White Crane Journal (originally White Crane Newsletter) was created by Robert Barzan, a former Jesuit, living in San Francisco. It has been in publication thirteen years and has gained a reputation as a literate, intelligent--and, at the same time, provocative and ground-breaking--"scholarly" quarterly of gay culture.
In 1996, gay spiritual writer and novelist Toby Johnson assumed the
role of editor and publisher.
Gay men use all kinds of paths and lifestyles to grow spiritually and
to enhance their experience of life: meditation, prayer,
psychotherapy, service, religion, music, drugs, yoga, breathing,
ritual, dream study, dressing up, dressing down, role-playing,
relationships, gardening, sex, sex rituals, dancing, and much
more--all with varying degrees of success. Committed to the intuition
that gay consciousness plays a special and important role in the
evolution of life on Earth,White Crane exists to explore the variety
of the manifestations of the spiritual search among contemporary gay
men.
There are two objectives for this publication: 1) That it be a forum
where we can share with each other what we have found both helpful
and not helpful for our spiritual development, and 2) that what is
written here be a source of encouragement in our own life journeys.
You are encouraged to test everything that is written here, keep what
is helpful to you, and lay the rest aside.
You are all invited to share your own experiences and thoughts. Your
articles, essays, reviews, and letters are encouraged. No payment is
offered at this time. Submissions returned with self-addressed,
stamped envelope only. No part of this publication may be reprinted
without the written permission of the authors.
The appearance of a person's name in this publication is in no way an
indication of sexual orientation, and should not be considered such.
Opinions expressed in published articles are those of the authors and
do not necessarily represent the opinions of the staff.
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words, 15 cents for each additional word. Personal-type ads are only
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Copyright 2002 Toby Johnson ISSN 1070-5430
To learn about the published anthology SEX & SPIRIT see
about SEX & SPIRIT: Exploring Gay Men's
Spirituality
