Shaman in Chicago
"Profiles Philip John Neimark, a successful financial analyst who has become a babalawo, or high priest, in the Ifa religion, an ancient system of belief in which animal sacrifice is one of the most sacred rituals. Also discusses increasing recognition of the limitations of conventional religion."
Psychology Today asks:
"Q: HOW DO YOU REFUSE A PARTNER'S SEXUAL OVERTURES WITHOUT CRUSHING HIM OR HER?
A: If you're trapped, like most, in our excessively linear world, sex becomes incredibly important. The act replenishes our drained emotions. That moment of pure feeling without intellectual involvement gives balance to our lives. If sex is the only transcendent item on your menu for emotional repair, refusal equals deprivation and anger. When it is one of many avenues to pure feeling, as it is to the spiritually evolved, the choice is no longer an imperative for either individual, and no feelings will be hurt by refusal.
P.S. The spiritually evolved seldom refuse!
Philip Neimark, high priest of the ancient
African tradition of Ifa, Chicago, IL"
Shaman in Chicago
"Profiles Philip John Neimark, a successful financial analyst who has become a babalawo, or high priest, in the Ifa religion, an ancient system of belief in which animal sacrifice is one of the most sacred rituals. Also discusses increasing recognition of the limitations of conventional religion."
Psychology Today asks:
"Q: HOW DO YOU REFUSE A PARTNER'S SEXUAL OVERTURES WITHOUT CRUSHING HIM OR HER?
A: If you're trapped, like most, in our excessively linear world, sex becomes incredibly important. The act replenishes our drained emotions. That moment of pure feeling without intellectual involvement gives balance to our lives. If sex is the only transcendent item on your menu for emotional repair, refusal equals deprivation and anger. When it is one of many avenues to pure feeling, as it is to the spiritually evolved, the choice is no longer an imperative for either individual, and no feelings will be hurt by refusal.
P.S. The spiritually evolved seldom refuse!
Philip Neimark, high priest of the ancient
African tradition of Ifa, Chicago, IL"
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