Sex, Passion and the Soul with Thomas Moore

Program Description

The Western world is clearly obsessed with sex. In a culture where one can find virtually any physical or mental sensation the imagination can conjure up, why do we remain unsatisfied? Thomas Moore declares that we are actually afraid of sex,“afraid of our own vitality.” He believes that what we need is the courage to live sensuously, to ease up on the maddening work ethic, and to give pleasure its due. Moore believes sex is an experience of the soul–not just an act in the bedroom, but something that permeates everything we do. Because sex is so much at the center of life, if we pretend otherwise it only haunts and consumes us. “Sex and life are so creative. If we just get out of the way, life will make us who we are, who we want to be.” Discover how to bring out the pulse and passion at the center of your being in this stirring dialogue.

Moore is the bestselling author of Care of the Soul (HarperCollins 1992), Soul Mates (HarperCollins 1994) and The Soul of Sex: Cultivating Life as an Act of Love (HarperCollins 1998).

Topics Explored in this Dialogue:

• How to discover and understand your own story
• How our moralistic attitudes toward smoking, fatty foods, etc. are linked to sex
• Underlying reasons for the popularity of pornography
• Marilyn Monroe–a mythological symbol?
• What political sex scandals say about our times
• How sexuality and ecology are connected
• The importance of sexual fantasy, sexual imagery, and erotic art
• Bringing romanticism back into spirituality

Program Number: 2731                Host: Michael Toms             Interview Date: 6/26/1998