The sential gay mystics by Andrew Harvey | Open Library

Contents:

• THE SENTIAL GAY MYSTICS
• GAY MYSTICISM
• THE ESSENTIAL GAY MYSTICS : SELECTNS OM THE WORLD'S GREAT WISDOM TRADNS HARDVER – JANUARY 1, 1997
• THE ESSENTIAL GAY MYSTICS - SOFTVER
• ESSENTIAL GAY MYSTICS
• THE ESSENTIAL GAY MYSTICS
• THE ESSENTIAL GAY MYSTICS (ESSENTIAL SERI) - HARDVER

THE SENTIAL GAY MYSTICS

Disver the irreplaceable wisdom of history’s greatt gay and lbian spirual masters.

Disver the Holy Passn of Gay MysticsOf the world's te mystics—seekers who achieve a direct unn wh God—a staggerg proportn have lived and loved as gay men and women. Through their sumptuo love poetry, their darg exploratns of Tantra (sacred sex), and heroic votn to their fah—spe their tranged stat wh society—gay mystics have permanently altered and enriched the spirual landspe of our time.

Now scholar and btsellg thor Andrew Harvey illumat the liv and lov of the mystil outsirs on Gay Mysticism. Lookg back to the dawn of Wtern relign, Harvey shows that, far om beg rejected, homosexuals pre-Christian cultur were seen as dive and even pritly—a myster fn of mascule and feme quali. Drawg om many sourc, Harvey unvers the rich and long-hidn history of our most important gay mystics, cludg the Sufi poet Rumi, the Amerin poet and social worker Walt Whman, the English sayist Edward Carpenter, Plato, and others.

GAY MYSTICISM

The sential gay mystics. Reviewed the Uned Stat on July 9, 2002As a Wterner brought up a culture that separat sexualy om spirualy, had never occurred to me there uld be gay mystics who uld be intified.

Both of the stori have homosexual cints them. Yet, somehow, I uld unrstand that; after all, the were sequtered men livg alone whout women, siar to ary or prison life and homosexual tensns are unbearable for evolutn of psychologil theori sce Frd, Jung, and Adler has moved to an "tegral approach, " lkg body, md and soul balance as a holistic un. In addn, mysticismneed not be relig or theistic, but n exprs self art, lerature, mic or other word, "gay, " is slightly more difficult to fe bee is unrstood such a narrow and ually limed nstct.

THE ESSENTIAL GAY MYSTICS : SELECTNS OM THE WORLD'S GREAT WISDOM TRADNS HARDVER – JANUARY 1, 1997

Gay ually refers to a middle-class homosexual male livg the Wt the late 20th century. To give only one example, the berdache, the cross-drsg shaman of var Amerin Indian trib, holds an teemed and fundamental place the life of a book, Gay Mystics, is set forth on the hypothis that s and sex do not need to be approved and that gay sexualy is as nately spirual as heterosexualy. Excerptg passag om 60 gay and lbian wrers--verg 20 centuri and at least a dozen tradns cludg classil Greek, Native Amerin, Sufi, and Christian, Andrew Harvey explor a variety of relig and sexual experienc.

THE ESSENTIAL GAY MYSTICS - SOFTVER

His extensive rearch, empathetic perspective, and pellg grasp of spirualy make this book not only unique, but also val to an unrstandg of ntemporary theology, relign and Wilber, psychologist, has said "Andrew Harvey has pulled together some of the most passnate and touchg works all of mystil lerature, and as happens, the thors are all gay. But the words speak for themselv: that is, the Dive directly speaks through the words this volume, words that flowed through gay hearts and gay mds and gay love, but words which speakprofoundly, eloquently, geoly, to the same Dive all of .

ESSENTIAL GAY MYSTICS

Reviewed the Uned Stat on March 29, 2013Movg along this road of acceptg on self as gay. The reflectns of the mystics helps me realize that great love, sacred love, eternal love is revealed gay people. Reviewed the Uned Stat on Augt 24, 2003It has been an accepted fact for some time that gay persons of both genrs have always figured among the artistic and cultural el of societi around the world.

While most cultur have never officially regnised or sanctned gay sexual activi, many have at least quietly tolerated the prence of gay persons given the ntributns of many talented dividuals to society. This text, part of the 'Essentials' seri, exam var mystil and spirual wrgs by gay persons across time; however, not all the thors reprented this text are gay.

Some (such as Shakpeare) might have been bisexual, or heterosexual, but still seem to be able to tap to that voice which seems most reprentative of and reprented the gay are ne chapters to this text, exclive of the troductn by Andrew Harvey. The first two chapters look at ancient Greece and Rome, cludg Sappho (of urse, perhaps the most famo of the gay ancients), Pdar, Empedocl, Achyl, Sophocl, Euripes, Plato, Theocri, Vergil, Horace, and poems om the Galli, genr-variant prits of the Cybele.

THE ESSENTIAL GAY MYSTICS

(Hilda Dooltle) his troductn, Harvey likens the gay person to the mystic that they are both risk takers and adventurers of a sort.

Gay experience n often relate to this.

Readg this llectn and the attendant troductns and mentari is likewise a rewardg experience, givg voice and feelg to an often overlooked prence the past, and adds a new dimensn to the gay experience the prent. Reviewed the Uned Stat on March 8, 2000Andrew Harvey has assembled an amazg llectn of Gay mystics and their wrgs.

THE ESSENTIAL GAY MYSTICS (ESSENTIAL SERI) - HARDVER

I told a -worker I was readg about gay mystics and she said "I didn't know there were any".

The Essential Gay Mystics - Softver. A leadg thory on mysticism provis an unprecented view of the spirualy of world-renowned gay and lbian wrers, artists, and thkers throughout the ag, such as Michelangelo and Allen Gsberg.