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@Josiah_Reformer Two contemporaries whose work fits that bill, Rabbi Rami Shapiro and Episcopal priest Cynthia Bourgeault, teamed up for a treatment. I don't know that text but their work's consistently strong and any mature assessment will surely include modern women's and Jewish perspectives.

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Nick Routledge@nick_routledge · 29 Nov 2022

@TheaEuryphaessa 1/ Lucky you! A related aside: some years ago I went searching, across wisdom traditions, for celebration of the sacred erotic, in word and image. Yes, of course there are exceptions but, for the most part, I encountered a shocking dearth. So then, a theme in my art, a while...

Simple image of standing, praying woman.
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Simple image of standing, praying woman.

Stylized image of nude, with calligraphy.

Y cuando asomas
suenan todos los ríos
en mi cuerpo, sacuden
el cielo las campanas,
y un himno llena el mundo

Sóló tú y yo,
sóló tú y yo, amor mío,
lo escuchamos.

Pablo Neruda
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Stylized image of nude, with calligraphy. Y cuando asomas suenan todos los ríos en mi cuerpo, sacuden el cielo las campanas, y un himno llena el mundo Sóló tú y yo, sóló tú y yo, amor mío, lo escuchamos. Pablo Neruda

Islamic calligraphy over rose petals with calligraphy:

I open to you
like the petals
of a rose
when you tell me
of moonburn
In whispers
with your eyes

Laura Kennedy
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Islamic calligraphy over rose petals with calligraphy: I open to you like the petals of a rose when you tell me of moonburn In whispers with your eyes Laura Kennedy

Simple yoni image in white and gold with calligraphy:

Maria
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Simple yoni image in white and gold with calligraphy: Maria

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