Sex can be used either for self-affirmation or for self-transcendence — either to intensify the ego and consolidate the social persona by some kind of conspicuous “embarkation” and heroic conquest, or else to annihilate the persona and transcend the ego in an obscure rapture of sensuality, a frenzy of romantic passion or, more credibly, in the mutual charity of the perfect marriage.
Aldous Huxley, The Devils of Loudun, which was selected as one of Nick Moran’s most enjoyable books in his Year in Reading piece. Fun Fact: Nick is the wizard behind The Millions’s tumblr from Monday to Thursday, and his own tumblr, “Nick Recommends” all of the time.

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