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Winter 1997 (#31): EXERCISES IN SPIRITUALITY


Spring 1997 (#32): SANCTUARY


Summer 1997 (#33 ): LIFESTORIES

"I Want to Know Them All"


Fall 1997 (#34): FAIRIES
Editor's Note on Fairies
Contradictory Views on Radical Faerie Thought
Gay Meaning


Winter 1998 (#35): PRAYER
Introduction to Prayer feature
How is Meditation Prayer?
The Lavender Healing Network
Who Are the Third Sex in the 20th Century?
3001: The Final Odyssey


Spring 1998 (#36): AGING & Gay Men's Relationships
Editor's note on Radical Sexuality
Toward a Radical Gay Sexuality
Reflections on Cross-Generational Relationships
Confessions of a Geezer Queen
Critique of Patriarchal Reason


Summer 1998 (#37): GAY ARCHETYPES
Editor's Note: Archetype of the Gay Entrepreneur
Archetypes
Spiritual Evolution
The Archetype of Gay-Centeredness
Avalokiteshvara at the 21st Street Baths
Review: Gay Body
Review: Changing Ones
Review: The Principles


Fall 1998 (#38): "GOD"
Editor's Note: The Meaning of "God"
God of the Body
God Approves
God Doesn't Have Genitals
Eckhart's Eye
Sacred Sex: How to Live an Erotic Life
Review: Religion and the Human Sciences


Winter 98/99 (#39): HEALING
Editor's Note on Healing
Tending Soul in the Age of AIDS
Healing to Self-Realization
Zoroastrianism & Sexual Hygiene
The Mysticism of Andrew Harvey


Spring 1999 (#40): GAIA
Ever Recurring Spring
Our Place in Gaia
Homosex and Population Control
Bodhisattva Watch: We shall pay
Lover of My Soul


Summer 1999 (#41): DISCLOSURE
Visions of Stonewall
Disclosing Shadow to Self
Bodhisattva Watch: Tonglin
Review: Both Feet Firmly Planted in Midair
Review: The Red Thread of Passion


Fall 1999 (#42): GRIEVING AND DYING
Making Love to the Crucified Christ
Good Grief: How to do it well
Is AIDS Bereavement Unique?
Burnt Offerings
Poem: Point Loma Tidal Pools
Books with a Message


Winter 1999/2000 (#43): VIOLENCE AND NON-VIOLENCE

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Reflections on Non-Violence, Gandhi and The Power of Soulforce
My Experience in Lynchburg
Cross Roads
Hyacinthine Love
The Sacred Power Of Being Gay


Spring 2000 (#44): FOOD & SPIRIT

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Body and Soul
Talking on Eggshells
Serving the Spirits
Hungry Ghosts: Ruminations on Fasting
Translating into Chocolate
Response to Hyacinthine Love


Summer 2000 (#45): COMPASSION

Editor's Note
Cosmological Roots of Compassion
No Room for Compromise
Metta Meditation
Cut Roses
Compassion, Korea and the Little Prince
A Plea for Hatred


Fall 2000 (#46): SOLITUDE

Editor's Note
Activism, Contemplation, And The Mystical Body
Coming Out as an Angel
Lessons in the Silence
Restoring the Real Magick of Daily Life
Every Life Emanates Outward
Tarot and Psychology: Spectrums of Possibility
Working With AIDS Bereavement
Letters to the editor


Winter 2000 (#47): THE WORD
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Editor's note
Interview with Neil Douglas Klotz
Art: Jonathan and David
Suggested Reading
Opening Old Gates
Who Are the Gay People?
Letters to the Editor


Spring 2001 (#48): THE SHADOW
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Editor's note
The Shadow Saga
Shadows Within Shadows
Reclaiming Gay Shadow
The Fearful As Shadow
Book Reviews
Lammy Nominees


Summer 2001 (#49): LOVE & JOY
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Editor's Note
SPECIAL FEATURE: Interview with Neale Donald Walsch
Miracles Around Us
Homosexuality is Spirit's Joy
Mindful Masturbation
It Is, After All, a Spiritual Journey
Book Review: The Direct Path by Andrew Harvey
Book Review: Christopher Isherwood by David Izzo

Continuation of Full Disclosure


Fall 2001 (#50): GENDER
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Editor's Note
My Life as an Intersex
The Myth of Hermaphroditus: The Embodiment of the Struggle to Integrate Both Genders
Questions of Gay Gender and Culture
A Sexual Stockholm Syndrome
Back Into The Future: Transphobia Is My Issue Too
When I Was Born
Book Review: Scared Straight: Why It's So Hard to Accept Gay People And Why It's So Hard to Be Human by Robert Minor
Book Review: The Black & White Book: Two Sides to Every Story by R.P. MooreBook Review: It's All God by Walter Starcke


Winter 2001-02 (#51):INTENTION
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Principle and Perception Walter Starcke
Let Us Pray for Our Enemies Clayton Gibson-Faith
Seeing with Different Eyes Toby Johnson
Fiction: Dream Lover Matin K. Smith
Outspirit James E. Nicholson

BOOK REVIEWS:

The Third Testament by the Brothers Zinzendorf Steven LaVigneBeloved Testament by E.J. DiStefano Steven LaVigne
Red Heifer by Luther Butler Steven LaVigne
Mortal Love by Franklin Abbott Kevin Bothwell
IN MEMORIAM: R.I.P. George Harrison Toby Johnson


Spring 2002 (#52):PLEASURE
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Editor's Note
Oh, Moment Javier Millan
Of Pleasure and Gay Holiness Donald L. Boisvert, Ph.D.
Somebody Turn on a Light!
R.P.Moore
Orgasm John Ballew
Poetry: Dionysius in the Labyrinth
Phillip Andrew Bernhardt-House

BOOK REVIEWS:

In The City Of Shy Hunters by Tom Spanbauer Mountaine
Sex,Orgasm, & the Mind of Clear Light: The 64 Arts of Gay Male Love by Jeffrey Hopkins Toby Johnson
The Gay Kama Sutra by Colin Spencer Toby Johnson
Essays on Gay Tantra by William Schindler Toby Johnson
This year's Lambda Literary Award Finalists in Religion/Spirituality


Summer 2002 (#53):ALTERED STATES

Editor's Note

Altered States: A conversation with Rudy Ballentine about Tantra and Altered States of Being Agnes Dei

Every Breath You Take Stephen McDonnell

Ecstatic Dance Balance Janeson

BOOK REVIEWS:

Lovers' Legends: The Gay Greek Myths by Andrew Calimach Steven LaVigne

Godtalk: Travels in Spiritual America By Brad Gooch Steve Bolerjack


Fall 2002 (#54): MARGINALITY

Editor's Note: Walkers of the World's Wierd Wall

Changing the World from the Margins David Nimmons

Floating off the Page Ponderiver

Already There Ralph Walker

Wherefore Gay Spirituality or How Queer Can the Sacred Be?
Donald L. Boisvert, Ph.D.

Outside Looking In Edward J. Ingebretsen

Faith Gary T. Boswell

The Lone Rangers Among Us Schu Montgomery

Gender at the Margins Ted Senecal


Winter 2002 (#55): GAY PRIESTS

Editor's Note: In Hoc Signo Vinces by Bo Young

Bodies Under Scandal, Bodies Under Law Rev. Edward J. Ingebretsen

Archbishop Rembert Is My Brother Brother Jerome

The Life of Pi by Yann Martel Reviewed by Bo Young

Leading The Parade: Conversations with America's Most Influential Lesbians and Gay Men by Paul D. Cain Reviewed by Jesse Monteagudo

Secret Places: My Life In New York and New Guinea by Tobias Schneebaum Reviewed by Mountaine


Spring 2003 (#56): PILGRIMAGE

Editor's Note: St. Peregrine by Toby Johnson

The Art of Pilgrimage David Frechter

Zuni Mountain Sanctuary Events

The Road to Parnassus Robert Samson, D.D.

Journeying Bo Young

About the Near Future of White Crane Journal Toby Johnson


Summer 2003 (#57): RESISTANCE

Editor's Note: "Don't Fight It" by Bo Young

Being Peaceful : An Interview with David McReynolds Dan Vera

The Art of Resistance Tim Miller

Bodhisattva Watch: No Resistance Toby Johnson

Poetry: The Job Darrell Grizzle

 

Books Reviews:

People Farm by Steve Susoyev reviewed by Toby Johnson

The Tragedy of Miss Geneva Flowers by Joe Babcock reviewed by Steven LaVigne


Fall 2003 (#58): ATTRACTION

Editor's Note: The Most Common Reminder by Toby Johnson

Two of Cups by Stevee Postman and Eric Ganther

Gay Intuition by Toby Johnson

We Recognize Each Other by Dr. Li

The Magick of Soul Mates by Christopher Penczak

Orgasm Everlasting by Daniel Helminiak

Through a Steam Room, Darkly: Sexuality, Cruising and Intimacy by Stephen Mo Hanan

Short Fiction: Fairy Tale by Martin K. Smith

Attraction to Gay Spirit Community by Patrick McNamara

Bodhisattva Watch: C.S. Lewis & the Great Dance Toby Johnson

 

Books Reviews:

Damages by Bazhe reviewed by Steve LaVigne

Sex and Heaven: Catholics in Bed and Prayer by John Portmann reviewed by R.A. Horne

Open Your Mind, Open Your Life by Taro Gold reviewed by Toby Johnson

Shirt of Flame: The Secret Gay Art of War by Ko Imani reviewed by Toby Johnson

The Man Jesus Loved: Homoerotic Narratives from the New Testament by Theodore Jennings reviewed by R.A. Horne