Author : Clive Staples Lewis
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 31,31 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780151329168
Analyzes the feelings and problems involved in different types of human love, including familial affection, friendship, passion, and charity.
Author : Juan Antonio González Iglesias
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,89 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781938584077
[Eros Is More] is a beautifully masterful collection. - Aracelis Girmay
Author : Apuleius
Publisher : Phoemixx Classics Ebooks
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 22,73 MB
Release : 2021-11-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 3986774955
Cupid and Psyche Apuleius - Cupid and Psyche is a story from the Latin novel Metamorphoses, also known as The Golden Ass, written in the 2nd century AD by Apuleius. It concerns the overcoming of obstacles to the love between Psyche (Soul or Breath of Life) and Cupid (Desire), and their ultimate union in a sacred marriage.
Author : Susan Ackerman
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 40,90 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Education
ISBN : 0231132603
Toward the end of the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh King, Gilgamesh laments the untimely death of his comrade Enkidu, 'my friend whom I loved dearly'. This book examines the stories' sexual and homoerotic language and suggests that its ambiguity provides fresh ways of understanding ideas of gender and sexuality in the ancient Near East.
Author : Thomas Jay Oord
Publisher : Brazos Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 18,71 MB
Release : 2010-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1587432579
Engages cutting-edge scientific research on love and altruism to offer a definition of love that is scientifically, theologically, and philosophically adequate.
Author : Michon Neal
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 35,88 MB
Release : 2018-02-14
Category : Asexuality (Sexual orientation)
ISBN : 9781982097479
"Love is not my motivation; it is my state of being. You cannot tempt me with the promise of your scraps when I feed myself." If aromantic people primarily desire friendship or nonromantic partnerships over romance, then how can they practice any recognized form of non-monogamy? And polyamory the practice of having multiple intimate, loving relationships is just for romantic people, right? The truth is, being aromantic or asexual usually means there's an emphasis on friendship, which is inherently non-monogamous. Being aromantic means loving a bit differently, but in ways that matter just as much. Knowledge about these experiences and identities can help with clarifying relationship needs, bringing up new possibilities and better choices for relationship format ion, and for turning friendship into something more than a simple throwaway stand in for some potential romantic partner. Communities built on friendship rather than competition (and let s face it, competitiveness is usually encouraged when it comes to romance) would be more cohesive, less prone to the power dynamics that lead to systemic abuse, and can actually cultivate true agency. There are plenty of books out there already for straight, white, romantic folks. This is the book Black queer aros never got.
Author : C. S. Lewis
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 16,2 MB
Release : 2017-02-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0062565451
The revered author's classic work that examines the four types of human love: affection, friendship, erotic love, and the love of God.? In this work Lewis examines four varieties of love, as approached from the Greek language: storge, the most basic form; philia, the rarest and perhaps most insightful; eros, passionate love; and agape, the love of God, the greatest and least selfish. ?Throughout this compassionate and reasoned study, he encourages readers to open themselves to all forms of love—the key to understanding that brings us closer to God.? "There is no safe investment. To love at all is to be vulnerable . . . draw nearer to God, not be trying to avoid the sufferings inherent in all loves, but by accepting them and offering them to Him; throwing away all defensive armor. If our hearts need to be broken, and if He chooses this as the way in which they should break, so be it."? In Four Loves, C. S. Lewis explores love to help you · Strengthen your interpersonal relationships · Understand the different between needed pleasures and appreciation pleasures and need-love and gift-love · Care for the people in your life, avoid pitfalls, and improve your relationship God The Four Loves holds a mirror to our current society and leaves no doubt that our modern understanding of love is heavily misunderstood.
Author : Maurice Hunt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 32,27 MB
Release : 2017-06-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1501333968
"A comparative study that explores the influence of Christian and Classical ideas about the divine face in the writing of four major writers in Western literature"--
Author : Hilary Bradbury
Publisher :
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 17,75 MB
Release : 2015-11-10
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781495159145
Can you approach love in a way that opens your eyes rather than blinds you? Can you love passionately, compassionately, and dispassionately all at once? Can you love non-possessively but with commitment? Can you love inquiringly, bringing benefit to your beloveds? What is the relationship between your spiritual life and embodied love? How are we each to engage this great life adventure, in spite of our unique wounds? In this book filled with passion, compassion, and dispassion, Hilary Bradbury and Bill Torbert go way, way out on a limb. Sharing their erotic autobiographies with us - the beautiful and the ugly - starting with the history of their relationship with one another as professor and student, they invite exploration of the secret places where true love gets lived (and gets crushed). They ask us to reflect on our own stories of love and loss as a way to re-imagine the whole world of erotic friendship in more life affirming ways, at home, at play and at work. Coaxing love under the sign of inquiry they suggest that we already know that passionate love can enchant us, exerting a power over us that can feel like the most liberating feeling in the world. Yet it can also lead us into torturous agony. They discuss the exercise of power to love rather than imprison self and other. These pages invite you to invite yourself and your friends further into this living inquiry, inviting love with inquiry, joining Eros with Power.
Author : Marsita Jordan
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 15,13 MB
Release : 2020-12-19
Category :
ISBN : 9781735053912
Eros is the expression of our sexual sensualities in our relationships. It is also the initial language of love. It is the magnetism of the first glance, the interlocking of eyes, and the warm and fuzzy feeling that draws us into the intimate space of another. It is the rush of euphoria that swoons our rationale; it is the eruption in our stomach that makes it flutter with butterflies; it is the adrenalin that causes us to hear and feel our heartbeats outside of our chest as our souls connect; and, it is the crazy instantaneous attachment that we develop for people we barely know. Although "Eros" is the essence of infatuation, it is also the first indication of our affection. But it is often frowned upon, as if it is shameful, to be free to express passion for someone you are attracted to. Since the beginning of time, it has been the primary building block of the structure of a loving relationship. When we examine the first couple on earth, Adam and Eve, Adam was aroused by what he saw in the woman that God created. That initial arousal made Adam agree with God that His creation of woman was indeed, "good". In its raw natural form, Eros is the stimulus that moves us to recreate and procreate. It is also the deviant that makes us explore the deeper, darker side of our sexual fantasies. In this book, I delve into the innocent and the naughty realms of Eros where you will feel both the exhilaration of romanticism as well as the liberation of erotica.
