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Copyright © 1994, 1999, 2014 by Stuart Sovatsky, Ph.D.

Originally published in 1994 by Destiny Books under the title Passions of Innocence: Tantric Celibacy and the Mysteries of Eros

Published in 1999 by Park Street Press under the title Eros, Consciousness, and Kundalini: Deepening Sensuality through Tantric Celibacy and Spiritual Intimacy

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Sovatsky, Stuart, 1949–

[Passions of innocence]

Advanced spiritual intimacy : the yoga of deep tantric sensuality / Stuart

Sovatsky. — Third edition.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

print ISBN: 978-1-62055-264-3

ebook ISBN: 978-1-62055-278-0

1. Celibacy—Tantrism. 2. Kundalini. 3. Tantrism—Doctrines. 4. Sex—Religious aspects—Tantrism. I. Title.

BL1283.852.S684 2014

294.5'447—dc23

2013041057

Digital artwork photography for prologue images by Will Cloughley, Sondra Slade, Vera Vasey, Stuart Sovatsky

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