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Paying Nostalgia Forward
Paying Nostalgia Forward Jerry and I celebrated our eighteenth wedding anniversary last Friday. We watched the inauguration (moving right along here), and then drove through the rain to a Hindu temple in New Jersey that the wonderful lady who runs … Continue reading
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“Sex Appeal”
“Sex Appeal” Is it a good thing? A subversive thing? A morally neutral thing? Some years ago, I felt the need of fresh light on my situation. Since modern life’s more approved diagnostic tools and remedies seemed to me shopworn … Continue reading
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Tagged astrology, being desired, charm, desire, erotic influences, erotic wisdom., European women, fair play, Frenchmen, G. W. F. Hegel's Reason in History, Gandhi, manipulativeness, Mata Hari, Paris, passion, reciprocity, sex appeal, sex energy, sexy, subterfuge, tattoos, the Evil Impulse, the rabbis, therapy
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“Men!”
“Men!” For some years I had a brilliant friend, male, with whom I used to talk far into the night about the most sublime and transcendent matters. We were sufficiently drawn to one another to be lovers, other colleagues … Continue reading
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Tagged character, colleagues, con-artistry, coquetry, desire, fate, flattery, friend, ideal, ideality, intention, intuition, lovers, man/woman friendships, Masculinity, money, moral fragility, morality, philosophy, Plato, platonic relationships, repentance, rip off, sincerity, sublime, transcendent conversation
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“Heartbreak”
“Heartbreak” So far as I’ve been able to see, this is a world of desire. If we no longer care to live, there’s a fair chance we won’t. Depending on how deep it goes, our bodies will take the message. … Continue reading
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Tagged broken heart, cynicism, desire, feelings, God, heartbreak, hope, hurt, love, suffering, the human heart, tragedy, vulnerability
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“Christianity, Judaism, and Women”
“Christianity, Judaism, and Women” I don’t know how you feel about this, but I take for granted that a religion represents (among other things) an erotic style. If I were to convert to another religion, I would be changing the … Continue reading
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Tagged Beatrice Portinari, chivalry, Christian idealized woman, Christian woman, Christianity, courtship, Dante, desire, erotic life, eternal feminine, Faust, Goethe, Gretchen, Jewish woman, Judaism, lech lecha, Leo Bronstein, men and women, nature of desire, Rachel at the well, religion, sex, The Covenant, Women
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“Desire”
“Desire” Catherine Deneuve, the iconic French film star, has said in a recent interview in Paris Match, “Desire is the motor of my life.” There is nothing unusual in this, nor does it pertain to film stars uniquely. Desire is the … Continue reading
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Tagged animal right, Catherine Deneuve, desire, French culture, French film star, Freud, horse trainer, horses, humane, Julia Kristeva, mare, Martha Nussbaum, Paris match, psychology, relationships, seducer, seduction, therapy, vegetarians
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