Reclaiming Eros Book Party Sun. at CSC, Pass the word on!
This is an amazing and inspiring book and should be a really fun party to welcome this book into the world. Pass the word on and hope to see you there!
Sunday evening, 3/23, 7-10 pm (door at 6:30) -- RECLAIMING EROS: Sacred Whores and Healers
Spend your Easter Sunday evening at this special book launch extravaganza. With author Margaret Wade and very special guests Annie Sprinkle, Cleo Dubois, and Joseph Kramer.
Join us for an elegant champagne and dessert reception with performances, book signing, a silent auction (to benefit the Center for Sex and Culture), and a Reclaiming Eros ritual.
Suzanne and Margaret hope Reclaiming Eros will inspire courage in others to explore their sexuality by reading the stories of of the book's subjects, all pioneers in sexual healing:
Suzanne Blackburn, Isa Magdalena, Joseph Kramer, Ph.D., Steve Howard, Ph.D., Nut Tmu-Ankh Butterfly, Annie Sprinkle, Ph.D., Alex Jade, Julie Berger, Betty Dodson, Ph.D., Singing Deer, Rudolph Ballentine, Ph.D., Margaret Wade, Collin Brown, Cléo Dubois, and Emaya.
Here's what reviewers have said about Reclaiming Eros:
Blackburn's and Wade's interviews with sexual pioneers, people who openly identify themselves using terms such as "sacred intimate" or "sacred prostitute," are filled with profound insights, tenderness and humor; the thoughtfulness and integrity of the interviewees will undoubtedly shatter many preconceptions. Blackburn and Wade demonstrate that it is possible to reclaim the sacred role of the prostitute and that doing so would help liberate us all.
~ Mark A. Michaels (Swami Umeshanand Saraswati) and Patricia Johnson (Devi Veenanand), authors of The Essence of Tantric Sexuality
Spirituality has been separated from sexual pleasure for too long in our culture. Reclaiming Eros puts it back where it belongs, in the healing energy of our most intimate relationships.
~ Gina Ogden, Ph.D., author of The Heart and Soul of Sex: Making the ISIS Connection and Women Who Love Sex: An Inquiry Into the Expanding Spirit of Women's Erotic Experience
Sacred prostitutes and sexual healing may look like impossible fantasies in our sex-negative culture, but in Reclaiming Eros, Blackburn and Wade introduce us to a wondrously diverse group of women and men dedicated to the practice of sacred sex as an underground journey to the light. This lucid unfolding of emotional, spiritual and sexual mysteries adds up to one of stupendous affirmation: Eros can make you whole.
~ Dossie Easton, Marriage and Family Therapist, Co-author with Janet W. Hardy of The Ethical Slut and Radical Ecstasy: SM Journeys to Transcendence
Tickets $20, books will be available at a special discounted price, autographed by the author and as many of the interviewees as possible. The silent auction and sponsorships will have a minimum bid of $20.
CSC can take checks, Visa, M/C and Discover. At The Center for Sex & Culture: 1519 Mission near 11th St.
Sunday evening, 3/23, 7-10 pm (door at 6:30) -- RECLAIMING EROS: Sacred Whores and Healers
Spend your Easter Sunday evening at this special book launch extravaganza. With author Margaret Wade and very special guests Annie Sprinkle, Cleo Dubois, and Joseph Kramer.
Join us for an elegant champagne and dessert reception with performances, book signing, a silent auction (to benefit the Center for Sex and Culture), and a Reclaiming Eros ritual.
Suzanne and Margaret hope Reclaiming Eros will inspire courage in others to explore their sexuality by reading the stories of of the book's subjects, all pioneers in sexual healing:
Suzanne Blackburn, Isa Magdalena, Joseph Kramer, Ph.D., Steve Howard, Ph.D., Nut Tmu-Ankh Butterfly, Annie Sprinkle, Ph.D., Alex Jade, Julie Berger, Betty Dodson, Ph.D., Singing Deer, Rudolph Ballentine, Ph.D., Margaret Wade, Collin Brown, Cléo Dubois, and Emaya.
Here's what reviewers have said about Reclaiming Eros:
Blackburn's and Wade's interviews with sexual pioneers, people who openly identify themselves using terms such as "sacred intimate" or "sacred prostitute," are filled with profound insights, tenderness and humor; the thoughtfulness and integrity of the interviewees will undoubtedly shatter many preconceptions. Blackburn and Wade demonstrate that it is possible to reclaim the sacred role of the prostitute and that doing so would help liberate us all.
~ Mark A. Michaels (Swami Umeshanand Saraswati) and Patricia Johnson (Devi Veenanand), authors of The Essence of Tantric Sexuality
Spirituality has been separated from sexual pleasure for too long in our culture. Reclaiming Eros puts it back where it belongs, in the healing energy of our most intimate relationships.
~ Gina Ogden, Ph.D., author of The Heart and Soul of Sex: Making the ISIS Connection and Women Who Love Sex: An Inquiry Into the Expanding Spirit of Women's Erotic Experience
Sacred prostitutes and sexual healing may look like impossible fantasies in our sex-negative culture, but in Reclaiming Eros, Blackburn and Wade introduce us to a wondrously diverse group of women and men dedicated to the practice of sacred sex as an underground journey to the light. This lucid unfolding of emotional, spiritual and sexual mysteries adds up to one of stupendous affirmation: Eros can make you whole.
~ Dossie Easton, Marriage and Family Therapist, Co-author with Janet W. Hardy of The Ethical Slut and Radical Ecstasy: SM Journeys to Transcendence
Tickets $20, books will be available at a special discounted price, autographed by the author and as many of the interviewees as possible. The silent auction and sponsorships will have a minimum bid of $20.
CSC can take checks, Visa, M/C and Discover. At The Center for Sex & Culture: 1519 Mission near 11th St.