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The Double Flame Love and Eroticism

Octavio Paz

In this series of essays Paz explores the intimate connection between sex, eroticism, and love in literature throughout the ages. Rich in scope, The Double Flame examines everything from taboo to repression, Carnival to Lent, Sade to Freud, original sin to artificial intelligence. “Brimming with ins...

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On Being with Krista Tippett

The book by Octavio Paz was cited as influential in helping the guest distinguish between sex and eroticism, highlighting the role of imagination, ritual, and the forbidden in erotic experience. It was described as an incredible book about spirituality and eroticism.

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And he it's an incredible book about spirituality and eroticism. And he talks about animals have sex. It is the pivot. It is the instinct. It is the biology. It is the base. But we have an erotic mind...

— Episode: [Unedited] Esther Perel with Krista Tipp...

Episode: [Unedited] Esther Perel with Krista Tippett

The book by Octavio Paz was cited as influential in helping the guest distinguish between sex and eroticism, highlighting the role of imagination, ritual, and the forbidden in erotic experience. It was described as an incredible book about spirituality and eroticism.

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And he it's an incredible book about spirituality and eroticism. And he talks about animals have sex. It is the pivot. It is the instinct. It is the biology. It is the base. But we have an erotic mind and in that erotic mind, it is infinite.

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