Love and Orgasm - Alexander Lowen

Love and Orgasm - Alexander Lowen The mystery of love lies at the base of the sexual act. Stressing the interaction between personality and sexual function, Love and Orgasm exposes the myth of the "how-to" sex manual. Fulfillment in sexual love, Dr. Lowen explains, can be achieved only by the individual who is in touch with his body and in contact with his feelings. Explaining in laymen's language the extraordinary work of Wilhelm Reich, Dr. Lowen tells why he believes complete sexual satisfaction is possible only in mature heterosexual love. Case histories from fifteen years of Dr. Lowen's psychiatric practice illustrate problems of: Orgasmic impotency in men and women... partial vs. Tull orgasm... movement and Teeling in sex... masturbation... homosexuality... sexual sophistication and maturity. ... illuminating... enlightening. ... Books such as Lowen's point to the hard but rewarding way to health." Adam Margolis, Village Voice •. a positive learning experience." Joost A.M. Meerloo, The New Republic ALEXANDER LOWEN, M.D., a former student of Wilhelm Reich, is a practicing psychiatrist in New York City. He is the author of The Betrayal of the Body, The Language of the Body, Fear of Life, and Narcissim: Denial of the True Self, also published by Collier Books.