Description: The history of Western esotericism is rich in references to the domains of eros and sexuality, but this connection has never been explored in detail from a critical scholarly perspective. Bringing together an impressive array of top-level specialists, this volume reveals the outlines of a largely unknown history spanning more than twenty centuri...
Review Quotes: "With its rich and interesting selection of case studies, the variety of theoretical approaches to sexuality and gender, and the illuminating introductory essay by the editors, Hidden Intercourse has brought the subject of erotic esotericism out into the open."
Henrik Bogdan, University of Gothenburg, Nova Religion Vol.16, No.4
"Its ambitious chronological and international scope provides a provocative historical survey of the linked topics of eroticism and esotericism... (it) provides a stimulating, enlightening, and often entertaining discussion of "things we do not talk about."
Marsha Keith Schuchard, Atlanta, Georgia, Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft Vol.6