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Helen Fisher, popular author (The First Sex, Why We Love) and media savvy anthropologist, speaks with WIE editor Jessica Roemischer about why women love to sleep with men at the top.

Andrew Cohen interviews Barry Long about the spiritual practice of sexual tantra he championed both as an international teacher and an adept practitioner.

Barbara Marx Hubbard, author and president of the Foundation for Conscious Evolution, speaks with WIE about the evolution of sexuality as part of a conscious, co-creative potential for men and women to forge a new world—together.

Transpersonal psychologist Jenny Wade explores the paranormal side of sexuality in this discussion of her book Transcendent Sex: When Lovemaking Opens the Veil.

In the second part of their dialogue, developmental psychologist Jenny Wade and EnlightenNext’sElizabeth Debold explore the evolution of human sexuality.

There's a lot more to guru sex scandals than innocent victims fallen prey to unscrupulous teachers. Whether they're after wealth, security, social status, or enlightenment, women love men at the top, and they have for four million years.

Do gay people have a special path to enlightenment? A Buddhist scholar and gay rights activist disputes many common convictions about gay spirituality.

Is sex really a shortcut to enlightenment? A no-holds-barred discussion with the mother of modern tantra.

Is sex an essential part of the spiritual path or is it an empty promise that distracts us from realizing our full human potential? Interviews with Margot Anand, Barry Long, Miranda Shaw, Father Thomas Keating, Bhante Henepola Gunaratana and Swami Chidananda.

“Not every man can take on five women and talk about love, life, God, truth and death and keep everything in order. Only a tantric master can do that.”

“Bogey is a little surprised when Ingrid steps on the plane without blinking an eye.” A contemporary celibate describes her decision to renounce sexuality and her discovery of a liberating new perspective on the potential for real intimacy between men and women.

Is it possible for a human being to sustain a relationship with the powerful force of sexuality that consistently reveals its impersonal nature?

What would it be like to live life free from the haunting conviction that something essential to our happiness is always missing? A captivating investigation into the true nature of desire that reveals with stark simplicity the way to liberation.

“Once made, this love is made forever.” Two of Barry Long's former consorts tell us what it's like to be in relationship with a tantric master.

The fascinating and informative discoveries of a pioneering scholar and author who journeyed to the Himalayas in search of the truth about Buddhist sexual tantra.

“While the Puritans wouldn't think of making love on the Sabbath, for Jews it's the opposite way around.” A forward-looking traditionalist describes the sanctified sexuality of orthodox Judaism.