Readings on Sexuality
The Undergrowth of Literature (1967) Gillian Freeman with an introduction by the psychiatrist David Stafford-Clark Sex And Spirit: Ecstasy, Ritual And Taboo (1996) Clifford Bishop Magia Sexualis: Sex, Magic, and Liberation in Modern Western Esotericism (2006) Hugh B. Urban Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence (2006) Esther Perel The Undergrowth of Literature is an intriguing bit of history, both because it was written in the mid-1960s when sexual liberty was under discussion openly for the first time in decades and because of the subject matter - the types of pornographic literature available at the time. The inclusion of women's magazines from a feminist perspective and Marvel Comics from a fetishistic perspective make it a true curiousity. It is not a great book. It is of its time. But it is useful to read because it shows how much we have changed since 1967. Intellectuals cannot now be quite so po-faced