CONTENTS
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PREFACE 5
TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION 9
FIRST STAGE: THE SEXUAL INSTINCT 21
SECOND STAGE: LOVE
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I. THE BIRTH OF EUROPE 39
II. THE DEIFICATION OF WOMAN (FIRST FORM OF
METAPHYSICAL EROTICISM):--(_a_) The Love of the Troubadours;
(_b_) The Queen of Heaven; (_c_) Dante and Goethe;
(_d_) Michel Angelo 115
III. PERVERSIONS OF METAPHYSICAL EROTICISM:--
(_a_) The Brides of Christ; (_b_) Sexual Mystics 217
THIRD STAGE: THE BLENDING OF SEXUALITY AND LOVE
I. THE LONGING FOR THE SYNTHESIS 231
II. THE LOVE-DEATH (SECOND FORM OF METAPHYSICAL EROTICISM) 251
III. THE CONFLICT BETWEEN SEXUALITY AND LOVE.
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