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'''''Coitus reservatus''''' (wikt:''coitus'', "[[Biology:Sexual intercourse|sexual intercourse]]" and wikt:''reservatus'', "reserved"), also known as '''sexual continence''', is a form of sexual intercourse in which a male does not attempt to [[Medicine:Ejaculation|ejaculate]] within his partner, avoiding the seminal emission. It is distinct from death-grip syndrome, wherein a male has no volition in his emissionless state.<ref>Levin, Roy J. "Male Sexual Arousal and Orgasms—New Enigmas of Their Activation." Current Sexual Health Reports 10.3 (2018): 76-78.</ref>

Alice Stockham coined the term ''karezza'', derived from the Italian word ''carezza'' meaning "caress", to describe ''coitus reservatus'', but the idea was already in practice at the Oneida Community. [[Biography:Alan Watts|Alan Watts]] believed, in error, that ''karezza'' was a Persian word.{{sfn |Watts |1970 |p=[https://archive.org/details/naturemanwoman00watt/page/172/mode/2up 172]}} The concept of karezza is loosely akin to ''maithuna'' in [[Philosophy:Tantra|Hindu Tantra]] and ''[[Philosophy:Sahaja|sahaja]]'' in Hindu [[Philosophy:Yoga|Yoga]].{{sfn |Coomaraswamy |1957 |pp=[https://archive.org/details/danceofshivafour00coom/page/124/mode/2up 124–133]}}

Control of ejaculation (known as "''cai Yin pu Yang''" and "''cai Yang pu Yin''") is involved in [[Religion:Taoist sexual practices|Taoist sexual practices]] such as ''[[Religion:Huanjing bunao|Huanjing bunao]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology/GESUND/ARCHIV/SEN/CH23.HTM |title=Human Sexuality: An Encyclopedia: T |last=Pauly |first=Ira B. |date=2013-05-23 |publisher=Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523194332/http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology/GESUND/ARCHIV/SEN/CH23.HTM |archive-date=2013-05-23 |url-status=dead |access-date=2017-06-18}}</ref> as well as Indian [[Philosophy:Tantra|Tantra]] (where it is known as "''asidhārāvrata''")<ref>{{cite journal
|title=Erotic asceticism: the razor's edge observance (asidhārāvrata) and the early history of tantric coital ritual
|journal = Bulletin of the School of Oriental & African Studies
|volume = 79 | issue = 2 |pages=329–345|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bulletin-of-the-school-of-oriental-and-african-studies/article/abs/erotic-asceticism-the-razors-edge-observance-asidharavrata-and-the-early-history-of-tantric-coital-ritual-1/57F30A1ABFE6A8FC1B63CB8FD91A8A41|author=Shaman Hatley|access-date=March 8, 2023|date=June 2016|publisher={{wipe|Cambridge University Press}}|doi=10.1017/S0041977X16000069|s2cid = 163906124
}}</ref> and Hatha Yoga (see vajroli mudra), although conventional ejaculation is also endorsed.{{sfn |Mallinson |2018 |p=201}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.healing-tao.co.uk/Article_Taoist_Ejaculation_Formula.htm |title=Taoist Ejaculation Formulas |last=North |first=Kris Deva |publisher=Healing Tao |access-date=2020-09-19}}</ref>

== Practice of karezza and sexual continence ==
Stockham writes, "... Karezza signifies 'to express affection in both words and action,' and while it fittingly denotes the union that is the outcome of deepest human affection, love's consummation, it is used technically throughout this work to designate a controlled sexual union."{{sfn |Stockham |1903 |p=[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433075969281?urlappend=%3Bseq=32%3Bownerid=9007199256031617-36 22]}} So that, in practice, according to Stockham, it is more than just self-control, but mutual control where the penetrative partner helps the receptive partner and vice versa. According to Stockham, this is the key to overcoming many difficulties in controlling sexual expression individually.

Stockham's contribution was to apply this same philosophy of orgasm control to women as much as to men. A form of birth control, the technique also prolongs sexual pleasure to the point of achieving mystical ecstasy. In this practice,  orgasm is separated from ejaculation, making possible enjoyment of the pleasure of sexual intercourse without experiencing seminal ejaculation, while still experiencing orgasm.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

Some would have the principles of karezza applied to masturbation, whereby a person attempts to delay orgasm as long as possible to prolong pleasure in a process known as "orgasmic brinkmanship", "surfing", or "edging," but this is different from the heterosexual practice of "karezza".{{sfn |Griffith |2004 |p=[https://archive.org/details/bornagainbodiesf0000grif_d3z3/page/92/mode/2up 92]}} In Latin literature, this is known as ''coitus sine ejaculatione seminis''.{{sfn|Lloyd|1931}}

One purpose of karezza is the maintenance and intensification of desire and enjoyment of sexual pleasure within relationships. According to Stockham, it takes from two weeks to a month for the body to recover from ejaculation ... "Unless procreation is desired, let the final propagative orgasm be entirely avoided".{{sfn |Stockham |1903 |p=[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433075969281?urlappend=%3Bseq=35%3Bownerid=9007199256023222-39 25]}} Stockham advocated that the 'honeymoon period' of a relationship could be maintained in perpetuity by limiting the frequency of ejaculations, or, preferably avoiding them entirely.

Kalman Andras Oszlar writes, "Inasmuch as sexual togetherness is not limited into the physical world and does not mean quick wasting of sexual energies, by this we give free way to higher dimensions in the relationship." Affected by this, we may get into the state of flow, and in the course of this, the couple charges up with energy, while – with focused attention ([[Philosophy:Dhāraṇā|Dhāraṇā]]) – the couple is submerging in that in which they are having pleasure. This state of mind is connected with the beneficial effects of tantric restraint and transformation. At first, Mihály Csíkszentmihályi defined positive philosophy, and since then, it has been referred to beyond the professional line. According to the professor, the flow experience is an entirely focused and motivationally intensified experience where people can entirely focus and properly command their feelings for the best performance or learning.

There is a slight difference between karezza and coitus reservatus. In coitus reservatus, unlike karezza, a woman can enjoy a prolonged orgasm while a man exercises self-control.{{sfn|Urban|1949}}

Like coitus interruptus, coitus reservatus is not a reliable form of preventing a [[Medicine:Sexually transmitted infection|sexually transmitted infection]], as the penis leaks pre-ejaculate before ejaculation, which may contain all of the same infectious viral particles and bacteria as the [[Biology:Semen|semen]]. Although studies have not found sperm in pre-ejaculate fluid,<ref>{{cite journal
|title=Researchers find no sperm in pre-ejaculate fluid
|journal = Contraceptive Technology Update
|volume = 14 | issue = 10 |pages=154–156 |date=October 1993 | pmid = 12286905 }}
</ref><ref name="pre-e study">{{cite journal
|last=Zukerman |first=Z. |author2=Weiss D.B. Orvieto R.
|title=Short Communication: Does Preejaculatory Penile Secretion Originating from Cowper's Gland Contain Sperm?
|journal = Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics
| volume = 20 | issue = 4 |pages=157–159 |date=April 2003 | pmid = 12762415 |doi = 10.1023/A:1022933320700 | pmc=3455634}}
</ref> the method is also unreliable for contraception because of the difficulty of controlling ejaculation beyond the point of no return. Additionally, pre-ejaculate fluid can collect sperm from a previous ejaculation, leading to pregnancy even when performed correctly.<ref>{{cite web |title=Withdrawal Method |work=Planned Parenthood |date=March 2004 | url =http://www.plannedparenthood.com/health-topics/birth-control/withdrawal-pull-out-method-4218.htm |access-date=2008-03-28 }}</ref>

== Controversy ==

Alice Stockham was taken to court and forced to give up teaching the practice of karezza in the {{wipe|United States}}. Like many other sex reformers, Dr. Stockham was arrested by Anthony Comstock,{{sfn |Deveney |1997 |pp=[https://archive.org/details/paschalbeverlyra0000deve/page/28/mode/2up 28–29], [https://archive.org/details/paschalbeverlyra0000deve/page/392/mode/2up 392–393]}} who prosecuted a variety of sexual freedom reformers.<ref name="Werbel 2020">{{cite web |last=Werbel |first=Amy |title=Searching for Smut: Hot on the trail of Anthony Comstock (1844-1915) |website=Commonplace |date=2020-07-13 |url=https://commonplace.online/article/searching-for-smut/ |access-date=2023-12-25}}</ref>Ida Craddock committed suicide after being repeatedly jailed for peddling pornography.<ref>Vern L. Bullough ''Encyclopedia of Birth Control'', pp. 76-9, ABC-CLIO, 2001 {{ISBN|978-1-57607-181-6}}</ref> The press attacked the Oneida Community and Noyes fled to {{wipe|Canada}} due to a warrant being issued for his arrest on a statutory rape charge on June 22, 1879. From there, he advised others to follow St. Paul's plan of either [[Biology:Marriage|marriage]] or [[Philosophy:Celibacy|celibacy]], and to obey the commandments against [[Social:Adultery|adultery]] and fornication.<ref name="Gutek Gutek 1998 p. 137">{{cite book |last=Gutek |first=Gerald Lee |last2=Gutek |first2=Patricia |title=Visiting Utopian Communities: a guide to the Shakers, Moravians, and others |publisher=University of South Carolina Press |publication-place=Columbia |year=1998 |isbn=978-1-57003-210-3 |oclc=36343343 |page=137}}</ref>

Claims of the semen retention community and those of the [[Unsolved:NoFap|NoFap]] community are among the least accurate concerning men's health.<ref name="Dubin Aguiar Lin Greenberg 2022 p. ">{{cite journal | last1=Dubin | first1=Justin M. | last2=Aguiar | first2=Jonathan A. | last3=Lin | first3=Jasmine S. | last4=Greenberg | first4=Daniel R. | last5=Keeter | first5=Mary Kate | last6=Fantus | first6=Richard J. | last7=Pham | first7=Minh N. | last8=Hudnall | first8=Matthew T. | last9=Bennett | first9=Nelson E. | last10=Brannigan | first10=Robert E. | last11=Halpern | first11=Joshua A. | title=The broad reach and inaccuracy of men's health information on social media: analysis of TikTok and Instagram | journal=International Journal of Impotence Research | publisher=Springer Science and Business Media LLC | date=19 November 2022 | pages=1–5 | issn=0955-9930 | doi=10.1038/s41443-022-00645-6 | pmid=36402921 | doi-access=free | pmc=9676765 }}</ref>

== Views of the Catholic Church ==
Many theologians within the Catholic tradition approve of ''coitus reservatus'' with precise guidelines.
* In 6.918 of Moral Theology (Liguori), St. Alphonsus Liguori allows it in marriage, if mutual (when both spouses restrain themselves from orgasm), according to citation by author Peter Gardella.<ref>
{{cite book |title=Innocent Ecstasy: How Christianity Gave America an Ethic of Sexual Pleasure|last=Gardella|first=Peter|pages=14–16|year=1985|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York and Oxford|isbn=9780195365153|url=https://1lib.us/dl/971946/6efa89}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Innocent Ecstasy: How Christianity Gave America an Ethic of Sexual Pleasure |last=Gardella |first=Peter |pages=14–16 |year=1985 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York and Oxford |isbn=9780195365153 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VV_GNSx-vy4C&q=%22amplexus+reservatus%22&pg=PA14}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Innocent Ecstasy, Updated Edition: How Christianity Gave America an Ethic of Sexual Pleasure|last=Gardella|first=Peter|page=22|year=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York and Oxford |isbn=9780190609429 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EP7mDAAAQBAJ&q=liguori+%22amplexus+reservatus%22&pg=PT22 }}</ref><ref name="Liguori 1835 p. 318 sec. 918">{{cite book |last=Liguori |first=Alphonsus |chapter=De Usu Matrimonii. Dub. II. Art. I. sec. 918 |chapter-url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433068263056&seq=326 |title=Theologia Moralis |volume=6 |publisher=Gauthier Fratrem et Soc. |publication-place=Parisiis |year=1835 |orig-year=1785 |oclc=669683570 |language=la |p=318 |via=HathiTrust}}</ref>
*In 1952, the [[Organization:Holy See|Holy See]] warned that:
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{{lang-la|Sacerdotes autem, in cura animarum et in conscientiis dirigendis, numquam, sive sponte sive interrogati, ita loqui praesumant quasi ex parte legis christianae contra « amplexum reservatum » nihil esset obiicendum.}}
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:* John F. Harvey OSFS expressed this to mean that "confessors and spiritual directors should not presume that there is nothing objectionable" with it. This indicates it could become sinful under certain circumstances, for example, if ending in masturbation.<ref name="Harvey 1981 pp. 201–220">{{cite journal |last=Harvey |first=John F. |title=Expressing Marital Love during the Fertile Phase |url=https://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/marriage-and-family/natural-family-planning/what-is-nfp/science/upload/intl-review-nfp-1981-harvey-expressing-marital-love-during-fertile-phase.pdf |journal=International Review of Natural Family Planning |volume=5 |number=4 |publisher=Human Life Center, Saint John's University |publication-place=Collegeville |date=Winter 1981 |issn=0146-1745 |oclc=956028381 |page=201–220}}</ref>
* In the article hosted on the US Conference of Catholic Bishops website, John F. Harvey OSFS confirmed and explained ''coitus reservatus''. The spouses should avoid undue frustration. They must not intend orgasm for either of them.<ref name="Harvey 1981 pp. 201–220"/> If unintentionally one of them reaches the climax, then they must try to stimulate the other spouse to reach the climax, too.<ref>{{cite book |title=Difficult Moral Questions, Question 29: What sexual activity is permissible... |year=1997 |last=Professor Grisez |first=Germain |publisher=Franciscan Press, Quincy University |location=Quincy, Illinois, USA |url=http://www.twotlj.org/G-3-29.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Living a Christian Life, Chapter 9: Marriage, Sexual Acts, and Family Life, Question E: What Sexual Acts Are Appropriate for Christians?|year=1992 |last=Professor Grisez |first=Germain |publisher=Franciscan Press, Quincy University |location=Quincy, Illinois, USA |url=http://www.twotlj.org/G-2-9-E.html}}</ref><ref>See [http://www.twotlj.org/grisez_collaborators.html twotlj.org] for the team credentials and "''Nihil obstat''" and "''Imprimatur''".</ref>
 
This differs from non-penetrative, rubbing-only sex (mutual masturbation or manual sex) and differs from ''coitus interruptus'' because ''coitus reservatus'' ends with no orgasm at all for both spouses if practiced within guidelines from John F. Harvey OSFS referenced above.

== Oneida Community ==
The Oneida Community, founded in the 19th century by John Humphrey Noyes, experimented with coitus reservatus, which was then called male continence in a religiously [[Religion:Christianity|Christian]] [[Social:Christian communism|communalist]] environment. The experiment lasted for about a quarter of a century, and then Noyes created Oneida silverware and established the Oneida Silver Co., which grew into Oneida Limited.{{sfn |Ellis |1910 |p=553}}  Noyes identified three functions of the sexual organs: the urinary, the propagative (reproductive), and the amative (sexual love). Noyes believed in the separation of the amative from the propagative, and he put amative sexual intercourse on the same footing as other ordinary forms of social interchange. Sexual intercourse, as Noyes defines it is the insertion of the penis into the vagina; ejaculation is not a requirement for sexual intercourse.{{sfn|Noyes|1877}}

== Western esotericism ==
=== Ida Craddock, C. F. Russell, and Louis T. Culling ===
{{main|Unsolved:Dianism}}
Inspired by Ida Craddock's work Heavenly Bridegrooms, American occultist C. F. Russell developed a curriculum of sex magick.<ref name="google.com2">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yFs3qoTFVz8C&pg=PA12|title=The Complete Magick Curriculum of the Secret Order G.B.G.|isbn=9780738726748|last1=Culling|first1=Louis T.|last2=Weschcke|first2=Carl Llewellyn|date=8 September 2010|publisher=Llewellyn Worldwide }}</ref>  In the 1960s, disciple Louis T. Culling published these in two works entitled ''The Complete Magickal Curriculum of the Secret Order G.'.B.'.G.'.'' and ''Sex Magick''.<ref>{{Cite book|isbn=978-0-7387-1912-2|title=The Complete Magick Curriculum of the Secret Order G.B.G.: Being the Entire Study, Curriculum, Magick Rituals, and Initiatory Practices of the G.B.G (The Great Brotherhood of God)|author= Louis T. Culling, Carl Llewellyn Weschcke|date=8 September 2010}}</ref>  The first two degrees are "Alphaism and Dianism".<ref name="google.com1">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IoybRLX4jqIC&pg=PA244|title=Sexual Outlaw, Erotic Mystic|isbn=9781609252960|last1=Chappell|first1=Vere|date=December 2010|publisher=Weiser Books }}, Chappell, V. (2010). Sexual outlaw, erotic mystic: The essential Ida Craddock. San Francisco, CA: Red Wheel/Weiser.</ref><ref name="google.com2"/> Culling writes that Dianism is "sexual congress without bringing it to climax" and that each participant is to regard their partner, not as a "known earthly personality" but as a "visible manifestation of one's [[Unsolved:Holy Guardian Angel|Holy Guardian Angel]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yFs3qoTFVz8C&pg=PA127|title=The Complete Magick Curriculum of the Secret Order G.B.G.: Being the Entire Study, Curriculum, Magick Rituals, and Initiatory Practices of the G.B.G (The Great Brotherhood of God)|last1=Culling|first1=Louis T.|last2=Weschcke|first2=Carl Llewellyn|publisher=Llewellyn Worldwide|year=2010|isbn=9780738726748|language=en|oclc=793421982}}</ref>

=== Rosicrucian groups ===
AMORC does not recommend engaging in sexual practices of an occult nature. This has been so since their First Imperator H. Spencer Lewis, Ph.D. made it public knowledge.<ref>Lewis, H. Spencer ''Rosicrucian Manual'', p. 5, Supreme Grand Lodge of AMORC, 1978</ref> 

The ''Fraternitas Rosae Crucis'' led by Dr. R. Swinburne Clymer engages in sexual practices for the sake of race regeneration.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} Dr. Clymer is completely opposed to the practice of karezza or ''coitus reservatus'' and advocates instead a form of sexual intercourse in which the couple experiences the orgasm at the same time.<ref>Clymer, R. Swinburne MD, ''The Mystery of Sex and Race Regeneration'', p. 223, The Philosophical Publishing Co., 1950</ref> 

The Secretary of the FUDOSI instead approved the practice of karezza to establish harmony in the family and the world by preventing the waste and misuse of sex energy.<ref>Marc Lanval, editor, ''Lumière et Liberté'', Organe Officiel de la Ligue Belge de Propagande Héliophile, Octobre-Novembre 1933</ref>

Dr. Arnold Krumm-Heller established the ''Fraternitas Rosicruciana Antiqua'' (FRA), a Rosicrucian school in Germany with branches in South America, having the following formula of sexual conduct: "''Immissio Membri Virile In Vaginae Sine Ejaculatio Seminis''" (Introduce the penis in the vagina without ejaculating the semen). [[Biography:Samael Aun Weor|Samael Aun Weor]] experimented with that formula and developed the doctrine of ''[[Unsolved:The Perfect Matrimony|The Perfect Matrimony]]''.

== 20th-century Western writers ==
English novelist [[Biography:Aldous Huxley|Aldous Huxley]], in his last novel ''Island'', wrote that Maithuna, the Yoga of Love, is "the same as what Roman Catholicism means by ''coitus reservatus''."<ref>Huxley, Aldous ''Island, Harper & Row, 1962''</ref> Getting to the point by discussing ''coitus reservatus'', Alan W. Watts in ''Nature, Man and Woman'' notes: "...I would like to see someone make a case for the idea that the [[Religion:Apostles in the New Testament|Apostles]] really did hand down an inner tradition to the Church, and that through all these centuries the Church has managed to guard it from the public eye. If so, it has remained far more secret and "esoteric" than in any of the other great spiritual traditions of the world, so much so that its existence is highly doubtful..."{{sfn |Watts |1970 |loc=Chapter 7{{Verify source|type=reprint|date=December 2023}}}} The Welsh writer Norman Lewis, in his celebrated account of life in Naples in 1944, claimed that San Rocco was the patron saint of coitus reservatus:  "I recommended him to drink -- as the locals did -- marsala with the yolk of eggs stirred into it, and to wear a medal of San Rocco, patron of coitus reservatus, which could be had in any religious-supplies shop".<ref name="Lewis 2005 p. ">{{cite book |last=Lewis |first=Norman |title=Naples '44 : a World War II diary of occupied Italy |publisher=Carroll & Graf |location=New York |year=2005 |isbn=9781480433250 |oclc=854852494 }}</ref> The psychologist Havelock Ellis writes: "''Coitus Reservatus'', – in which intercourse is maintained even for very long periods, during which a woman may orgasm several times while the penetrative partner succeeds in holding back orgasm – so far from being injurious to a woman, is probably the form of coitus which gives her the maximum gratification and relief".{{sfn|Ellis|1910|p=552}}

==Modern practice of Karezza==
{{ill|Marina Robinson|wd=Q93230116|short=yes}} and her husband Gary Wilson promoted Karezza through books, websites, and media interviews. Robinson's book, which she claimed was "researched" by Wilson, was ''Peace Between the Sheets'', later renamed ''Cupid's Poisoned Arrow''. When asked whether Karezza was science-based or spiritual, Robinson claimed Karezza was purely a spiritual practice for transferring sexual "energy".<ref name="Reality Sandwich 2008">{{cite web |title=Finding Peace Between Our Sheets |website=Reality Sandwich |date=2008-05-16 |url=https://realitysandwich.com/finding_peace_between_our_sheets/ |access-date=2023-12-01}}</ref> Robinson described Karezza sex as superior to conventional sex, claiming beliefs that orgasm was an important part of sex reflected brainwashing.<ref name="CBS Miami 2013">{{cite web |title=Couples Holding Back In Bedroom To Experience "New" Intimacy |website=CBS Miami |date=2013-02-21 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/couples-holding-back-in-bedroom-to-experience-new-intimacy/ |access-date=2023-12-01}}</ref> Wilson claimed the practice cured his lifelong alcoholism and depression.<ref name="CBS Miami 2013"/> Another prominent modern Karezza practitioner, {{ill|Mary Sharpe (researcher)|lt=Mary Sharpe|wd=Q95320364|short=yes}}, claimed the time after orgasm was a time of increased violence, even leading to terrorism, making it necessary to avoid orgasm.<ref name="Williams Fisher 2005">{{cite web |last=Williams |first=Robyn |last2=Fisher |first2=David |title=Mary Sharpe |website=ABC listen |date=2005-12-01 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/inconversation/mary-sharpe/3314860 |access-date=2023-12-01}}</ref>

==See also==
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* {{Annotated link |Coitus interruptus}}
* {{Annotated link |Edging (sexual practice)}}
* {{Annotated link |Eroto-comatose lucidity}}
* {{Annotated link |Orgone}}
* {{Annotated link |Retrograde ejaculation}}
* {{Annotated link |Sex magic}}
* {{Annotated link |Tantric sex}}
* {{Annotated link |Taoist sexual practices}}
* {{Annotated link |Venus Butterfly}}
}}

==References==
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*{{cite book |last=Stockham |first=Alice B. |title=Karezza: Ethics of Marriage |year=1903 |orig-year=1896 |oclc=669319331 |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433075969281 |via=HathiTrust}}
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book |last=Robinson |first=Marnia |title=Cupid's Poisoned Arrow: From Habit to Harmony in Sexual Relationships |publisher=North Atlantic Books |publication-place=Berkeley, CA, US |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-58394-298-7 |oclc=1088929783 |url=https://archive.org/details/cupidspoisonedar0000robi |url-access=registration |via=Internet Archive}}
*{{cite book |last=Weor |first=Samael Aun |title=The Perfect Matrimony |publisher=Gnostic eds. |publication-place=Melbourne |year=1994 |orig-year=1961 |isbn=978-0-646-15376-6 |oclc=1330609031 |url=https://archive.org/details/perfectmatrimony0000weor |url-access=registration |via=Internet Archive}}

==External links==
*{{cite web | last=Antonyan | first=Christina | title=Healing with Sexual Relationships | website=Reuniting | date=2009-01-12 | url=http://www.reuniting.info/ | access-date=2017-11-03 | archive-date=2013-03-02 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302054345/http://www.reuniting.info/ | url-status=dead }}
*{{cite web |title=natural sexuality |website=Wikischool |date=2017-10-29 |url=http://wikischool.org/natural_sexuality |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230530174947/http://wikischool.org/natural_sexuality |archive-date=2023-05-30 |url-status=dead}}

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