Phil Shining, founder and director of the Sexuality and Spirituality Research Network (S&SRN), is an interdisciplinary academic researcher, international speaker, writer, and physical trainer focused on sex life cultivation, arts of living, and practice-oriented spirituality. www.sexualityandspirituality.org / www.philshining.netNicol Michelle Epple is an English faculty member who teaches writing, literature, speech, and spirituality studies for a number of universities in western Pennsylvania. She is also a Doctoral Candidate in the Graduate Studies in Literature & Criticism Program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Her research is focused on developing Holistic Embodied Theory which incorporates physicality, emotion, cognition, experience, and pedagogy. She is also a Naturopathic Doctor and Certified Health Practitioner. To serve women across the globe who have experienced sexual trauma, Nicol founded the ngo, The LOV Foundation, Inc.Contributors: Huai Bao, Ana Álvarez Borrero, Assumpta Sabuco Cantó, Rita Dirks, John R. Dupuche, Nicol Michelle Epple, Pavel Hlavinka, Richard Alan Northover, Catherine Papadopoullos, Phil Shining and Dennis Alan Winters.

• ForewordJon BraddyPrefaceNicol Michelle EppleList of IllustrationsIntroduction to the Sexuality and Spirituality Field of ResearchPhil ShiningPART 1Natural Instincts1 Spirituality of the Sexually Charged LandscapeDennis Alan Winters2 Spirituality and Sexuality in Prehistoric ArtRichard Alan NorthoverPART 2Religious Rapture3 A Spirituality of Pleasure: the ‘Thousand- Year’ Intercourse of Siva and SaktiJohn R. Dupuche4 Experiencing yada: Holistic Encounters of Spiritual Bliss between Christian Believer and GodNicol Michelle EpplePART 3Alternative Ecstasy5 Oscar Wilde’s Spirituality: the Erotics of Queer TheologyRita Dirks6 The Holy Rebellious Pussy: New Feminist Demands and Religious ConfrontationsAssumpta Sabuco Cantó and Ana Álvarez BorreroPART 4Taboo Challenges7 The (In)compatibility between Spirituality and Sexuality: Contemporary Chinese Case StudiesHuai Bao8 Sex Education and TantraPavel HlavinkaPART 5Limit-Experience Embodiments9 The Abandoned Self: Excess and Inner Experience in SadomasochismCatherine Papadopoullos10 Embodying ‘The Little Death’ of Orgasm: an Interdisciplinary Research on Sexual TrancePhil ShiningIndex

Phil Shining, founder and director of the Sexuality and Spirituality Research Network (S&SRN), is an interdisciplinary academic researcher, international speaker, writer, and physical trainer focused on sex life cultivation, arts of living, and practice-oriented spirituality. www.sexualityandspirituality.org / www.philshining.netNicol Michelle Epple is an English faculty member who teaches writing, literature, speech, and spirituality studies for a number of universities in western Pennsylvania. She is also a Doctoral Candidate in the Graduate Studies in Literature & Criticism Program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Her research is focused on developing Holistic Embodied Theory which incorporates physicality, emotion, cognition, experience, and pedagogy. She is also a Naturopathic Doctor and Certified Health Practitioner. To serve women across the globe who have experienced sexual trauma, Nicol founded the ngo, The LOV Foundation, Inc.Contributors: Huai Bao, Ana Álvarez Borrero, Assumpta Sabuco Cantó, Rita Dirks, John R. Dupuche, Nicol Michelle Epple, Pavel Hlavinka, Richard Alan Northover, Catherine Papadopoullos, Phil Shining and Dennis Alan Winters.

• ForewordJon BraddyPrefaceNicol Michelle EppleList of IllustrationsIntroduction to the Sexuality and Spirituality Field of ResearchPhil ShiningPART 1Natural Instincts1 Spirituality of the Sexually Charged LandscapeDennis Alan Winters2 Spirituality and Sexuality in Prehistoric ArtRichard Alan NorthoverPART 2Religious Rapture3 A Spirituality of Pleasure: the ‘Thousand- Year’ Intercourse of Siva and SaktiJohn R. Dupuche4 Experiencing yada: Holistic Encounters of Spiritual Bliss between Christian Believer and GodNicol Michelle EpplePART 3Alternative Ecstasy5 Oscar Wilde’s Spirituality: the Erotics of Queer TheologyRita Dirks6 The Holy Rebellious Pussy: New Feminist Demands and Religious ConfrontationsAssumpta Sabuco Cantó and Ana Álvarez BorreroPART 4Taboo Challenges7 The (In)compatibility between Spirituality and Sexuality: Contemporary Chinese Case StudiesHuai Bao8 Sex Education and TantraPavel HlavinkaPART 5Limit-Experience Embodiments9 The Abandoned Self: Excess and Inner Experience in SadomasochismCatherine Papadopoullos10 Embodying ‘The Little Death’ of Orgasm: an Interdisciplinary Research on Sexual TrancePhil ShiningIndex

Phil Shining, founder and director of the Sexuality and Spirituality Research Network (S&SRN), is an interdisciplinary academic researcher, international speaker, writer, and physical trainer focused on sex life cultivation, arts of living, and practice-oriented spirituality. www.sexualityandspirituality.org / www.philshining.netNicol Michelle Epple is an English faculty member who teaches writing, literature, speech, and spirituality studies for a number of universities in western Pennsylvania. She is also a Doctoral Candidate in the Graduate Studies in Literature & Criticism Program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Her research is focused on developing Holistic Embodied Theory which incorporates physicality, emotion, cognition, experience, and pedagogy. She is also a Naturopathic Doctor and Certified Health Practitioner. To serve women across the globe who have experienced sexual trauma, Nicol founded the ngo, The LOV Foundation, Inc.Contributors: Huai Bao, Ana Álvarez Borrero, Assumpta Sabuco Cantó, Rita Dirks, John R. Dupuche, Nicol Michelle Epple, Pavel Hlavinka, Richard Alan Northover, Catherine Papadopoullos, Phil Shining and Dennis Alan Winters.

• ForewordJon BraddyPrefaceNicol Michelle EppleList of IllustrationsIntroduction to the Sexuality and Spirituality Field of ResearchPhil ShiningPART 1Natural Instincts1 Spirituality of the Sexually Charged LandscapeDennis Alan Winters2 Spirituality and Sexuality in Prehistoric ArtRichard Alan NorthoverPART 2Religious Rapture3 A Spirituality of Pleasure: the ‘Thousand- Year’ Intercourse of Siva and SaktiJohn R. Dupuche4 Experiencing yada: Holistic Encounters of Spiritual Bliss between Christian Believer and GodNicol Michelle EpplePART 3Alternative Ecstasy5 Oscar Wilde’s Spirituality: the Erotics of Queer TheologyRita Dirks6 The Holy Rebellious Pussy: New Feminist Demands and Religious ConfrontationsAssumpta Sabuco Cantó and Ana Álvarez BorreroPART 4Taboo Challenges7 The (In)compatibility between Spirituality and Sexuality: Contemporary Chinese Case StudiesHuai Bao8 Sex Education and TantraPavel HlavinkaPART 5Limit-Experience Embodiments9 The Abandoned Self: Excess and Inner Experience in SadomasochismCatherine Papadopoullos10 Embodying ‘The Little Death’ of Orgasm: an Interdisciplinary Research on Sexual TrancePhil ShiningIndex