The Occult Side of Sexuality with Gary Lachman

Gary Lachman is the author of over twenty books about the history of esotericism and its influence on politics and society. He has written biographies of Carl Jung, Aleister Crowley, Rudolf Steiner, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Emanuel Swedenborg, P. D. Ouspensky, and Colin Wilson. His newest book is Maurice Nicoll: The Forgotten Teacher of the Fourth Way. His website is https://www.gary-lachman.com/

The discovery of the forgotten diary of Maurice Nicoll provides a gateway into the complex psyches of esoteric thinkers, primarily male, with an emphasis on both their conflicts and awakenings in the sexual realm. Gary also draws upon the investigations of Colin Wilson.

00:00 Introduction
02:14 Maurice Nicoll's diary
09:21 Tantric culture and Victorian morality
17:08 Freud, Jung and sexual imagination
28:45 Natural versus perverted sex
34:38 Male and female spirituality
42:19 Mystical imagination
47:51 Guru sexual abuse
53:39 The power of the anima
55:56 Conclusion

Edited subtitles for this video are available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Polish, and Swedish.

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(Recorded on July 8, 2024)

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LINKS TO OTHER BOOKS BY GARY LACHMAN

Gary Lachman, The Return of Holy Russia: https://amzn.to/2IxQot7.

Gary Lachman, Beyond the Robot: The Life and Work of Colin Wilson – https://amzn.to/3daXSPT

Gary Lachman, Jung the Mystic – https://amzn.to/2L807Yx

Gary Lachman, Rudolf Steiner: An Introduction to His Life and Work – https://amzn.to/3fbCjRj

Gary Lachman, Lost Knowledge of the Imagination – https://amzn.to/3dfeoyz

Gary Lachman, The Quest for Hermes Trigmegistus – https://amzn.to/35q7kMG

Gary Lachman, Aleister Crowley: Magick, Rock and Roll, and the Wickedest Man in the World – https://amzn.to/2W001YQ

Gary Lachman, Madame Blavatsky: The Mother of Modern Spirituality – https://amzn.to/2Sx5jch

Gary Lachman, Swedenborg: An Introduction to His Life and Studies – https://amzn.to/3fi10LC

Gary Lachman, In Search of P. D. Ouspensky – https://amzn.to/2yn88WA

Gary Lachman, Dark Star Rising: Magicking and Power in the Age of Trump – https://amzn.to/3aZaDLV