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Celibacy Articles
"Turn off the spigots." – Richard Rose
Articles and Links
Mary, Theotokos
Birth-Giver of God
Franz Hartmann:
"The vessel [body-mind] should be well closed, so that the Water may not run out of it nor the Air escape. It ought to be hermetically sealed, because if the spirit were to find a place to escape, the power would be lost. And furthermore should it
be closed, so that nothing foreign and impure can enter and become mixed with it."
– In the Pronaos of the Temple of Wisdom, Axioms of Alchemy, #41.
See Magic section on this site
"People often complain to me about 'nothing happening spiritually in them,' and I make it clear that if they practice celibacy, their sublimated sexual energy will transmute into spiritual force." –L. Ron Gardner
Websites, support groups, articles, other external sources.
Please use the contact form to suggest links to add: selfdefinition.org/contact/
Reading list: Personal development: recommended-books.htm
Articles
DavidPratt.info (Theosophical)
- Sex and Sexuality section:
davidpratt.info/sex.htm - Pleasure at a Price:
davidpratt.info/sex.htm#s7 - Leaving Sex Behind:
davidpratt.info/sex.htm#s8 - Chastity Links:
davidpratt.info/sex.htm#s9 - Dr Edwin Flatto, "Warning: Sex May Be Hazardous to Your Health " (1975, extracts): davidpratt.info/flatto.htm
Original Christianity, Original Yoga
Twelve Pointers For Maintaining Brahmacharya: ocoy.org/original-yoga/twelve-pointers-for-maintaining-brahmacharya/
Shakers
Early Shaker Writings Relating to Sexual Abstinence & Self Denial: passtheword.org/SHAKER-MANUSCRIPTS/
Pychology Today series
Note: Despite their obligatory denials that there's anything wrong with masturbation, data in their own articles proves otherwise.
- Paraphilia: An Unacknowledged Harm of Masturbation
- The Impact of Masturbation on Romantic Relationships
- Male Sexual Fantasies and Masturbation
- Pornography and Romantic Relationships: Recent Studies
- (really perverse) The Uncertain Future of Male Masturbation
Study
Marriage rate declines with porn use, threatening economy, society. Article, WashingtonExaminer.Com Note: website has automatic-start video, which you can stop.
Websites
Healthy Celibacy blog Note: on the page, after clicking a link you must scroll down to see the selected article.
healthycelibacy.blogspot.com
Reddit channel NoFap Support website, updated continuously: reddit.com/r/Nofap
NoFap channel, The List of Greats:
Documented cases of success via sexual continence
Reddit/r/NoFap/comments/
NoFap.Com Support website: www.nofap.com
Forum forum.nofap.com/index.php
NoFap Academy Support website:
http://www.nofapacademy.com/
YouTube channel
youtube.com/user/nofapacademy
Your Brain on Porn Support website:
yourbrainonporn.com
Reboot Your Brain:
yourbrainonporn.com ...rebooting-basics-start-here
Willpower, Freedom, Self-Control:
www.howtostopmasturbation.com
NoFapLife.Com Support website:
Sorry, website has disappeared. Try the Wayback Machine for site snapshots. The year 2005 has the most activity.
web.archive.org/web/*/nofaplife.comSearch for these articles:
#1704 Scientific Studies on Masturbation
#1724 Sex and Masculinity
#1653 Progress report: Ten Years of NoFap
#1595 Porn Damages the Brain: More Evidence
ReclaimSexualHealth.Com
Science-based, Catholic online recovery program
Home page
broken link: www.reclaimsexualhealth
Masturbation Addiction
Yoga Journal - "Life Without Sex?"
DadaBhagwan.Org
"Practice Celibacy with Scientific Understanding"
"Importance of Brahmacharya-Celibacy"
SpeakingTree.in: "Is Celibacy a Must for Developing Higher Consciousness?"
Vijay Kumar "Define Celibacy" godrealized.com/
Sadhguru, Isha Yoga Center
"The Madness of Brahmacharya" (7 1/2 min.)
youtube.com/watch?v=ASypvyCrtxo
John Harvey Kellogg
"Plain Facts for Old and Young" (various formats)
www.gutenberg.org/
Julian Lee, Brotherhood of the Sacred Word:
"American Saddhu Aphorisms" [this website changes frequently] www.celibacy.info
"Bliss of the Celibate" at Scribd.Com (go to page, then find download link for 127 page ebook)
"Awaken Young Men! Why you should renounce mortal sin" Article 1 at www.celibacy.info
"Commentary on Taittiriya Upanishad" Article 2 at www.celibacy.info
Lee's Youtube channel: youtube.com/channel/
UCSkR4coC9vqFTLlpqFW2vyg
Why Celibacy? Hindu, Buddhist and Christian Views (Youtube video, WGBH Forum, 2 hrs) youtube.com/
Sex and the Masturbation Industry: catholicamericanthinker.com/
Sex and the Evangelical Teen: world.wng.org/
Libido Dominandi - Sexual Liberation and Political Control, by E. Michael Jones: "The only way to succeed is to be celibate." (at about minute 13:30 of interview, which covers many aspects
of the so-called sexual revolution) Link opens an mp3 file, 60 minutes, on this site. Original source is romancatholicreport.com. /celibacy/
Book info: https://openlibrary.org/
End Sexual Exploitation Blog:
endsexualexploitation.org
Catholic Exchange
Chastity Archives
catholicexchange.com/
Same-sex attraction channel catholicexchange.com/
Same Sex Attraction Archives catholicexchange.com/
Same sex attraction
Spiritual Friendship - site dedicated to LGBT celibacy
spiritualfriendship.org
Beyond Shades of Gray - Homosexuality is a Symptom, Not a Solution
beyondtheshadesofgray.org
Twelve Steps of Courage (same-sex atrraction, Catholic)
couragerc.org/resource/twelve-steps/
Unwanted same-sex attraction: Brothers on a Road Less Travelled brothersroad.org (formerly peoplecanchange.com)
Freedom is a Gift (this site)
/celibacy/quotes/lee-warfield-freedom-is-a-gift.htm
LGBTQ Community Affected by Addiction
- Members of the LGBTQ community are more at risk to have substance abuse issues. Many of the emotional issues and mental health disorders that lead people to activating a drug and/or alcohol addiction are prevalent in the LGBTQ community. Here are some additional shocking statistics:
- Among transgender people, 20 to 30% are substances. This is compared to just 9% of the general population. Gay and bisexual men are 12.2 times more likely to use amphetamines than straight men. Nearly 40% of people who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual have used illicit drugs within the past year. This is compared to 17% of those who identify as heterosexual.
- Among LGBTQ individuals seeking treatment for substance abuse, transgender men and women are more than twice as likely to have a co-occurring mental health disorder than cisgender men and women.
These statistics show that for LGBTQ individuals, substance use disorder is more likely than for heterosexual and cisgender men and women.
[Note: unfortunately the authors of the above publication give no account of the harmful effects of homosexual acts on the human mind, body and emotions, and seem to have no interest in advocating the practice of celibacy for the benefit of their their
constituincies and paying clients. They prefer to focus on the problem of addiction while ignoring or even supporting the underlying sexual disorders beneath said addictions. They do not seem to recognize that
the practice of celibacy could provide a regerenation of psysical and mental energies, the prior destruction of which are made evident by the recitation of these statistics. How could people who desire a higher
life engage themself in these degrading actions? They appearently desire that spiritual practices suplement and support the gay lifestyle, rather than studying and acknowledging the harmful effects of these
acts then renouncing them in an attempt to regain their wholeness, mental, emotional and moral clairity, and genuine self-acceptance. However the raw statistics that they provide give a shockingly clear view
of the results of these lifestyles choices the leaders of this organization wish to accomodate. Ref Alan Fitzpatrick: The Sex Connection: A Study of Desire, Seduction and Compulsion. http://
For more information see www.ridgefieldrecovery.com
Other links on this site
- Osho: Comments on Brahmacharya, Sex and Celibacy: /osho/quotes/brahmacharya-sex-celibacy-page-1.htm
- Swami Sivananda - Practice of Bramacharya
/celibacy/sivananda/ - Richard Rose - Temptation: /celibacy/
quotes/ richard-rose-temptation.htm - Dr. R. W. Bernard - Physiological Value of Continence
/celibacy/bernard/ - Lee Warfield: Freedom Is A Gift (Same-sex attraction overcome)
/celibacy/
quotes/ lee-warfield-freedom-is-a-gift.htm
Quotes section on this site
(More than 45 articles; too many to list separately)
selfdefinition.org/celibacy/quotes/
Specialized articles in other areas of this site
- Hearing Voices Section:
selfdefinition.org/hearing-voices/ - Alan Fitzpatrick, esoteric psychologist:
alan-fitzpatrick-the-surest-path-to-mental-clarity.htm
alan-fitzpatrick-the-voices-we-may-hear.htm - Vernon Howard, esoteric teacher:
vernon-howard-freedom-from-harmful-voices.htm -
- Possession Section: selfdefinition.org/possession/
- Torkom Saraydarian - Obsession and Possession
torkom-saraydarian-obsession-and-possession.htm