Tag Archives: spirituality

When God Created Sex, She Smiled | Sexis Magazine

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Tinamarie Bernard

Sacred female sexuality, with its feelers in earth-based worship, meets resistance in dogmatic circles. The idea that woman with all her undulating curves and desires can cohabitate with formal religion creates waves of shock and awe shock, and conventional wounds … Continue reading →

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Non-Orgasmic Sex on Purpose?

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Tinamarie Bernard

“And is there anything you would withhold? Some day, all that you have shall be given. The trees give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.” — Khalil Gibran The first time I heard of slower, non-orgasmic … Continue reading →

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What Does Light Talk About? | Rus Anson Photography

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Tinamarie Bernard

To those with the heart of a poet, our world can sometimes feel increasingly oppressive until we are reminded of simple miracles. When Catholism’s greatest theologian and poet, the Italian-born Thomas Aquinas wrote, he did so prolifically and with the … Continue reading →

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Tantra Tuesday | Conscripting the Sacred Breast

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Tinamarie Bernard

My breasts became powerful before I knew what to do with their influence, the fullness and fecundity of their development occurring at a time before artificial enhancement was the norm. I angst long before their arrival, much like many young … Continue reading →

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The Earth My Own Body I Explored

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Tinamarie Bernard

“One night as I walked in the desert the mountains rode on my shoulders And the sky became my heart, and the earth – my own body, I explored. Every object began to wink at me, and Mira wisely calculated … Continue reading →

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Goddess Archetypes | Virgin, Witch, Saint, Martyr

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Tinamarie Bernard

Look around and note a quiet and compelling cultural shift. In real time and in conjunction with the apparent demise of societal, political, organizational and communal structures, a quiet revolution is taking place; the resurrection of the divine Goddess, as … Continue reading →

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Purity Myth and Other Sexual Deceptions

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Tinamarie Bernard

I still recall the first time I realized that the notions of virginity with which I’d grown up were a whole lotta bull, packaged prettily in pink and spoon fed via messages of false altruism, religion and fear. It would … Continue reading →

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Spiritual Sexual Pariahs

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Tinamarie Bernard

“You are so lovely, and I’m a lonely, horny person who wants to have cyber-relations with you and we share at least 2 mutual friends, but since they don’t know me either, there’s no way for you to verify that … Continue reading →

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Thou Shalt Have Forbidden S-X

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Tinamarie Bernard

“In order for monogamy to work, it has to be ‘dirty.’ If the forbidden is what is exciting, we have to work hard to bring the taboo into our most intimate relationships. If transgression is so titillating, we have to … Continue reading →

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Sadder Because We Are ‘Neurotic and Self-Absorbed’?

Posted on April 10, 2011 by Tinamarie Bernard

If a man (of the cloth) can write, “women are sadder because deep down men are shallower” about his gender, what truth, if any, is there in such language? And do I as a woman have any business repeating his … Continue reading →

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Spiritual Eroticism and Sexual Wounds | Tantra Tuesday

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Tinamarie Bernard

Sacred sexuality doesn’t just belong to the realm of priests, pastors or prostitutes, nor is it only those elusive all-night orgasmic rituals from ancient civilizations chanting in hypnotic tongue. I do not know Sanskrit, practice Wicca, hold modern certifications bestowed … Continue reading →

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