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Page 122
... sexual ac- tivity may have been imperative in a harsh climate whose long winters and forced hibernation , sometimes accompanied by a meager diet , had the usual effects of extreme cold and fasting : it depleted sexual interest and ...
... sexual ac- tivity may have been imperative in a harsh climate whose long winters and forced hibernation , sometimes accompanied by a meager diet , had the usual effects of extreme cold and fasting : it depleted sexual interest and ...
Page 147
... sexual functions of woman as the ultimate source of all creativity . The first evidence of this deepened sexual consciousness , as I have already pointed out , may have borne fruit in the paleolithic ivory carvings of female figures ...
... sexual functions of woman as the ultimate source of all creativity . The first evidence of this deepened sexual consciousness , as I have already pointed out , may have borne fruit in the paleolithic ivory carvings of female figures ...
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... Sexual characteristics , woman's special , 147 Sexual intercourse , enrich- ment of , 122 Sexual symbolism , paleo- lithic , 20 Sexuality , neolithic , 160 Shaker colonies , 266 Shakespeare's achieve- ment , clues to , 23 Shamans , 67 ...
... Sexual characteristics , woman's special , 147 Sexual intercourse , enrich- ment of , 122 Sexual symbolism , paleo- lithic , 20 Sexuality , neolithic , 160 Shaker colonies , 266 Shakespeare's achieve- ment , clues to , 23 Shamans , 67 ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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