Towards a soulful sexuality
Subtitle: new perspectives of sex, age & menopause for women 35 to 60 plus
By: Hanna G. Ruby
Publisher: BookSurge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: North Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 92
ISBN-13: 9781419676819
Subjects: Sex; Women; Sexual behavior; Menopause; Middle-aged women; Attitudes; Health and hygiene; Popular works
Other titles: Towards a soulful sexuality : new perspectives of sex, age and menopause for women thirty-five to sixty plus; New perspectives of sex, age & menopause for women 35 to 60 plus; New perspectives of sex, age and menopause for women thirty-five to sixty plus
Description: Intelligent, thought-provoking and delightfully candid, Towards a Soulful Sexuality: New Perspectives of Sex, Age & Menopause for Women 35 to 60 Plus by new author Hanna G. Ruby separates fact from fiction in regards to a woman's sexuality after menopause. With startling insights and meticulous documentation, this bold proposal proves to be a fascinating and celebratory examination of what it should mean to be an older woman in the twenty-first century. A truly revolutionary book that brilliantly distills history, anatomy, sexology, psychology and even quantum physics into remarkable and powerful suggestions to prompt adult women to reexamine the nature of sex, love and spirituality. Comprised of a manifesto, a healing workbook and a self-assessment questionnaire, the journey begins with a thorough history of female sexual anatomy and the timeless misconceptions of menopause and old age. Incorporating three condensed histories full of intriguing facts, the author dissects dichotomies of menopause and stereotypes of aging women to supplant past perceptions of aging women with a new bias towards modern Western sexology and Eastern esoteric secrets. Next, she outlines the essential nature of sex from the physical to the metaphysical to challenge readers' core beliefs about body, mind, spirit and sex. Additionally, the healing workbook, "Working with My Sexuality," is a personal program of reflections, memories, exercises and meditations to enable readers to better understand their own personal patterns and history around the issues raised in the text. Author Hanna G. Ruby shares a unique perspective of the menopausal experience and offers a radically different approach to aging gracefully as a soulful, spiritual Woman. She invites you to explore your soul and your sexuality by recognizing their very essence as primordial and sacred. If you want to be sexual forever - spiritually, conscious, and filled with joy until the very end - read this book. - Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 86-87).
Table of contents: title: pt. 1.; title: Manifesto : sex, age & menopause -- -- ch. 1.; title: Sexual dichotomies -- -- 1.1; title: A deeply divided legacy -- -- 1.2.; title: When sex became dirty -- -- 1.3.; title: Post-menopausal challenge of the new millennium -- -- 1.4.; title: Fear of ageing -- fear of sex -- -- ch.2.; title: "Old" menopause & beyond -- -- 2.1.; title: Ill-omens & ghost images -- -- 2.2.; title: Bloodlettings, dark humours & witches -- -- 2.3.; title: Submission & sublimation ; the good wife & grandmother -- -- 2.4.; title: Vital ageing, reform & Sarah Bernhardt -- -- 2.5.; title: Medicalized, pathologized & psychoanalyzed -- -- 2.6.; title: Another kind of menopause -- -- ch. 3.; title: Sexual anatomy as destiny -- -- 3.1.; title: A destiny of inferior organs -- -- 3.2.; title: Love my yoni, love myself -- -- 3.3.; title: Eve's secrets & vagina 101 -- -- 3.4.; title: No longer passive plumbing -- -- 3.5.; title: Our hysterical" travelling uterus -- -- 3.6.; title: Orgasm & ejaculation -- -- ch. 4.; title: Sex : sacred & profane -- -- 4.1.; title: Human sex is -- -- 4.2.; title: The basics (including the bad, sad & dutiful) -- -- 4.3.; title: Sacred ceremony & ritual union -- -- 4.4.; title: Vitality, health & longevity -- -- 4.5.; title: Eros & ecstasy : getting high on sex -- -- 4.6.; title: Cosmic energy & quantum sex -- -- ch. 5.; title: Towards a new "old" age -- -- 5.1.; title: Goddess metaphors & the Hekate problem -- -- 5.2.; title: Reclaiming the crone -- -- 5.3.; title: Living in a quantum world -- -- 5.4.; title: Death, ageing & sexual beauty -- -- 5.5.; title: Life ongoing --; title: Appendix.; title: pt. 2.; title: Self-assessment questionnaire --; title: Review your sexual self -- -- pt. 3.; title: Healing workbook --; title: Working with my sexuality -- -- 1.; title: Uncovering core beliefs -- -- 2.; title: Recalling sexual history -- -- 3.; title: Meeting body & soul -- -- 4.; title: Making new choices --; title: Bibliography --; title: Endnotes.