I mean, I get it. If there wasn’t something kind of magical about looking deeply into the eyes of someone you love or hearing them shout “oh GOD” at just the right moment, none of us would bother talking about love and sex and god for an hour and a half every week. For literally thousands of years people have insisted that there’s something not just profound, not just spiritual or even transcendent but actually divine about the love we make and share. Melissa Hargrave returns to the show to talk to me about the history of these mystical practices and to join a skeptical conversation about the wonder and power of love. Catch the episode below and be sure to check back afterwards for some footNOTES!
Corporate Equality Index 2021 from the Human Rights Campaign
This Sex Position Is Perfect If You Want To Get Closer To Your Partner by Brittany Wong for HuffPost
Spiritual, Sexual—and Religious? by Mark Jordan for Harvard Divinity Bulletin
Confessions of an Atheist Witch by Vi La Bianca for Medium
A Tantra Guide for the Skeptics by Carlos Milan for Beducated
Psychologists Are Learning What Religion Has Known for Years by David Desteno for Wired
Exploring Our Weird Relationship With Magic by Oona O’Brien for Cracked
