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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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