kronhausen. New York: Ballantine Books, Revised edition, 1964
*2428d. The Illustrated Presidential Report of the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography. Edited and with a foreword by Earl Kemp. Introduction by Dr. Eason Monroe, and with prefaces by Donald H. Gilmore and Roger Blake. San Diego, Calif.: Greenleaf Classics, 1970 [sexually explicit]
2428e. net.sex, by Nancy Tamosaitis. Emeryville, Calif.: Ziff-Davis Press, 1995
*2429. Psychoanalysis and the Unconscious, and Fantasia of the Unconscious, by D. H. Lawrence. Introduction by Philip Rieff
*2430. Sex, Literature, and Censorship, by D. H. Lawrence. Edited by Harry T. Moore
*2431. Sexual Intercourse Began in 1963. A docu-drama on D. H. Lawrence's struggle against censorship. From the Without Walls television series. 57 minutes. Channel Four [videotape]
*2432. Lady Chatterley's Lover, by D. H. Lawrence. The Complete and Unexpurgated 1928 Orioli Edition. Preface by Lawrence Durell. Edited and with an introduction by Ronald Friedland
*2432a. Henry Miller is Not Dead. A documentary on Henry Miller, including photographs of his early life; interviews in which he speaks about his art and his views about reality, life, death, and after death; recitations of his writings; and images of his artwork. Written and directed by Anonymous. Produced by Anonymous. A Joe Kishton film. A presentation of American Program Service. 1996. 42 minutes. Lifespan Productions [videotape]
*2433. "Writing and Obscenity", pp. 173-216 (Part 4) in Henry Miller on Writing. Selected by Thomas H. Moore from the published and unpublished works of Henry Miller
*2434. The World of Sex, by Henry Miller
*2435. Tropic of Cancer, by Henry Miller
2436. Tropic of Capricorn, by Henry Miller. New York: Grove Weidenfeld, First Evergreen edition, 1965
2436a. Delta of Venus. Erotica by Anais Nin. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1969
*2436b. The Other Victorians: A Study of Sexuality and Pornography in Mid-Nineteenth-Century England, by Steven Marcus. With a new introduction by the author
*2436c. My Secret Life. Abridged but unexpurgated. Introduction by G. Legman
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