The sensual and sexual metaphor of Dancing with The Beloved may be challenging to accept as a metaphor for relating to the world and to your God. Yet this message of the sacred dance is a beautiful, poetic, and loving metaphor of relationship that can bring a personal revelation to those who are ready to receive it. It is the metaphor of profound relatedness found in the most traditional of Western mystical practices and one that can facilitate and catalyze a deeper, more sublime, and personal relationship with all those whom you love and, ultimately, with The Divine God. When The Divine is perceived as a lover or The Beloved instead of a stern, patriarchal Godhead, a new experience of intimacy and profound relatedness can be realized and unfolded in one’s being, resulting in a deeper and more intimate relationship with the entire world — with all of life.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- Introduction
- Chapter One: The Seed and the Word
- Chapter Two: The Doorway to the Kingdom of God
- Chapter Three: Better to Have Danced
- Chapter Four: The Bride, the Groom, the Wedding Bed and the Holy Bonds of Matrimony
- Chapter Five: The Exile of the Feminine and the Erection of a Phallusy
- Chapter Six: Sex and the Single God
Epilogue: Resurrection of the Sensual
About
the Author:
Patrick
Donovan, ND, has over 30 years of patient care experience
as a registered nurse (R.N.) and a naturopathic physician
(N.D.) representing a wide range of settings from hospital-based
surgical and intensive care to outpatient primary care.
He received his doctorate degree in Naturopathic Medicine
in 1985, from Bastyr University where he has been a member
of the clinical and academic faculty. He has had a number
of articles published in various medical journals and has
contributed chapters to the Textbook of Natural Medicine.
In
1996, he was invited to join the medical staff of the first
government-funded community health clinic project integrating
alternative and conventional medicine at the King County
Community Health Clinic in Kent, Washington. In 1997, he
was one of the first two naturopathic physicians invited
to join the medical team of the first fully integrated oncology
clinic in the Northwest. This clinic, the Seattle Cancer
Treatment and Wellness Center, established by the Cancer
Treatment Centers of America (CTCA), integrates the full
spectrum of conventional oncology care with nutritional
and naturopathic medicine, and acupuncture.
Most
recently, Dr. Donovan was one of 23 physicians featured
in Burton Goldberg’s book An Alternative Medicine Definitive
Guide to Cancer. His areas of clinical interest include
autoimmune inflammatory disorders, inflammatory bowel disease
and digestive tract disorders. Currently, Dr. Donovan maintains
a busy private practice as a licensed, naturopathic primary
care physician at University Health Clinic in Seattle, Washington.
He is a member of the editorial review board of the Alternative
Medicine Review and continues his research, writing
and lecturing in healing and spirituality. He is a board
member of the Foundation for Return To Creativity. The Foundation
is dedicated to the advancement of creative expression in
the arts, sciences and humanities. He is also a member of
the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP)
and the Washington Association of Naturopathic Physicians
(WANP).
He and his two children reside in Shoreline, Washington.
Lucky Press, LLC is also the publisher of Dr. Donovan's book The Face of Consciousness.
ISBN-10: 0-9776300-0-5 ISBN-13: 978-0-9776300-0-4
Binding: paperback (5.5x8.5) Page Count: 112 (Endnotes; Photos)
Retail: $12.95 Copyright: Feb. 2006
Categories: Philosophy: Mind & Body; Body, Mind & Spirit; Religion: Sexuality & Gender Studies
