In a literature overview entitled Psychedelics and sexual functioning: a mixed‑methods study in the open access journal “Scientific Reports”, researchers from The Department of Medicine, Centre for Psychedelic Research, Imperial College London, and the  Psychedelics Division, Neuroscape, Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, begin by asking the following question:

Do psychedelics affect sexual functioning postacutely? Anecdotal and qualitative evidence suggests they do, but this has never been formally tested. While sexual functioning andsatisfaction are generally regarded as an important aspect of human wellbeing, sexual dysfunction is a common symptom of mental health disorders. It is also a common side effect of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), a first line treatment for depression. Naturalistic use of psychedelics was associated with improvements in several facets of sexual functioning and satisfaction, including improved pleasure and communication during sex, satisfaction with one’s partner and physical appearance. Convergent results were found in acontrolled trial of psilocybin therapy versus an SSRI for depression. In this trial, patients treated with psilocybin reported positive changes in sexual functioning after treatment, while patients treated with the SSRI did not.Despite focusing on different populations and settings, this is the first research study to quantitively investigate the effects of psychedelics on sexual functioning. Results imply a potential positive effect on post-acute sexual functioning and highlight the need for more research on this. The most significant changes seen as a result of the use of psychedelics were in seeing sex as a spiritual or sacred experience, satisfaction with one’s own appearance, satisfaction withone’s partner, and experience of pleasure. 

The focus of today’s episode is sex work:  Not primarily on sexworkers, but on what sort of men use the services of sex workers and why. I am preparing this podcast at a time when a motion picture about a sex worker – or should I say more accurately a stripper who has sexual relations with men formoney – has just won five Oscars.  It is not for me to comment on whether the situation portrayed in that film was typical or atypical of the relationship between a sex worker and herclient.  It strikes me that the “client” in the case of this movie was probably not a typical client of a sex worker, but I will let that pass and move on to academic and scholarly research on the subject. 

 In 1948 Alfred Kinsey published his book “Sexual Behavior in the Human Male.”  Kinsey and his associates reported that atthat time 69 per cent of the total white male population of the United States visited a prostitute at some time, and from 15 to 20 per cent visited prostitutes more than a few times a year.  They also reported that single men visited prostitutes from three to four times as often as married men, and that thelower socio-economic groups were most likely, while college educated men are least likely, to visit prostitutes.  To fast forward to 2015, a report entitled “Who Buys Sex” by the organization Demand Abolition estimated the annual size of the US commercial sex market at $5.7 billion.

As its CEO Randolph Pitts turned a small, new film production company, Lumière Films, Inc., into the most successful independent producer/financier in Hollywood, best known for the multi-award winning film "Leaving Las Vegas", for which Nicolas Cage won the Oscar as Best Actor. Today he is a widely respected international motion picture producer and production company executive. He holds Summa Cum Laude degrees in Social Psychology and Egyptology from the University of California Berkeley, and a Masters Degree in Motion Picture Production and Entertainment Law from UCLA. He has also done advanced research for the Department of Psychology at UCLA, concentrating on couples and relationships dynamics. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the American Philosophical Association, the organization of university professors of philosophy. He is also an associate member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. He has a lifelong interest in the relationshipbetween philosophy, psychology and history. He is the founder, writer and host of the Explore Ecstatic Sensuality podcast, the number one sex and sensuality podcast in the world. The first volume of his eagerly anticipated tetralogy ofnovels will be published during the second quarter of 2025. Pitts' spellbinding novels deal at an unrelenting fever pitch with eroticism, mysticism, terrorism and crime on a global scale. And also… with women and men falling in love.Advance praise for one of Randolph Pitts' novels: "A sexy thriller that shows New York City in the grip of terrorists, natural disasters and voodoo magic, while at the same time being a moving meditation on love, sensuality, and twenty-first century man's fate in the universe. Possibly the greatestnovel of our time. I am going to nominate it for the Pulitzer Prize."

The clitoris  is truly unique in the human organ system inthat its only known function is to serve as an erotic focus for both afferent and efferent forms of sexual stimulation; and that the minor labia are almost as sensitive to superficial tactile stimuli as the clitoral glans, making them almost as important as the clitoris as a source of erotic arousal. Vincenzo Puppo Centro Italiano di Sessuologia, Bologna, Italy; and Giulia Puppo Department of Biology University of Florence Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.

 The 2025 edition of the Encyclopedia of Sexual Psychology and Behavior published by Springer and edited by Todd K.Shackelford of the Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, defines the clitoris as follows:  It is asmall organ situated near the vagina that is sensitive and can provide sensual pleasure if stimulated; it is sometimes misunderstood as a nub of skin folds or flesh, but it is a part of a connective erectile that is connected with nerve endings and complex vascular network which is both inside and outside the body.  Researchers at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Istinye University, Gaziosmanpasa Medical Park Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, published an article entitled “Relationship of orgasm withmeasurable dimensions of clitoris and visibility of clitoral glans”. In their study, among the patients who had no previous genital surgeries, a statistically significant relationship was found between clitoral glans visibility, sexual function, and orgasm.

 Discussions have come up time and time again about the relevance of the clitoris and its stimulation. Clitoral stimulation is a key aspect of sexual pleasure for many individuals. The clitoris is a highly sensitive organ located above the vaginal opening and is packed with nerve endings. Stimulation of the clitoris can lead to arousal, increased blood flow, and pleasure. The innervations of the clitoris and itsvascularization have a significant impact on the experience of sex for people who have it.

As its CEO Randolph Pitts turned a small, new filmproduction company, Lumière Films, Inc., into the most successful independentproducer/financier in Hollywood, best known for the multi-award winning film"Leaving Las Vegas", for which Nicolas Cage won the Oscar as BestActor. Today he is a widely respected international motion picture producer andproduction company executive. He holds Summa Cum Laude degrees in SocialPsychology and Egyptology from the University of California Berkeley, and aMasters Degree in Motion Picture Production and Entertainment Law from UCLA. Hehas also done advanced research for the Department of Psychology at UCLA,concentrating on couples and relationships dynamics. He is a member of Phi BetaKappa and the American Philosophical Association, the organization ofuniversity professors of philosophy. He is also an associate member of the LosAngeles County Bar Association. He has a lifelong interest in the relationshipbetween philosophy, psychology and history. He is the founder, writer and hostof the Explore Ecstatic Sensuality podcast, the number one sex and sensualitypodcast in the world. The first volume of his eagerly anticipated tetralogy ofnovels will be published during the second quarter of 2025. Pitts' spellbindingnovels deal at an unrelenting fever pitch with eroticism, mysticism, terrorismand crime on a global scale. And also… with women and men falling in love.Advance praise for one of Randolph Pitts' novels: "A sexy thriller thatshows New York City in the grip of terrorists, natural disasters and voodoomagic, while at the same time being a moving meditation on love, sensuality,and twenty-first century man's fate in the universe. Possibly the greatestnovel of our time. I am going to nominate it for the Pulitzer Prize."

Intermission music: Excerpt from “Der Shatten Eines Traumes”by your host.

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As its CEO Randolph Pitts turned a small, new filmproduction company, Lumière Films, Inc., into the most successful independent producer/financier in Hollywood, best known for the multi-award winning film "Leaving Las Vegas", for which Nicolas Cage won the Oscar as BestActor. Today he is a widely respected international motion picture producer and production company executive. He holds Summa Cum Laude degrees in Social Psychology and Egyptology from the University of California Berkeley, and aMasters Degree in Motion Picture Production and ntertainment Law from UCLA. He has also done advanced research for the Department of Psychology at UCLA,concentrating on couples and relationships dynamics. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the American Philosophical Association, the organization of university professors of philosophy. He is also an associate member of the LosAngeles County Bar Association. He has a lifelong interest in the relationship between philosophy, psychology and history. He is the founder, writer and host of the Explore Ecstatic Sensuality podcast, the number one sex and sensualitypodcast in the world. The first volume of his eagerly anticipated tetralogy of novels will be published during the second quarter of 2025. Pitts' spellbinding novels deal at an unrelenting fever pitch with eroticism, mysticism, terrorismand crime on a global scale. And also… with women and men falling in love. Advance praise for one of Randolph Pitts' novels: "A sexy thriller that shows New York City in the grip of terrorists, natural disasters and voodoo magic, while at the same time being a moving meditation on love, sensuality,and twenty-first century man's fate in the universe. Possibly the greatest novel of our time. I am going to nominate it for the Pulitzer Prize."

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#Life #Love #Work #Careers #Intimacy #Tenderness #Pleasure #Attention #Relationships #Companionship #Personality # Myers-Briggs ##Lovemaking #Celibacy #Adorno #Minima Moralia #Epistemology #Ontology #Family #Family Drama

As its CEO Randolph Pitts turned a small, new filmproduction company, Lumière Films, Inc., into the most successful independentproducer/financier in Hollywood, best known for the multi-award winning film"Leaving Las Vegas", for which Nicolas Cage won the Oscar as BestActor. Today he is a widely respected international motion picture producer andproduction company executive. He holds Summa Cum Laude degrees in SocialPsychology and Egyptology from the University of California Berkeley, and aMasters Degree in Motion Picture Production and Entertainment Law from UCLA. Hehas also done advanced research for the Department of Psychology at UCLA,concentrating on couples and relationships dynamics. He is a member of Phi BetaKappa and the American Philosophical Association, the organization ofuniversity professors of philosophy. He is also an associate member of the LosAngeles County Bar Association. He has a lifelong interest in the relationshipbetween philosophy, psychology and history. He is the founder, writer and hostof the Explore Ecstatic Sensuality podcast, the number one sex and sensualitypodcast in the world. The first volume of his eagerly anticipated tetralogy ofnovels will be published during the second quarter of 2025. Pitts' spellbindingnovels deal at an unrelenting fever pitch with eroticism, mysticism, terrorismand crime on a global scale. And also… with women and men falling in love.Advance praise for one of Randolph Pitts' novels: "A sexy thriller thatshows New York City in the grip of terrorists, natural disasters and voodoomagic, while at the same time being a moving meditation on love, sensuality,and twenty-first century man's fate in the universe. Possibly the greatestnovel of our time. I am going to nominate it for the Pulitzer Prize."

A very large percentage of adults have sexy dreams, anywhere from 70% to 99% depending on the survey. If you are listening to this podcastYOU have erotic dreams. Sigmund Freud believed that dreams were wishfulfillments -- that they fulfill wishes, sometimes naughty wishes, that we are unable to fulfill in real life. But that's not the only theory. Learn all about dreaming in this episode, beside on research by the world's leading psychologists and psychoanalysts.

As its CEO Randolph Pitts turned a small, new filmproduction company, Lumière Films, Inc., into the most successful independent producer/financier in Hollywood, best known for the multi-award winning film "Leaving Las Vegas", for which Nicolas Cage won the Oscar as BestActor. Today he is a widely respected international motion picture producer and production company executive. He holds Summa Cum Laude degrees in Social Psychology and Egyptology from the University of California Berkeley, and aMasters Degree in Motion Picture Production and Entertainment Law from UCLA. He has also done advanced research for the Department of Psychology at UCLA,concentrating on couples and relationships dynamics. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the American Philosophical Association, the organization of university professors of philosophy. He is also an associate member of the LosAngeles County Bar Association. He has a lifelong interest in the relationship between philosophy, psychology and history. He is the founder, writer and host of the Explore Ecstatic Sensuality podcast, the number one sex and sensualitypodcast in the world. The first volume of his eagerly anticipated tetralogy of novels will be published during the second quarter of 2025. Pitts' spellbinding novels deal at an unrelenting fever pitch with eroticism, mysticism, terrorismand crime on a global scale. And also… with women and men falling in love.Advance praise for one of Randolph Pitts' novels: "A sexy thriller that shows New York City in the grip of terrorists, natural disasters and voodoo magic, while at the same time being a moving meditation on love, sensuality,and twenty-first century man's fate in the universe. Possibly the greatest novel of our time. I am going to nominate it for the Pulitzer Prize."

Are you stuck in a pattern of falling into sexless relationships with women friends? Do your dates consist of going to Starbucks with some woman and listening to her troubles with her kids or her ex or her parents or her job? Then this episode is for you!

As its CEO Randolph Pitts turned a small, new film production company, Lumière Films, Inc., into the most successful independent producer/financier in Hollywood, best known for the multi-award winning film "Leaving Las Vegas", for which Nicolas Cage won the Oscar as Best Actor. Today he is a widely respected international motion picture producer and production company executive. He holds Summa Cum Laude degrees in Social Psychology and Egyptology from the University of California Berkeley, and a Masters Degree in Motion Picture Production and entertainment Law from UCLA. He has also done advanced research for the Department of Psychology at UCLA, concentrating on couples and relationships dynamics. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the American Philosophical Association, the organization of university professors of philosophy. He is also an associate member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. He has a lifelong interest in the relationship between philosophy, psychology and history. He is the founder, writer and host of the Explore Ecstatic Sensuality podcast, the number one sex and sensuality podcast in the world, and of the Explore Redundant Epistemology podcast, the most ontologically superfluous podcast on the internet. The first volume of his eagerly anticipated tetralogy of novels will be published during the second quarter of 2025. Pitts' spellbinding novels deal at an unrelenting fever pitch with eroticism, mysticism, terrorism and crime on a global scale. And also… with women and men falling in love. Advance praise for one of Randolph Pitts' novels:

"A sexy thriller that shows New York City in the grip of terrorists, natural disasters and voodoo magic, while at the same time being a moving meditation on love, sensuality, and twenty-first century man's fate in the universe. Possibly the greatest novel of our time. I am going to nominate it for the Pulitzer Prize."

 A discussion based in part on a consideration of the viewsof Rudolf Carnap,  Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Plato, Jacques Lacan, Friedrich Nietzsche and Martin Heidegger

As its CEO Randolph Pitts turned a small, new filmproduction company, Lumière Films, Inc., into the most successful independent producer/financier in Hollywood, best known for the multi-award winning film Leaving Las Vegas", for which Nicolas Cage won the Oscar as BestActor. Today he is a widely respected international motion picture producer and production company executive. He holds Summa Cum Laude degrees in Social Psychology and Egyptology from the University of California Berkeley, and aMasters Degree in Motion Picture Production and Entertainment Law from UCLA. He has also done advanced research for the Department of Psychology at UCLA,concentrating on couples and relationships dynamics. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the American Philosophical Association, the organization of university professors of philosophy. He is also an associate member of the LosAngeles County Bar Association. He has a lifelong interest in the relationship between philosophy, psychology and history. He is the founder, writer and host of the Explore Ecstatic Epistemology podcast, the number one podcast in the areas of philosophy, psychology, and ontology, and how they realte to relationships, sex and sensualitypodcast in the world. The first volume of his eagerly anticipated tetralogy of novels will be published during the second quarter of 2025. Pitts' spellbinding novels deal at an unrelenting fever pitch with eroticism, mysticism, terrorismand crime on a global scale. And also… with women and men falling in love.Advance praise for one of Randolph Pitts' novels:

"A sexy thriller that shows New York City in the grip of terrorists, natural disasters and voodoo magic, while at the same time being a moving meditation on love, sensuality,and twenty-first century man's fate in the universe. Possibly the greatest novel of our time. I am going to nominate it for the Nobel Prize."

 « Est-ce que je m’aime ? Vraiment pas. J’aime bien ce que j’ai été hier. Je ne suis jamais en adéquation avec le présent. Aujourd’hui, non, je ne m’aime pas. Mais, quand jeregarde des photos d’hier sur lesquelles je ne m’aimais pas, je me dis: “Ah si, c’était bien !” »

Charlotte Gainsbourg

This episode contains explicit verbal (not visual )material which may not be suitable for listeners under the age of eighteen or over the age of sixty.

As its CEO Randolph Pitts turned a small, new film production company, Lumière Films, Inc., into the most successful independent producer/financier in Hollywood, best known for the multi-award winning film "Leaving Las Vegas", for which Nicolas Cage won the Oscar as Best Actor. Today he is a widely respected international motion picture producer and production company executive. He holds Summa Cum aude degrees in Social Psychology and Egyptology from the University of California Berkeley, and a Masters Degree in Motion Picture Production and Entertainment Law from UCLA. He has also done advanced research for the Department of Psychology at UCLA, concentrating on couples and relationships dynamics. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the American Philosophical Association, the organization of university professors of philosophy. He is also an associate member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. He has a lifelong interest in the relationship between philosophy, psychology and history. He is the founder, writer and host of the Explore Ecstatic Sensuality podcast, the number one sex and sensuality podcast in the world. The first volume of his eagerly anticipated tetralogy of novels will be published during the first quarter of 2025. Pitts' spellbinding novels deal at an unrelenting fever pitch with eroticism, mysticism, terrorism and crime on a global scale. and also… with women and men falling in love. Advance praise for one of Randolph Pitts' novels: "A sexy thriller that shows New York City in the grip of terrorists, natural disasters and voodoo magic, while at the same time being a moving meditation on love, sensuality, and twenty-first century man's fate in the universe. Possibly the greatest novel of our time. I am going to nominate it for the Nobel Prize."
Music: “Love for Three Orchestras and Large Organ” by Your Host

This episode contains explicit verbal (not visual )material which may not be suitable for listeners under the age of eighteen or over the age of sixty.

As its CEO Randolph Pitts turned a small, new film production company, Lumière Films, Inc., into the most successful independent producer/financier in Hollywood, best known for the multi-award winning film "Leaving Las Vegas", for which Nicolas Cage won the Oscar as Best Actor. Today he is a widely respected international motion picture producer and production company executive. He holds Summa Cum Laude degrees in Social Psychology and Egyptology from the University of California Berkeley, and a Masters Degree in Motion Picture Production and Entertainment Law from UCLA. He has also done advanced research for the Department of Psychology at UCLA, concentrating on couples and relationships dynamics. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the American Philosophical Association, the organization of university professors of philosophy. He is also an associate member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. He has a lifelong interest in the relationship between philosophy, psychology and history. He is the founder, writer and host of the Explore Ecstatic Sensuality podcast, the number one sex and sensuality podcast in the world. The first volume of his eagerly anticipated tetralogy of novels will be published during the fourth quarter of 2024. Pitts' spellbinding novels deal at an unrelenting fever pitch with eroticism, mysticism, terrorism and crime on a global scale. And also… with women and men falling in love. Advance praise for one of Randolph Pitts' novels: "A sexy thriller that shows New York City in the grip of terrorists, natural disasters and voodoo magic, while at the same time being a moving meditation on love, sensuality, and twenty-first century man's fate in the universe. Possibly the greatest novel of our time. I am going to nominate it for the Nobel Prize."

As its CEO Randolph Pitts turned a small, new filmproduction company, Lumière Films, Inc., into the most successful independent producer/financier in Hollywood, best known for the multi-award winning film"Leaving Las Vegas", for which Nicolas Cage won the Oscar as Best Actor. Today he is a widely respected international motion picture producer and production company executive. He holds Summa Cum Laude degrees in Social Psychology and Egyptology from the University of California Berkeley, and a Masters Degree in Motion Picture Production and Entertainment Law from UCLA. He has also done advanced research for the Department of Psychology at UCLA, concentrating on couples and relationships dynamics. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the American Philosophical Association, the organization of university professors of philosophy. He is also an associate member of the LosAngeles County Bar Association. He has a lifelong interest in the relationship between philosophy, psychology and history. He is the founder, writer and host of the Explore Ecstatic Sensuality podcast, the number one sex and sensuality podcast in the world. The first volume of his eagerly anticipated tetralogy of novels will be published during the fourth quarter of 204. Pitts' spellbindingnovels deal at an unrelenting fever pitch with eroticism, mysticism, terrorism and crime on a global scale. And also… with women and men falling in love. Advance praise for one of Randolph Pitts' novels: "A sexy thriller that shows New York City in the grip of terrorists, natural disasters and voodoo magic, while at the same time being a moving meditation on love, sensuality, and twenty-first century man's fate in the universe. Possibly the greatest novel of our time."

In this episode based on scholarly research from more than a thousand sources Professor Pitts addresses in detail the vast field of divine and sacred prostitution in Ancient Tantra and in the Ancient Near East.

Today we are going to talk about kundalini, emotions, desire, and a bit about how to achieve cosmic consciousness through sexual ecstasy, which, our regular listeners will note, is an overarching theme of this podcast series.  

We are going to begin by introducing you to Patanjali, an ancient Hindu author, mystic and philosopher. Patanjal’s Yoga Sutras is the oldest book on Yoga. All yoga science originates from it. It is generally believed to have been written more than 2500 years ago though no one is sure of the dates. The Yoga Sutras is one of the most important texts in the Indian tradition and the foundation of classical Yoga.

 As its CEO Randolph Pitts turned a small, new film production company, Lumière Films, Inc., into the most successful independent producer/financier in Hollywood, best known for the multi-award winning film "Leaving Las Vegas", for which Nicolas Cage won the Oscar as Best Actor. Today he is a widely respected international motion picture producer and production company executive. He holds Summa Cum Laude degrees in Social Psychology and Egyptology from the University of California Berkeley, and a Masters Degree in Motion Picture Production and Entertainment Law from UCLA. He has also done advanced research for the Department of Psychology at UCLA, concentrating on couples and relationships dynamics. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the American Philosophical Association, the organization of university professors of philosophy. He is also an associate member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. He has a lifelong interest in the relationship between philosophy, psychology and history. He is the founder, writer and host of the Explore Ecstatic Sensuality podcast, the number one sex and sensuality podcast in the world. The first volume of his eagerly anticipated tetralogy of novels will be published during the fourth quarter of 2023. Pitts' spellbinding novels deal at an unrelenting fever pitch with eroticism, mysticism, terrorism and crime on a global scale. And also… with women and men falling in love. Advance praise for one of Randolph Pitts' novels: "A sexy thriller that shows New York City in the grip of terrorists, natural disasters and voodoo magic, while at the same time being a moving meditation on love, sensuality, and twenty-first century man's fate in the universe. Possibly the greatest novel of our time." Music:  “Sonate pour Anita” dedicated to Anita DeFrancesco. 

As its CEO Randolph Pitts turned a small, new film production company, Lumière Films, Inc., into the most successful independent producer/financier in Hollywood, best known for the multi-award winning film "Leaving Las Vegas", for which Nicolas Cage won the Oscar as Best Actor. Today he is a widely respected international motion picture producer and production company executive. He holds Summa Cum Laude degrees in Social Psychology and Egyptology from the University of California Berkeley, and a Master’s Degree in Motion Picture Production and Entertainment Law from UCLA. He has also done advanced research for the Department of Psychology at UCLA, concentrating on couples and relationships dynamics. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the American Philosophical Association, the organization of university professors of philosophy. He is also an associate member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. He has a lifelong interest in the relationship between philosophy, psychology and history. He is the founder, writer and host of the Explore Ecstatic Sensuality podcast, the number one sex and sensuality podcast in the world. The first volume of his eagerly anticipated tetralogy of novels will be published during the fourth quarter of 2024. Pitts' spellbinding novels deal at an unrelenting fever\pitch with eroticism, mysticism, terrorism and crime on a global scale. And also… with women and men falling in love.

#celibacy #Tantra #sexuality

Within the past thirty years or thereabouts novel phenomena were defined and coined as “expanded orgasm” (EO) and “expanded sexual response” (ESR) in a minority of women.  ESR was defined as (quote) “being able to attain long lasting and/or prolonged and/or multiple and/or sustained orgasms and/or status orgasmus that lasted longer and were more intense than the classical orgasm patterns defined in the literature.”  Unquote.  The duration of EO and ESR varied from woman to woman, lasting starting from a couple minutes to hours or even days.  In the literature, the highest number of orgasms in a woman recorded by Dr. William Hartman and Marilyn Fithian wasreported to be 134 per hour. 

 This reminds me of something I was ruminate about in my recent episode on Ancient Tantric Sex Rites:  Ancient Tantric scholar Sha-hi-dullah observes, "in accordance with the mystical language of the Do-ha-kosas, we may explain maithuna (orgasm) as the union of lotus (padma) and thunder (vajra), as realization of the state of emptiness (vajra equals sunya) in the plexus of the cerebral nerves (padma).  We may understand “girl” as emptiness.  But can one not turn that around and say that if woman is emptiness she, unlike man, is every possibility, contains every possibility – and therefore is infinite?  Woman, absolutely unlike man, is capable of experiencing infinite sexual pleasure – an infinite number of types of orgasms.   When we speak of emptiness the word which comes immediately to mind is the oft-used philosophical term “the void.”  For French philosopher Alain Badiou, who was influenced by Jacques Lacan, reality is grounded on a ‘void’ of ‘inconsistent multiplicity’, which is at once void and excess.  This would not be Badiou’s view, nor Lacan’s certainly, however one might suggest that woman is such a void of inconsistent multiplicities which is both void and excess.  A divine excess, a cosmic excess.

 In expanded orgasms or ESR orgasms, more pleasure input is carried through many loci and many pathway systems, such that at least two or more orgasm reflex pathways are activated at the same time, while many other loci and pathways carry lots of supplementary information into the brain, such that orgasmic response is stronger, more intense, prolonged and more pleasurable, lasting for from a couple of minutes to tens of minutes, or even hours. 

Wilhelm Reich’s Vegetotherapy (screaming, streaming); organotherapy. Character analysis; Reich’s emphasis on genitality and the libido. Reich’s views on homosexuality. Instead of sublimation, direct sexual gratification. Reich’s views on the compulsion to repeat and on the “death drive”. Reich and Tantra. Reich and Albert Einstein. Reich’s “orgasm formula”. Armoring. Reich’s views on bioelectric energy. Contrasting Reich’s views with recent revelations of the existence of space-time atoms and discoveries in thermodynamics. Reich on Love. Reich on pleasure. Reich and shamanism. Reich’s comparison of orgone with prana.

Randolph Pitts is a well-known international motion picture producer. He holds Summa Cum Laude degrees in Social Psychology and Egyptology from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Master’s Degree in Motion Picture Production and Entertainment Law from UCLA. He has also done advanced research for the Department of Psychology at UCLA, concentrating on couples and relationship dynamics. He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and of the American Philosophical Association, the organization of university professors of philosophy. He is also an associate member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. Randolph Pitts has been a top executive at several entertainment companies, including a ten year sting as Chief Executive Officer of the company that produced Leaving Las Vegas, the film for which Nicolas Cage won the Academy Award as Best Actor. The first volume of his eagerly anticipated tetralogy of novels will be published during the fourth quarter of 2023. Pitts’ spellbinding novels deal at an unrelenting fever pitch with eroticism, mysticism, terrorism and crime on a global scale. And Also… with women and men falling in love. He has a lifelong interest in the relationship between philosophy, psychology and history. He is the founder, writer and host of the Explore Ecstatic Sensuality podcast, the number one sex and sensuality podcast in the world. Advance praise for one of Randolph Pitts’ novels: “A sexy thriller that shows New York City in the grip of terrorists, natural disasters and voodoo magic, while at the same time being a moving meditation on love, sensuality, and twenty-first century man’s fate in the universe. Possibly the greatest novel of our time.”

Music: Excerpt from “Sonate pour Anita” (dedicated to Anita DeFrancesco)

I will be delivering these talks in French next year at the Sorbonne in Paris. In the interim they will be available here as podcasts.