Simply and beautifully, she reveals the role of spirit in every marriage, friendship, relationship, and community. Im still having some mixed feelings, as j do with most hypergendered and one standardized relationship style but a tidbit near the end way interesting. As ram dass says, when you see the beloved all around you, everyone is family and everywhere is love. The spirit of intimacy sobonfu some pdf ancient african. The author uses her african teachings, in comparison to how americans handle different relationships.
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Men and women often come together, but always in a. If you can look at intimacy as spiritdriven and go beyond the limi. An african centered approach to black cultural identity. The final method for out of body pleasure is pure universal bliss. In the spirit of intimacy she applies the subtle knowledge from her west african culture to this one and reveals the role of spirit in every friendship, relationship, marriage and community. The spirit of intimacy quill, 2000, isbn 0688175791.
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