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Sex Matters
From Sex to Superconsciousness
First published 2002 · 336 pages
A provocative philosophical journey that reframes physical desire as a vital stepping stone to spiritual awakening.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like sitting in on a provocative, boundary-pushing lecture that challenges everything you were taught about morality and desire. The pace is steady and conversational, guiding the reader through a philosophical dismantling of societal shame. It cultivates an expansive, liberating mood, asking you to view the physical body not as a hindrance to enlightenment, but as its very foundation. The prose is rhetorical and deeply earnest, relying on metaphor and paradox to bridge the gap between primal biology and elevated consciousness. It will deeply resonate with spiritual seekers, rebels against traditional religious dogma, and anyone looking to heal their relationship with intimacy by elevating it to the realm of the sacred.
- Mood
- contemplative
- expansive
- liberating
- introspective
- Tone
- provocative
- philosophical
- earnest
- authoritative
- Pace
- steady
- Themes
- spiritual awakening · dismantling societal shame · sacredness of the body · conscious loving · integration of physical and spiritual
- The writing
- Conversational and rhetorical, relying heavily on paradox, metaphor, and a guru-disciple cadence.
- The arc
- Moves from a critical deconstruction of ingrained societal shame toward a sense of expansive, liberated spiritual consciousness.
- Who it's for
- Spiritual seekers and rebels against traditional dogma looking to reconcile their physical desires with their higher consciousness.
Content notes
- frank discussions of sexuality
- critique of organized religion
About the book
"Sex matters to us all. The Osho approach to sex begins with an understanding of the importance of love in our lives, while at the same time acknowledging that the journey into love cannot exclude our innate biological energies. From this perspective, it becomes clear that the tendency for religions, and for society in general, to associate sex with sin and morality has been a great misfortune."--BOOK JACKET.
Description from Open Library.
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