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about SEX & SPIRIT: Exploring Gay Men's Spirituality

The substantive articles from the first 21 issues of White Crane are reprinted in the anthology

SEX & SPIRIT

edited by Robert Barzan, creator and past editor of White Crane.

It is available in selected gay bookstores nationwide and by mail from White Crane Press. The cost is $12.95 U.S. and Canada, $17.00 all other countries. Price includes postage. Send check or money order, in U.S. dollars only, to White Crane Press, 404 Patrick Lane, Modesto, CA 95350

Please Note: White Crane Press and White Crane Journal are
two different entities with different mailing addresses.

 

Contents

Traditional Paths
Gays as Spiritual Gatekeepers: Indigenous Africans Celebrate the Gay Spirit by Bert Hoff

Gay Male Mythology: Following the Example of the Gods by Robert Barzan

Friendship is God, God is Friendship: Aelred of Rievaulx and a Monastery of Love by James Arimond

Homoeroticism and Spirituality:Rumi and the Sufis by Robert Barzan


Eroticism and Male Identity

Sexual Healing: Healing the Heart-Genital Split in Men by Joseph Kramer

Radical Reflections on Radical Sex: A Spiritual Journey through Leathersex by J. Michael Clark

In Praise of Soul-full Lust: Exploring the Spirit of Erotic Video by Dan Doran

Beyond the Sexual Revolution: The Prophetic Role of Gays by Toby Johnson

Horned God: An Ancient Sex Symbol Reappears by Kelly Gabriel Lee

Dances with Cowboys: Country Western Dancing Uncovers a Gay Spirit by Robert Barzan

i smashed the phalloi by Sister species of crow

i built the phalloi by Brother Pan

The Wild Man Among Us: Masculinity and the Key to Sexual Identity by Kelly Gabriel Lee


Gay Identity

Coming Out: The Gay Hero's Journey by Wilfrid Koponen

Over the Rainbow, Into Our Hearts: The Wizard of Oz and the Gay Experience by Laurence Hermsen

Mathematician as a Child & Daddy's Dreamboy by Mark Haliman

Keep Gays Out of the Military: Another Side to the Ban by Tundra Wind

More Than the Sum of Parts: Rescuing the Body from Fundamentalism by Darrell g. h. Schramm

Goddess in Every Man: Feminine Archetypes for Men by Josef Venker


Finding Our Way

Healing Touch: Learning to Embody Our Love by Jess Lee

Odessey of a Zen Teacher: Flourishing in the Zen Tradition by Tundra Wind

AIDS, Service, and the Renewal of the Heart: A Personal Reflection by Terence Huwe

The Only Game in Town: Finding the Path to Enlightenment by Bert Herrman

Healing HIV with Sex: A Personal Journey by Philip Bahr

Reinhabiting: Finding Love in Nature by Robert Barzan

Toward A Gay Ecological Perspective: Gay Liberation and Ecological Reflection by J. Michael Clark

Gay Rites Primer: Ritual as a Doorway to the Sacred by Robert Barzan

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