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Passion Play
A sex expert and doctor of Chinese medicine provides information on how sexual energy helps heal the body, how sex controls emotions, and how sex can improve a relationship. 35,000 first printing.
255 pages, Hardcover
First published September 22, 1997
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March 14, 2012
I was sent this book by a good friend from across the pond for research in a scene M/M romance scene I wanted to write.
While it is written for m/f relationships, many of these principles are quite (gender) relations-neutral.
I found it a fascinating,helpful and informative. A Mos Def good read.
A.
While it is written for m/f relationships, many of these principles are quite (gender) relations-neutral.
I found it a fascinating,helpful and informative. A Mos Def good read.
A.
June 13, 2012
A very approachable book on the theory of Chinese medicine as it applies to sex and sexual dysfunction. Great suggestions on how to strengthen yourself and your relationship.
December 31, 2025
Passion Play is a reflective, emotionally rich narrative of personal, sexual, and spiritual transformation. The writing is lyrical and intelligent, inviting contemplation rather than instruction, and its vulnerability gives the book its quiet power.
Rather than offering tools or frameworks, the book models introspection, courage, and embodied living. Its strength lies in emotional honesty and psychological coherence, creating space for readers to reflect on their own relationship to body, desire, and identity.
Highly accessible and deeply human, this book opened the door to further exploration around sexual health and embodiment. Its practical value is indirect but meaningful — felt through resonance rather than prescription.
Rather than offering tools or frameworks, the book models introspection, courage, and embodied living. Its strength lies in emotional honesty and psychological coherence, creating space for readers to reflect on their own relationship to body, desire, and identity.
Highly accessible and deeply human, this book opened the door to further exploration around sexual health and embodiment. Its practical value is indirect but meaningful — felt through resonance rather than prescription.
September 3, 2024
What Chinese medicine spirituality can teach us about sex. Not just how to enjoy great sex, but to understand the spiritual elements that male and femme energy (Yang and yin) bring to sex, and how to harness your energy during sex. The book covers a breadth of aspects surrounding sex education, from how women approach sex differently to men, to skillful love making and how to address sexual impotency. The book gave me afar more nuanced and multi-faceted understanding of sex, and the secrets of love making.
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