Images of Desire
A Return To Natural Sensuality
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Publisher Description
We all have secret images within us--as unique as our fingertips--which can transform us into the carefree sexual beings we were born to be. We can uncover those primary images in our own minds because natural sensuality can be self-taught. Images of Desire can unlock what you need to know to find the natural, primal, sensual you . . . and elicit the same sensuality from the person you love.
Today, many people's images of sexuality have been shaped by television, magazines, fashion, and advertising, and so no longer arise naturally from their core selves. Eidetic images--the natural images encoded in the brain--have been buried under those imposed layers of false imagery.
When used correctly, eidetic images can heal and enhance one's natural sensual abilities, allowing the true sensual self to flourish free of the images imposed on us by society. Images of Desire can reveal the sexual potential we have buried and free us to experience our most genuine emotions--joy, sensual pleasure, love, and passion.
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To erase the effects of childhood socialization, religious taboos, unattainable media images and other influences on adult sexuality that Sussman feels are repressive and constraining, she offers 40 exercises involving "eidetic imaging." These visualization techniques can also be used, she claims, to improve relationships. Though some of the exercises are potentially more helpful than others, each is presented as a key cure for a specific psychological or relationship problem. Contrary to Sussman's assertions, while visualization techniques are now commonly used, most experts view them as a tool, not a panacea, for recovery and self-improvement. Writing in 1970s pop psychology jargon (rife with words like "hangups," "uptight" and "baggage"), Sussman employs gender-based generalizations that are equally clich d. She claims, for instance, that the physical symptoms of menopause (hot flashes, mood swings, insomnia, etc.) are caused solely by women's emotional resistance to aging. She also recommends pulling "the divine veil of mercy" over extramarital affairs (meaning that readers shouldn't tell their spouse about them) failing to mention STDs and other possible complications. Just as dubiously, she prescribes "mercy sex" with a spouse when the passion in the marriage is gone, as an antidote to the relationship's problems. Though some of Sussman's visualizing techniques may be helpful, they are accompanied by what many readers may find to be questionable advice.
