Monday 3 March 2008

Tantra - 28 Days to Ecstasy

I used to think tantra was an exercise in frustration.

It was not something I knew a great deal about, but a friend who did know about it explained it to me as a means of channelling sexual energy, usually through exercises to delay the moment of release, with the aim of experiencing the divine powers of creativity. It was a serious magical tradition, they said solemnly, not merely something to spice up your sex life.

Then, earlier this year, I read a preview of the book 28 Days to Ecstasy for Couples: Tantra Step by Step, which made it sound more fun and less hard work.

Would you like to experience erotic sex like never before? Connect with your partner to reach spiritual ecstasy ... with daily practice averaging just 20 minutes a day," said the blurb. An easy and enjoyable way to do magic - just a bad witch's kind of thing.

I thought it would be ideal to write about in my blog for Valentines Day and a nice PR person at the publishing company Llewellyn offered to send me a review copy. Sadly the postal system between the US and the UK can be slow and it has only just arrived. Nevertheless, I am looking forward to reading it and will review it here as soon as I have done so.

28 Days to Ecstasy for Couples is by Pala Copeland and Al Link and costs $17.95 in the US, which should be about £9.50 in the UK.

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