The Alchemy of Love and Lust

We try to explain attraction by the color of the eyes, the way a person moves, their body type or the kindness and warmth of a person’s being, but the truth is it has nothing to do with physical characteristics and everything to do with feeling. The African’s call it mojo. One minute your feeling fine and the next you are head over heels in love. Or is it lust?

We call this magic feeling chemistry. Lovers have forever tried to produce this chemistry in the objects of their desires using such things as love potions and aphrodisiacs although love potions are supposed to promote love and aphrodisiacs are suppose to promote sexual desire, the line between the two is often blurred. Both usually contain urinary tact irritants (Spanish fly), hallucinogens (marijuana and hashish), sedative, and inhibitors (alcohol).

Over the next few weeks let’s look at the how to enhance the nectar of love naturally as well as how the ancient scriptures of yoga talk about love and lust.
When I was in undergraduate school I took an elective course on human sexuality. The very first thing the professor said to all of us was that, “the very first thing we are is a sexual being.” Long before human consciousness we are either a male or a female and this determination structures the nature of our lives.
In mystical terms we all start out as one, only to be split in two parts with each part searching out to connect with it’s missing half. This then is said to be the union of man and woman or the search for our soul mate.

Every religion and every culture has its own interruption of this split and union however the basis is always the same. We feel we are not complete until we have found our other half.
My professor also espoused that everything in the universe is about sex. Clothes, perfume, cars, vacations, food, our appearances and on and on, are all somehow connected to our sexual drive. Of all basic drives of humankind the drive for sex ranks just below food and water and in some cases it ranks above!

Sex is more than just a physical drive. It is also about love and spiritual union. All we really desire is love and acceptance and often times sex is a way to either connect or sex can be used as a way to avoid the deeper emotional connection that many of us fear. Sex therefore is a major factor in the desire to be accepted and loved. Rejection of one’s advances has caused many problems in relationships. So although there is clearly a chemical or hormonal drive, sex has a deeper meaning and connection for most of us.

It is a myth that sex ends as one gets older. The level of energy may change and the physical self may take longer to get aroused but with a little time and patience the desire and ultimately the act is alive and kicking.

Over the next few weeks we’ll look at foods, vitamins and other paraphernalia that can help us in a healthy and natural way keep our sexual health and desires burning strong.

If you want to know more visit my website where you can purchase and download my e-book; The Nectar of Love.
Doctor Lynn
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