I Live in an Amorous Cosmos

Marc Gafni is a Rabbi, an integral philosopher, and—and by his own

description—an outrageous lover, as any good philosopher should be.  I

spoke to him about his book ‘a return to eros’ and the need for eros

in spirituality, politics, and life.   In this conversation, I will

query him about ‘the murder of eros’, based on the final chapter in

his book—and ask him how spirituality and religion can integrate the

erotic, beyond mere hedonism or repression.  As Marc says, ‘We need to

take sex seriously.