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SPIRITUALITY, CLINICAL SEXOLOGY and SEX THERAPY: a Therapeutic Matrix for the New Millennium …BY LINDA L TABLE OF CONTENTS SPIRITUALITY, CLINICAL SEXOLOGY AND SEX THERAPY: a therapeutic matrix for the new millennium …BY LINDA L. HRON . ………………….. i APPROVAL PAGE . ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . iii VITA . v TABLE OF CONTENTS . 1 ABSTRACT . 4 INTRODUCTION . 5 CHAPTER 1. MAKING SENSE OF A SHIFTING PARADIGM . 13 A. Religion and Spirituality B. Philosophy C. Theory D. Patriarchy and Matriarchy E. Points of View F. Masculine and Feminine Constructs G. Anima and Animus H. Yin and Yang I. Field Theory and the Window of Historical Perception CHAPTER 2. FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHSPIRITUAL CLINICAL SEXOLOGY . 57 A. Symbolization and Myth B. Creation Myths and the Psyches Response C. A General Account of Matriarchal and Patriarchal Evolution CHAPTER 3. HISTORICAL IMPACT OF PATRIARCHAL THOUGHT ON THE FIELD OF PSYCHOTHERAPY . 91 A. Patriarchal Philosophy and the Evolution of Psychotherapy B. Psychotherapy and It’s Interface With Energetic Theories CHAPTER 4. FOUNDATIONS OF AN ENERGETIC PARADIGM FOR SEXUAL AND SELF HEALING . 122 A. Energy and Science B. The Human Energy System C. The Chakra System D. The Biofield E. Meridians F. The Electricity of Touch CHAPTER 5. PSYCHOLOGY, SPIRITUALITY AND CLINICAL SEXOLOGY; THE THERAPEUTIC MATRIX . 146 A. Spirituality and Psychotherapy B. A Brief History of Notable Sexologists and Their Spiritual Philosophies C. Orgasm vs. Orgasmic States CHAPTER 6. TANTRIC THEORY . 180 A. Shakti, Shiva and Worship of the Feminine B. Nonduality C. Expression and Honoring of Divine Energies CHAPTER 7. BASIC TANTRIC INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORTING SCIENTIFIC DATA . 201 A. Meditation 2 B. Conscious Breathing C. Eye Contact D. Music E. Movement and Dance F. Conscious Touch CHAPTER 8. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUDING COMMENTS . 238 APPENDIX A. RESOURCES . 247 REFERENCES CITED . 248 3 ABSTRACT Eastern sex practices, dating back to antiquity and frequently rooted in spiritual concepts, are currently experiencing a surge of popularity in the West. Despite the wealth of sexual knowledge found in Tantric teachings and texts such as the Kama Sutra, Western clinical sexology, has largely shunned the inclusion of these practices from their cannon proper. In order to bring the subject of Tantra into the mainstream of academic conversation, this paper undertakes a thorough exploration of the historical, social and religious underpinnings that set in motion, the split between East and West, psyche and soul, sex and spirit, and masculine from feminine. Particular and detailed attention to the impact of the patriarchy on men and women alike is given. Exhaustive examination of those constructs and theories that have been used to bolster Western attitudes within clinical are contrasted with Eastern approaches to sexuality. A thorough discussion regarding the process by which spirit was weeded out of psychotherapy, and subsequently clinical sexology is covered Also included is current research regarding new discoveries in the West that re-open the door to spiritual processes as a means of healing both psychological and sexual wounds. The author introduces the Tantric model of clinical sexology, with particular emphasis on energetic principles that are emerging from the field of quantum physics and complementary medicine. These principles form the core of Tantric theory and practice. This paper seeks to present scientific theories that when extrapolated from current research and contrasted with similar findings from related fields, subsequently points towards Tantra’s place as a valuable, holistic and possibly more spacious foundation from which to engage in clinical sexology. 4 INTRODUCTION Clinical sexology, not unlike other arts and sciences, is a product of its time. All events of human history, discoveries of quantum science and developments in psychotherapy have brought clinical sexology to the place where it resides today. Clinical sexology, conducted in the Western hemisphere was conceived within a medical model and has benefited greatly by this association, which also birthed psychoanalysis. Western sexology has been held in high regard for its clinical approach to the study of sex, utilizing revolutionary methods to explore the human sexual response thus generating time-tested methods to assess and address human sexual pleasure. However, just as the West was doing what it was best at, Eastern civilization proceeded to quietly practice what they were best at. Continents away from North America; India, China, Tibet, and other countries referred to herein as the East, utilized a very different method of exploring human sexuality. Eastern texts, offering detailed descriptions of hundreds of sexual techniques, bespeak pronounced diversity in sexual attitudes as well as predating Western clinical sexology by centuries. Do these texts, and the philosophies that underlie them, hold any keys for Western sexologists and sex therapists today? Can traditions, dating back to a time before history was recorded offer Westerners a taste of that which they are hungry for? Only recently have popular articles, books, and a few professional journal article’s emerged in the West that openly acknowledge these ancient sex practices discussing their positive impact on individuals and couples who are seeking sexual satisfaction and enhancement in their sex lives. 5 This paper seeks to discuss and bring to light divisions wrought by history and human evolution that have fragmented and undermined human sexual wholeness. Through exhaustive historical research and comparative study, this paper introduces thought-provoking discussions regarding how East and West came to experience profound splits in belief, theory and healing methodology. Though these polarities are visible in most all domains of each separate culture, this paper will focus on specific areas pertinent to the subject at hand; primarily the examination of where, when and why spirituality was evicted from Western sexological studies and subsequent therapies. It is the hypothesis of this paper that the polarization between East and West, is symbolic and representative of the schism that exists between secularism and spirituality, masculine and feminine, soul and psychology, and sacredness and sexuality; and that this separation is at the root of much sexual dissatisfaction experienced by those in the West today. Addressing this split, bringing the energies of masculine and feminine into balance and opening the door for the sacred to coexist with the profane, is the focus of this paper. One method for facilitating this reconnection of sexuality and soul is a practice, rising slowly yet surely to popularity in the West, known as Tantra. For the sake of this paper, those theories, philosophies and practices that align with tantric practice, will be referenced as the Tantric Model. This paper further proposes the consideration of a psychospiritual model of sex therapy, based on theoretical material gleaned from research in the fields of history, anthropology, physics, psychology, religion, sociology and clinical sexology. Particular attention and discussion focuses on the tremendous impact that the system of patriarchy has had upon every dimension of historical man, not the least of which is the damage to 6 the sense of sexual satisfaction and joy human beings naturally long for. This research further explores the presence of masculine and feminine energies within the human psyche, and their impact on sexual satisfaction. This author examines historical events that, from an archetypal perspective contributed to the current imbalance of masculine and feminine energies within society, psychology, clinical sexology and individual consciousness. A possible alternative to the status quo currently adhered to in both sex and clinical sexology is discussed through exploration of the Tantric model of sexuality. This model, it is theorized, may offer Western clinical sexology consumers a unique and time-tested method for enlivening their sexual lives and addressing a myriad of sexual complaints. Following the current introduction, chapter one presents a significant body of information, that when built upon in later chapters, gives the reader a basic working knowledge of the philosophies and theories underlying psychospiritual sexology, manifest in the Tantric model of sex therapy. Concepts such as religion, spirituality, philosophy, theory, patriarchy, matriarchy and androcentricsm will be discussed. Masculine and feminine as they apply to essential urges, energies or aspects within humans, social systems, governments and institutions will be examined. This discussion is undertaken from a philosophical perspective, exploring the meaning of these terms to ascertain their origin, validity, application and impact on the course of human sexual development and attendant studies. Further, concepts such as yin and yang and anima and animus will be explained, introducing the reader to ideas embodied in Eastern psychology and Western depth psychology. 7 Chapter two outlines foundational material salient to understanding psychospiritual sexology. Discussion is offered regarding the importance of symbolization and myth in the psyche’s process of meaning making. Since sexual experiences are of primary concern in this study, particular attention is paid to how myth and symbol color human sexuality and sexual experience. Symbolization, with its power to impact psychological, sexual and spiritual perceptions, is considered as well. Chapter two assists in deepening the reader’s awareness of myth and symbol by exploring their matriarchal and patriarchal
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