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Events: DADDY LOVER GOD update

November 9, 2023

It’s a busy week in the world of Daddy Lover God: a sacred intimate journey !

Not long after reading at a sports bar on the Upper West Side to a mostly straight (though attentive) audience, I had the pleasure of appearing as a guest for a joint meeting of two gay male nudist groups in Washington, D.C., NoCover and Buddies23. My friend Frederic, who’s a member of both groups, cooked up the idea of this salon as a way for the two groups to collaborate, and he and his two handsome roommates (Stephen and Mateo) hosted the event, which was a lot of fun. Let it be known that I am open to being invited to visit other gay male nudist groups.

I also had the honor of returning to the Body Electric School’s “Erotic Liberation Podcast” for my second appearance. Host Craig Cullinane is a dear friend and an excellent Body Electric instructor, and his interviewing skills are stellar. Questioning me about the book, my practice, and the concept of sacred intimacy, he elicited from me about as much eloquence and clarity as I have ever been able to muster. I’m quite proud of this interview. Check it out here and let me know what you think.

This Saturday afternoon, November 11 at 4pm, I will be doing an event at MMX (Male Massage Exchange) in New York City, reading from Daddy Lover God and facilitating a conversation about sacred intimacy and sexual healing work. MMX is a very cool membership organization (membership is free) that serves primarily as a massage studio, offering classes, play parties, and professional treatments. I have taught classes there, the Body Electric School has run workshops in the space, and the NYC community of Sacred Brothers organizes monthly gatherings there. This event is intended to expand MMX’s offerings in the direction of community socializing — the salon idea, not unlike the meeting in Washington, DC. Admission is free, but you’ll want to register here. MMX will provide snacks and a pay-by-donation bar, and I will have copies of the book available for purchase and signing. Come through and say hello!

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From the deep archives: Joseph Kramer — Portrait of a Sexual Healer

May 23, 2019

In the spring of 1992, I interviewed Joseph Kramer, the founder of the Body Electric School, for an article that was published in the April 21 edition of the Village Voice (“Sexual Healing: Joseph Kramer Sings the Body Electric”). I used only a few brief excerpts from the interview in the published article. But the conversation with Kramer covered a lot of territory above and beyond the “Celebrating the Body Erotic” workshop. He spoke in much greater detail about his own background, the evolution of the workshops he taught, his vision of the vocation he named “sacred intimate,” Andrew Ramer’s notion of the “consciousness scout,” and his own understanding of the erotic consciousness scout and its function in society, among other topics.

I’ve come to view this interview as a historical document, so I’m publishing the complete transcript here for the first time, edited only in order to be comprehensible.

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