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 INTRODUCTION

From The Tender Touch: Biogenic Fulfillment*

by Edmond Bordeaux Szekely

PRUDITY, PROMISCUITY, AND COMMON SENSE

We hold these truths self-evident, that we
are “endowed with certain inalienable
rights; among these are Life, Liberty,
and the Pursuit o f Happiness, to which
the Laws o f Nature and Nature’s God
entitle us. ”
—Thomas Jefferson
I think a few words are in order about some o f the ramifications
o f these ancient traditions, as associated with our present culture.
Human sexuality has always been a difficult subject in our Judeo-
Christian history. We have vacillated between restrictive and more
liberal periods, but in general, sexual intercourse within marriage,
especially when associated with procreation, has been the “ accepted”
form o f sexual behavior, and all other types, from a child’s innocent
masturbation, to the ludicrous practices of group sex in our present
permissive era, deemed unacceptable.
I believe very strongly that a great deal of clarification is long
overdue regarding the subject o f human sexual behavior. There is a
profound difference between the individual sexual response, most
usually ending in orgasm, and the ways in which human beings go
about trying to achieve these responses. Buddha said there were only
two sins which were virtually unforgivable: murder and promiscuity,
and in my opinion, he showed great wisdom by naming promiscuity
along with the grave sin of taking another’s life. For the body’s sexual
responses are primeval, holy, and associated in the most ancient
writings with the same life-generating forces as are found in the earth
—a dynamic instrument of cosmic beauty and vitality. But botli prom
iscuity and prudity profane these sacred, primeval feelings. Promiscuity
brings with it not only the obvious physical dangers of venereal disease,
unwanted pregnancy, and psycho-neurotic problems, but also steadily
erodes one’s spiritual nature through constant contact with the
 confused and incoherent emotions of others. There is extreme vulnera
bility at the height o f the sexual act, and when this vulnerability is
exposed to materialistic, lewd, and low-level feelings, the damage to the
psyche could be irreparable. Prudity also cripples the true spirituality
o f human sexual behavior, by putting limitations and artificial barriers
around what is “ accepted” and what is “unaccepted” behavior. No
m atter how enlightened we think we may be, an aura of wickedness
still hangs over the word “ pagan,” when we think of the ancient
religious traditions that flourished before our Judeo-Christian civiliza
tion, and it is still difficult, even for the most liberal-thinking scientist,
to dissociate the actual sexual response with the myriad of customs,
practices, taboos and traditions that accompany it.
For example, sexuality is always considered the opposite of
spirituality, as anyone who saw Walt Disney’s “ Fantasia” can affirm.
In a vivid sequence, Moussourgsky’s “Night On a Bald M ountain”
is performed, to an animated accompaniment o f demons, devils,
witches and satyrs, their naked bodies cavorting in various obscene
ways as they commit all kinds of perverse wickedness on each other.
This is immediately followed by a procession of saintly monks with
lighted candles, slowly floating through the dawning light o f morn
ing past the cringing demons, to the strains of “Ave Maria.” But the
wickedness o f the devils and witches was not in their sexuality, but in
their shared perversion o f it, and the strains o f Ave Maria and the
lighted candles were certainly no guarantee of true spirituality. When
the human sexual response is focused on harmony with the biogenic,
life-generating forces o f the earth, and it is pursued in private, by an
individual, with the entire being centered on truth and beauty, then
there is no more beautiful celebration of the human spirit within the
miraculous temple o f the human body. When it is shared with another,
if that one be a life companion of similar spiritual attitudes, then it is
also beautiful, though o f a different nature. When it is squandered,
when it is used for vulgar pleasure, when it is promiscuous, when it
is used as a tool of power, or a weapon, it becomes unspeakably
destructive.
 CONTENTS

Preface ..................................................................... 9
I The Sexual Education of Children..................... 11
II Sexual Symptoms of Adolescence..................... 13
III The A ttainm ent of Sexual M aturity.................. 16
IV The Physiology of Sex......................................... 18
V The Psychology of Sex........................................ 21
VI The Sociology of Sex............................................ 23
VII The Diagnosis of Sexual Disequilibrium........ 26
VIII Sexual Disequilibrium W ithin M arriage........ 27
IX Artificial C ontraception....................................... 33
X M enstruation and N atural B irth Control.......... 37
XI B irth Control apd Eugenics................................. 41
X II Pre-N atal Hygiene.................................................. 45
X III Predeterm ination of Sex....................................... 47
XIV Post-N atal Hygiene................................................ 49
XV Detoxication and Renewal of the Cells............ 53
XVI A Dialectical Approach to the Problems of Sex 55

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 PREFACE
Next to the general anarchy in nutrition, the uni
versal chaos in sexual life is the most dangerous
menace to the biological evolution of the human race.
The purpose of this book is to give a dialectical analysis
of the physiological, psychological and sociological
aspects of sex. Due to the general ignorance of the
psychophysiological laws concerning sexual life, it is
rather a source of disequilibrium than a means to
eugenical perfection of the human race.. Our purpose
is to show this source of disequilibrium may be trans
formed into a source of Harmony and Energy. In the
exposition and solution of all these correlative prob
lems, we used the dialectical method which we con
sidered the most adequate for this task.

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AND THE

NEW EUGENICS
I. THE SEXUAL EDUCATION OF CHILDREN

Th e p r o b le m o f th e s e x u a l e d u c a tio n o f th e c h il d is a
d o u b le o n e , f o r t h e s o l u t io n o f w h ic h we m u s t tu r n to
t h e s c i e n c e o f s e x a n d a ls o t o t h e s c i e n c e o f e d u c a t io n .
The guiding principle is that children should not be
educated in problems which are not yet their problems.
In other words, sexual education should only commence
when the child begins to be pre-occupied with sex. As
soon as the problem is observed to be assuming import
ance in the life of the child, those responsible for bringing
up the child must help him or her to find a solution.
Under the conditions of present society sexual enlighten
ment is most often acquired haphazardly. Instead of the
child’s receiving the necessary information from serious,
conscientious teaching, he generally gets it from unsatis
factory and ill-informed sources, from other children as
ignorant as himself or else from pornographic books and
papers.
It is high time that the old education, which leaves the
child in ignorance of the fundamental facts of sex, should
be replaced. Happily, even if educationists are not pre
pared to make the change, nature herself will. For she
does not tolerate sickness—whether physical, moral or
intellectual—for very long.
On the quality of sexual life depends not only the
health of the individual, but equally the value of future
generations. Sexual life thus affects the quality of the
whole human race. We have a physiological responsibility
towards future generations; we must leave them a heritage
of good health. Health is the most valuable thing we can
bequeath, and those who show irresponsibility in this
respect commit a crime against their descendants.
Sexual life transmits physiological values, just as the
values of society are handed on by education. The former
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transmits the subjects of culture, the latter transmits the
objects of culture.
It is, then, very necessary that children should receive
a sound sexual education, as so much depends on the
quality of sexual life in later years. Children are carefully
instructed in the rules of general hygiene; they are told
what habits are good and what bad for health. The same
should be done in the realm of sex.
Sex becomes a real problem for children only when
their sexual organs begin to function in accordance with
the laws of physiology. Unfortunately, society at present
gives the child no assistance, leaving him to find the
answer for himself. I t assumes that the problem does not
exist till the child attains majority. There is thus a con
siderable interval between the requirements of the physio
logical and the social law, leading to a contradiction in
the child’s sexual life. This contradiction we have to solve
by harmonizing the laws of society with the laws of nature.
Since society disapproves of sexual life in the child,
we must give him (or her) such instruction—in matters of
diet and everyday hygiene—that no excess of sexual
energy will be created in his organism till he attains full
age. And if such energy is already created, then he must
be taught how to transform it into intellectual activity,
into sporting activity, or other conductors of energy.
Since we live in society, we have to adapt ourselves to it,
but the adaptation made must not be contrary to the
laws of nature.
By proper guidance the growing child can be saved
much unnecessary difficulty during the critical years of
youth, and unhealthy and unbalanced manifestations of the
organism can be avoided.
We must aim at avoiding the disadvantages of an un
balanced sexual life, and equally those of an unbalanced
life of sexual abstinence. In our present artificial society
it is not possible to find the ideal solution, but only the
least bad. Nevertheless, with a thorough knowledge of
physiology we can lead the young through the critical
years of puberty, when nature’s laws lead them into sexual
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life while social laws forbid it. Children must be taught
the functioning of their organisms, for they can only
govern them if they know how they work. They must
also be taught a physiological responsibility towards them
selves and coming generations.
The first phase of sexual education thus has a negative
quality. During the early years of childhood we have to
educate to a life of abstinence, in such a way that this
abstinence enforced by society has no bad consequences.
Unless this instruction is given the child will lead an
unnatural sexual life, which is harmful to health and the
cause of half the more serious physiological and psycho
logical illnesses of the young.
In the second phase, when sexual life is no longer con
sidered to be contrary to the laws of society, the child
must receive positive sexual education. He or she must be
educated for sexual life. And just as it is possible to lead a
life of sexual abstinence without bad results, so with proper
knowledge a life of sexual activity can be led without
harmful consequences.

II. SEXUAL SYMPTOMS IN ADOLESCENCE

For a number of reasons the problem of sex is one of the

most important in human life. In the first place, it arises
in the most important period of youth—with the age of
adolescence. Secondly, from a physiological point of view,
the activity of the glands, particularly those of sex, has
an extraordinary influence on the human organism. I t is
also the problem least completely solved in our present
social system, and is the least spoken of and the least
discussed, though it is the most often in people’s thoughts.
The two main causes of the existing situation with
regard to sex are ignorance and hypocrisy. These two
enemies need to be vigorously combated at all times and
in all places. The subject of sex must be dealt with frankly,
and, on occasion, crudely, even at the risk of shocking
dogmatic minds.
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 As has been mentioned, the sexual problem begins to
assume importance in the age of adolescence. When the
sexual glands, which are among the so-called glands of
internal secretion (endocrine glands) begin to be active,
the quality of the blood in the organism is changed and
there are consequential modifications of cellular and
nervous activity. This modification leads to the appear
ance of the masculine and feminine characteristics of the
organism. Their appearance causes great changes in the
child’s organism and consciousness. As things are, the
child too often stands absolutely alone and unaided, with
out any understanding, in the midst of all these problems
which have so suddenly arisen. The child receives no help
from parent, doctor or teacher. Not the least of the tragedies
of our educational system is that children are stuffed with
useless, abstract knowledge and left in complete ignorance
of the workings of their own bodies.
Two predominant tendencies appear in the child. The
one is the tendency to satisfy his instinctive sexual need,
while the other is the tendency to explore this unknown
field of life—the instinct of curiosity. As no competent
person is at hand to give the child the requisite knowledge,
he or she, as the case may be, is forced to acquire it from
companions of equal ignorance or from unscientific litera
ture of a pornographic character.
In adolescence certain general symptoms appear, taking
slightly different forms in the two sexes.
Sexual Symptoms in Boys. A certain number of boys—a
minority—begin, as they grow older, to visit prostitutes.
The majority begin to masturbate, in other words, to
practice self-abuse. Both these symptoms need to be
examined, in view of their neglect through ignorance and
hypocrisy.
In general children are led to believe, both from what
they are told and, even more, from what they read in
books, that there is something extremely dangerous in the
habit of self-abuse. The result is that the young people
are continually making up their minds to abandon the
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 habit, but always fall back into it. This causes psycho
logical moral scruples which do more harm than the
masturbation itself.
From a physiological and medical point of view self
abuse cannot cause any illness; it simply results in a
certain fatigue. Such a fatigue is also caused by natural
and normal coitus, though the fatigue caused by mastur
bation is rather greater than that experienced after inter
course, since in the former event the imagination has a
greater burden. In coitus the preponderant influence is
the sensory experience of the organs, while in masturbation
this is replaced by the fantasy, which has the largest role.
It is consequently a very great mistake to suppose that
masturbation leads to serious illnesses. The real danger
lies in the fear instilled into young people through ground
less exaggeration of the dangerous consequences of indul
gence in the habit. In the course of my medical practice
I have found serious nervous diseases due simply to an
unwarrantable fear and the presence of constant moral
scruples as a result of hearing exaggerated accounts of
the imagniary results of self-abuse.
The habit of visiting pi’ostitutes, on the other hand, is
really dangerous. For it is the cause of a large number of
sexual diseases, rampant among eighty per cent of the
young of either sex. The most serious thing is that young
people are unable to protect themselves against disease,
while the second unhappy result is that their first experi
ence of sexual life is reduced to an exclusively automatic
and mechanical sexual contact.
It is a fundamental physiological and psychological law
that sexual satisfaction can only exist where it is both
physical and psychic. If one or other of these two factors
is absent there will always be a state of disequilibrium.
A further unsatisfactory feature of prostitution is that it
is carried on secretly, and young people go in constant
fear of medical repercussions and discovery of their hidden
sexual life. This fear of discovery also makes them conceal
their sexual diseases, which thus spread very widely.
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 Sexual Symptoms in Girls. Everything said about mas
turbation in the case of boys applies pari passu to the
other sex.
But with girls prostitution is replaced, in a minority of
cases, with secret sexual relations. The majority, however,
do not go beyond masturbation.
Self-abuse has far more serious consequences for the
female organism than it has for the male. In the male
organism the centre of sensual sensibility is always the
same—in masturbation and in normal coitus. But in the
female organism the centre of sensibility varies. In mas
turbation it is the clitoris, while during natural coitus
it is the inner erogenous zones of the vagina. The result
of this variance is that one centre of sensual sensibility
develops to the detriment of the other. I have found in
my medical practice a great number of young women
who have failed to find satisfaction in normal coitus sim
ply because of a one-sided development of one centre of
sensual sensibility as a result of masturbation.
The small minority who have the courage, instead of
masturbating, to continue secret sexual relations, are in a
constant pathological fear of conception and pregnancy.
They are in a state of permanent nervous tension through
the effort to conceal all sexual symptoms from their en
vironment. This naturally has a harmful effect upon the
health.
We can see, then, that young people of both sexes do
enormous harm in adolescence to their nervous systems
and sexual organs. They thus embark on marriage under
a severe physiological and psychological handicap, with
the result that the sexual disequilibrium begun in adoles
cence continues even after marriage.

III. THE ATTAINMENT OF SEXUAL MATURITY

The period preceding marriage is a very critical one

for the adolescent. The problem arises whether it is rea
sonable to begin sexual life as soon as physiological
sexual maturity is reached. Physiology answers categori-
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cally in the negative, for the reason that it is a physiological
law that all our organs appear long before they are in
tended to be used. For instance, we have feet long before
we can walk, and our eyes before we can begin to see.
Similarly, our sexual organs are developed before they
are meant to be used. Their employment is only indicated
when the necessary psychological maturity enabling them
to be used has been attained. Until that time is reached
there is an apprenticeship to be served.
From the point of view of the commencement of sexual
life, then, we become ripe for such life, not when our
sexual organs reach physical maturity, but when we have
attained conscious psychological maturity and possess a
conscious feeling of sexual responsibility.
The laws of society, based on tradition, forbid pre
mature sexual life out of sheer hypocrisy, while we appeal
to the higher tribunal of the inner consciousness and rec
ognize no other authority than this and the sense of
responsibility.
The attainment of this psychological maturity differs
with each individual, as does that of physiological maturity.
Equilibrium in sexual life is an entirely individual and
personal question, which can only belong to the inner
consciousness of the person concerned.
The practical importance of the question is what should
adolescents of both sexes do in the interval between the
two maturities—physiological and psychological.
The old-fashioned solution to the problem was to leave
them to themselves and give them no help at all. But it
is now beginning to be realized that we should aid them
to understand the physiological and psychological pro
cesses going on in their organisms and should explain to
them that the best solution is abstention from sexual life
until psychological maturity is attained. They must also
—and this is the most important—be given all the requisite
knowledge for the hygiene of a chaste life. With this
knowledge they will, without any difficulty or disadvan
tage, be able to avoid all the drawbacks of leading a pre
mature sexual life. Unless they are properly instructed
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they will fall into the habits of masturbation and frequent
ing prostitutes, as experience shows, and will contract
venereal diseases and a series of nervous disorders which
accompany these practices. In view of all these considera
tions, abstinence is the least bad solution to the problem.
But with the attainment of psychological maturity and
sexual responsibility the whole situation is changed. Sexual
life, then, becomes an elementary and natural right of
youth, regardless of chronological age, and it is only the
ignorance and hypocrisy existing today that deprive youth
of this natural manifestation of life.
How is psychological maturity to be acquired at the
time of reaching physiological maturity? This is another
very important problem. In other words, how can psycho
logical maturity be accelerated so as to reduce the interval
between the two maturities to a minimum?
The only way of acquiring psychological maturity and
sexual responsibility is by co-education of the two sexes,
by daily life in common, so that young people get to know
one another thoroughly under every aspect of life. It is
only thus that a proper knowledge of the opposite sex
can be obtained, and knowledge not only of the other
sex as a sex, but as human beings with common work to
perform, common ends, common pleasures and common
daily occupations. Without such a knowledge the psycho
logical maturity required for sexual life cannot be ac
quired.

IV. THE PHYSIOLOGY OF SEX

Life is the adaptation of the organism to its environment.

The organism is controlled and directed by its needs and
tendencies. Every action is done to satisfy the needs of the
individual. These needs fall into two categories: those due
to lack of something, like hunger and thirst, for instance,
and those due to excess in the organism; for instance,
sexual need.
Hunger and thirst are due to glandular activity which
wishes to introduce something that is lacking into the
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organism. Sexual activity is similarly due to the opera
tion of certain glands, but in this case they are motivated,
not by want, hut by some excess or superfluity in the
organism. As long as life continues the organism absorbs
energy and expends energy. Both classes of need are
natural and healthy. For energy to be absorbed there
must be a lack to be made good; for energy to be expended
there must be a surplus available. There is a natural
rhythm under which surplus and lack succeed one another
in turn. Life is impossible without them, and in order to
enjoy health both categories have to satisfied.
Sexual activities is one among many other activities.
There are the activities of sports, games, arts, and others.
The cause of all of them is the presence of a certain surplus
of energy in the organism. Excess of energy is their com
mon basis.
The aim must always, therefore, be to get rid of surplus
energy in such a way that equilibrium is re-established in
the organism. Quantitatively this is simply a question of
removing the surplus, but qualitatively it is a problem of
removing the excess and restoring balance in such a way
that no damage is done in the process. With a knowledge
of the laws of nature we are able consciously to accumulate
energy if we wish to have sexual energy, while if we wish
to be sexually inactive we can equally well forbear to
accumulate excess energy. We have a complete freedom
of choice in the matter. The problem is subject to our
conscious will.
If it is decided to lead a sexual life, it must be led in
such a way to restore equilibrium to the organism. For
this to be achieved it is necessary that the man and woman
should have complete knowledge of each other’s organ
isms. There is a great difference between the male and
female organism.
In the act of sex certain parts of the body, called erogen
ous zones, are involved. Certain parts of the body are
very sensitive sexually, while others are not sensitive at
all. If the physical sexual acts extend to all the erogenous
zones of both organisms, then satisfaction of both partners
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will be natural and complete. If this is not the ease,
then there will be certain accumulations in the organism
which, mounting up week by week, month by month, and
year by year, lead to progressive impairment of the
nervous system. A further consequence of neglect of the
erogenous zones is that the sexual act has to be repeated
more often in order to get satisfaction. This often leads
to an abuse of the organism. We can draw an analogy
between frequent meals and frequent indulgence in the
sexual act.
If the erogenous zones were the same in both sexes no
difficulty would occur, and there would always be satis
faction. But in fact they are completely different. In the
male organism all the sexual sensation is concentrated in
one place, in the penis, while in the female organism the
sensitive zones are decentralized and spread over the
whole body. These are generally divided into primary,
secondary and tertiary zones. Previous stimulation of the
latter categories is necessary before the zone affected in
the actual sexual act can be fully responsive.
The male and female organisms have two entirely
different rhythms. As will be seen, one of the chief causes
of disharmony in marriage is neglect of this fundamental
difference, for which the man, who should be the active
partner in sex, is principally to blame. It is not too much
to say that half the marriages entered into sooner or later
become unhappy owing to ignorance of these fundamental
elementary physiological laws of sex. And most of the
nervous diseases we find among patients are due to absence
of a natural and balanced sexual life.
Just as there are laws governing sexual activity, so are
there important laws with regard to abstention from sex
life. The first principle, if it is desired to abstain from
sexual activity, is not to create a large excess of energy in
the organism. There is no need to have a large reserve of
energy, as energy can be manufactured at will.
If, however, this excess of energy exists, we must know
how to divert it into other forms of activity. An organism
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when healthy has the power of directing itself consciously.
Mind rules over matter. But if the organism is unhealthy,
then blind physiological forces take control of the mind.
It is only an unhealthy organism which abuses sexual life;
a healthy organism never does. This is a natural law. If
nature succeeds in achieving balance and harmony in the
organism, then that organism is under no compulsion to
indulge in sexual activity. I t is free to choose whether it
will or not.
There is a certain correlation between illness and the
urge to reproduction. If nature has attained her aim,
which is equilibrium, then there is no need to create new
organisms in which to achieve it. But if equilibrium is
missing from the individual organism, then nature creates
descendants in whom she can attain the perfection which
she failed to achieve in the ancestor. Thus it is that
unhealthy organisms have a more intense sexual activity
than healthy ones.
Sexual life can have either of two results. It can lead
either to harmony (health) or to illness.
There are extremists who declare dogmatically either
that it is good to lead a sexual life, or that it is bad to do
so. Neither theory is correct as it stands. There is a free
choice in the matter. It is a question of knowing the
hygiene both of sexual life and of abstention. Both condi
tions may be unhealthy; both may be natural and healthy.
It depends on whether the laws of physiology are well or
badly applied. Illness results if they are improperly used,
health if they are used well.

V. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SEX

As we have seen, the aim of nature is equilibrium.

Hence it is that each individual seeks to complete himself
or herself with what he or she lacks. There is an affinity
between two people each of whom gives to the other what
he or she lacks. Nature is determined to achieve not only
physiological, but also psychological balance. Since or
ganisms rarely have balance in themselves, they seek to
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complete themselves. This search for completion is the
psychological cause of love.
The psychologists hold two apparently conflicting the
ories on this question. One school holds that two different
characters attract each other, while its rival maintains
that similar characters attract each other. This old stand
ing contest is not yet decided. Both views are one-sided
and both are right. I t is possible to establish a single law
comprising both.
Nature desires psychological equilibrium. Two unbal
ances together result in one balance, just as two minuses
make a plus. Each makes up the defects of the other. In
the case of unbalanced organisms, therefore, contraries
attract, while in the case of balanced organisms similars
attract. Both theories are correct in certain circumstances.
Both have the same aim—the attainment of equilibrium.
The practical implication of this psychological law is
that great care should be exercised in the choice of one’s
sexual partner. In order to know with what other person
to live, and who is able to complete one, one must have a
thorough knowledge of oneself. Similarly, to complete
another, the nature of that other must be known. It is
impossible to choose a partner for oneself without self-
knowledge. It is equally impossible to know others unless
one first knows oneself. We must know what we have to
give and what we need to receive.
The laws of physiology ensure the continuation of sexual
harmony and balance; the laws of psychology guide us in
the choice of the right individual at the start.
The essentials are, therefore, a thorough self-knowledge
(which is not easily acquired) and then an understanding
of one’s own and one’s prospective partner’s needs. It is
important to be conscious of every problem encountered
in life and that no problem should be allowed to remain
unsolved. Every solved problem becomes a source of
harmony, while each unsolved problem is a source of
disharmony.
True harmony between two individuals is only possible
on the basis of mutual aid and mutual solution of prob-
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lems. The ideal is not life without problems, but life with
problems constantly solved.
An essential precondition of harmony that each should
know his own nature. Sincerity is most important. With
out it there can be no equilibrium. Real knowledge of
another is only possible if one can observe every aspect
of his life. The more one-sided one’s view, the harder it is
to make a proper choice. The more many-sided one’s
approach to life, the greater the chance of a good choice
in which harmony will be possible. The problem needs
to be solved from every aspect; a one-sided solution is no
solution at all.
The present age is superior to the past in the matter of
sexual relations. There is more real knowledge between
sexual partners, and the artificial relations of the last few
generations have been to a large extent swept away. In
the previous century one sex had an ideal in mind of
what the other was like, to which the latter was expected
to conform. There is today an effort to discover the real
nature of the other person. Life, in consequence, becomes
more reaL
To sum up, we can say that nature seeks both physio
logical and psychological balance, hut that there are two
different ways of securing it in the two spheres.

VI. THE SOCIOLOGY OF SEX

Society establishes laws which influence sexual life. The

sexual life of two individuals is not merely their private,
personal affair. In order to achieve sex harmony it is not
sufficient only to follow the laws of physiology and
psychology so far as they affect sexual life, for these laws
are subordinated to and influenced by legal and economic
factors.
Not only is medical science still in its infancy, but so is
the science of law. Legal conceptions are as little based
on life as the laws of medicine.
The ideal is for sexual life and activity to be independ
ent of and uninfluenced by economic, social and legal
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factors. The movement in favor of “ free love” is very
generally misunderstood. It does not mean chaotic and
indiscriminate sexual life, but the realization of a state of
affairs where love would be independent of outside dis
torting influences. Free love in the vulgar sense would
be even inferior to what we already have.
Love is an integral and concentrated activity, demand
ing the sum total of our energies. It does not tolerate
dispersion. From an exclusively physiological viewpoint,
it is quite possible for a man to live with several women
simultaneously, and vice versa. But the laws of psychol
ogy do not tolerate a dualism or pluralism of the psychic
energies, and take their revenge in the shape of various
kinds of psycho-physiological disequilibrium.
The psycho-physiological constitution and mechanism
of man enjoins monogamy from the point of view of
simultaneity. In brief, one wife or husband at a time.
But naturally this does not mean that one cannot change
one’s sexual partner at all during life. Such a view repre
sents undialectical dogmatism and slavery. We are only
forbidden polygamy at one and the same time. In other
words, we are not permitted to live sexually with several
persons simultaneously.
As far as the question of change of sexual partner is
concerned, the most decisive directive should be the
assurance of the preconditions of individual development
and not external and secondary factors, such as social or
economic considerations, for, first and foremost, sexual
harmony is the greatest moral duty owed by the individual
to his own self. Naturally it is impossible to ignore the
other factors entirely, since they are not a negligible
quantity in the dynamic totality. It is necessary to har
monize dialectically and with the greatest care individual
development, sexual freedom and every-sided responsibility.
Free love does not consist of chaos and irresponsibility,
but simply consists of the truth that love should be
exclusively determined by its own internal factors and
should in no way be influenced by external fatcors such as
economic life, dogmas and prejudices.
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 Love is one of nature’s chief means of achieving har
mony and balance. It is at once a science and an art,
affecting every manifestation of life. No sexual harmony
is possible without a consciousness and understanding of
the psycho-physiological laws of sex. Sexual harmony
cannot exist as the product of chance, in the midst of the
blind forces of sexuality, any more than musical notes cast
into the air at random will fall down in the order of a
symphony of Beethoven, if the conscious and synthetic
activity of a Beethoven is absent. Instead of being domi
nated by the forces of sexuality we must master them.
This is only possible through conscious activity. The laws
to be applied are as old as human individuality itself,
and have always been applied, to a greater or less degree,
by all those at every period who have achieved sexual
harmony.
We of the West lag behind somewhat in this respect.
The East can claim to have produced in the past the real
many-sided masters of sexual harmnoy, who showed much
dialectic, having a detailed knowledge of the influence of
colors, sounds and perfumes, etc., on sexuality.
The lesson to be drawn from all these laws is that un
consciously and without knowledge of them only passing
harmony can be attained, doomed from the start to dis
appear. For true permanent harmony a conscious knowl
edge and application of the psycho-physiological laws of
sex is indispensable. This question merits reflection. As
Dante says in his Inferno: “ There is no greater sorrow
than to remember happy times in misery.”
Love is always dynamic, never static. A static thing is
easily broken from without, while a dynamic thing is
resilient and tough. Love must be constantly creative.
Two individuals must always be new to each other; they
must be like the kaleidoscope, which is always the same,
but always different after it is moved. New influences are
entering the consciousness all the time. There must be
active exercise of the personality; passivity cannot be the
basis of harmony and balance. Only activity can present
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new colors every day. There must be constant change
and renewal of individuality if monotony is to be avoided.
Equilibrium must always be dynamic, never static. A
statue with a static equilibrium will be shattered by an
earthquake, while a ship at sea has a dynamic equilibrium
and goes on its way regardless of the buffets of wind and
wave. We need the same dynamic equilibrium in life,
and particularly in sexual life. This can be attained,
though not without difficulty and effort.
Love is nature’s greatest means of achieving harmony.
It should, therefore, be free and unhampered by external
factors. Till this is the case there will be no real “ free
love.”
Society, through its economic and legal institutions,
fails to respect the freedom of love. As long as the laws
of nature are neglected there will be great chaos and
disequilibrium in the sphere of sex.

VII. THE DIAGNOSIS OP SEXUAL

DISEQUILIBRIUM

There are two well-known methods for the diagnosis of

the symptoms of sexual disequilibrium: the Freudian and
the Adlerian. According to Freud, almost every disease is
caused by a repressed sensuality, which is later trans
formed into pathological nervous reflexes. In Adler’s
view it is a feeling of inferiority in life, particularly in
sexual life, that produces all nervous symptoms and dis
eases. As a means of diagnosis their methods both have
very great value, as with scientific objectivity and a
frankness which deserve our appreciation they combat
very energetically the ignorance and hypocrisy which
generally prevail in the sphere of sexual life. They show
us, with the force of scientific evidence, that the nervous
person is the product of our present chaotic social system.
They are of great value from a diagnostic point of view,
but from that of finding a solution to the problem they
are insufficient.
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 The practical solution is realizable exclusively through
dialectics. As far as diagnosis is concerned, there are no
contradictions between Freudianism, Adlerism and Marx
ism. But from the point of view of finding a practical
solution to the problem there is the important difference
that only Marxism is efficacious. This is so because it is
necessary to take account of realities—physiological, psy
chological and social realities—and it is only the sum
total of these factors which can give us the solution. As
opposed to the one-sidedness of Freudianism and Adler
ism, dialectics provides us with a complete and concrete
solution on the basis of complete and concrete analyses.
Even in diagnosis Freud and Adler have been super
seded by new psychological processes, and today they
represent a simple anachronism. Real diagnosis is pro
vided by the dialectical totality of every psychological
correlation and symptom.
There is no need for the exhaustive (and exhausting)
psycho-analysis of the old school of psychologists. Features
of the face, nuances of the eyes, bearing and gesture, tone
of voice, and in general every external manifestation of
the psycho-physiological mechanism reveal to us exactly
all the sexual past of the individual, without the necessity
for any Freudian psycho-analysis or Adlerian psycho
synthesis. It is enough to observe a person for some days
or even hours in daily life, or, if this is not possible, one
has only to carry out a psycho-technical examination by
putting the person in certain psychological situations ex
pressly designed for the observation and measurement
of his reactions to them. After having established his sexual
past it is simply a question of eliminating in the future
all the physiological and psychological causes of his sexual
disequilibrium.

V III. SEXUAL DISEQUILIBRIUM WITHIN

MARRIAGE

A few words must be said about the symptoms of sexual

life as they appear within the framework of marriage.
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From the experience of medicine and psychology, and the
statistics of divorce, we are justified in stating that some
eighty per cent of marriages are unbalanced and inhar
monious so far as sexual life is concerned.
Certain of the causes of this state of affairs are due to
factors arising before marriage.
One cause is a defective nervous system, injured and
partly destroyed by bad practices in sexual life prior to
marriage. Then there are sexxial diseases acquired before
marriage, together with bad sexual habits begun before
marriage, which are only altered slowly and with the
greatest difficulty. The person’s sexual past also influ
ences unfavorably the state of consciousness, while the
general ignorance and lack of knowledge of sexual matters
are important contributory causes. Finally, there is too
often hypocrisy and lack of sexual frankness between the
two sexes.
In the majority of cases the two sexes enter into marriage
heavily handicapped by a series of important factors. The
result of this is that each regards the other as the cause of
sexual disequilibrium, instead of realizing that neither
party is to blame, but that both are the victims of our
present chaotic social system, and, particularly, the vic
tims of ignorance and hypocrisy. Because of their in
capacity to make a conscious analysis they seek other
motives. And they think that they will perhaps find out
side marriage the full satisfaction which they have failed
to find within it. This makes matters still worse and fur
ther aggravates the state of consciousness of the married
couple.
There are also certain causes of disequilibrium arising
after marriage. The first possible cause, though a rare
one, confined to 10 or 15 per cent of cases, is a physio
logical discordancy between the sexual organs of the
partners. A second and very general cause, which is
found in some seventy per cent of marriages, is a theo
retical and practical ignorance of the erogenous zones of
both sexes in coitus. It has already been mentioned that
it is a cardinal physiological law that in the male organism
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all sexual sensibility is concentrated on a single point—
in the penis—which thus constitutes a single central
erogenous zone in man. In the female organism, on the
other hand, the erogenous zones, the areas of sexual
sensibility, are distributed over almost the whole organ
ism. There are erogenous zones of the first, second and
third degrees of intensity.
This physiological difference has certain psychological
results. Man, with a single, central erogenous zone physio
logically, has psychologically a single important need,
the need for sexual possession and the certainty that he
enjoys the love of his sexual partner. The woman, on
the other hand, who has superficially scattered erogenous
zones, not only requires the certainty of her partner’s
love, but needs always and everywhere a series of external
manifestations of tenderness and affection on the part of
the man. Small details and superficial habits very often
play an important part in the relation of love, and can
sometimes even become decisive factors in their psycho
logical consequences.
There are, of course, other important factors in the
difference between the erogenous zones of the two sexes.
For instance, it is necessary to have a knowledge of the
increasing and decreasing graphs of the intensity of
feminine sexuality between two menstruations. This is a
factor of great importance.
It is impossible in coitus for one person to enjoy com
plete satisfaction without the satisfaction of the other. The
two psycho-physiological organisms become a single dyna
mism of the nerves, and each privation of satisfaction in
one person reacts also on the other.
Sexual disequilibrium physiologically is due to this
difference between the sexes. In the male organism the
whole of coitus takes place centrally in a single erogenous
zone, which is capable of producing sexual satisfaction
much more rapidly than is the case in the female organ
ism. The result of ignorance of this physiological fact is
that often the majority of the female erogenous zones
remain untouched during coitus. Since there is an internal
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connection between all these erogenous zones for the trans
mission of sexual sensibility, sexual satisfaction is for this
reason either incompletely produced, only produced much
later than in the male organism, or not produced at all.
The erroneous belief that sexual satisfaction, both as
regards quantity and quality, is identical and simultaneous
in both organisms is the most general cause of sexual
disequilibrium in marriage. The fault in this lies chiefly
with the man, for it is he who has the active role in coitus.
When he has arrived at sexual satisfaction he is disposed
to think that the same is the case with his partner. Even
if he has a contrary experience in this respect, he does not
appreciate the real reason for it. In view of the wide
spread nature of this cause of disequilibrium, it deserves
more detailed treatment than the other problems.
Of the two sexual partners, it is primarily the man
who must adapt himself to the erogenous zones of the
woman. The center of the male erogenous zones being
the penis, the man is automatically satisfied in coitus.
But this is not the case with the woman, whose erogenous
zones are distributed over a wide area. The woman can
only be satisfied if all or, at any rate, the most important
of her erogenous zones are gradually aroused up to the
final moment when ejaculation takes place. If the man
is ignorant of the woman’s erogenous zones or of the
technique to be employed for gradually arousing them,
then he alone will be satisfied and the woman will remain
without sexual satisfaction.
There is a difference of rhythm between the male and
female erogenous zones. The central erogenous zone of
the man is very quickly aroused, while the decentralizd
erogenous zones of the woman are aroused very much
more slowly. Unless the man retards his own progress
towards orgasm during coitus and takes steps to accelerate
the stimulation of the erogenous zones of the woman, the
difference in rhythm will gradually lead to a permanent
state of non-satisfaction of the woman and a lessening of
the sexual pleasure of the man. Apart from this, both
partners will exhibit nervous symptoms, and there will be
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other serious consequences: capriciousness, irascibility and
bad humour in the woman. By her failure to find sexual
satisfaction in life with her mate she will either become
frigid or else constantly desire another sexual partner.
Certain erogenous zones, on account of their non-func
tioning, become insensitive. This physiological condition
naturally has a reaction on the male organism as well.
These circumstances can only lead not only to a diminu
tion of the sexual pleasure of the man, but even to its
complete disappearance, bringing in its train nervousness,
irascibility and constant depression.
Female frigidity, after several repeated acts of coitus,
leads very often to sexual impotence in the male organism.
When the man observes that he is unable to arrive at
satisfaction of the woman psychological complexes are set
up which suggest to him his sexual incapacity.
A number of times, in my medical practice, I have come
across women who, after ten or fifteen years of sexual life
in marriage, and with two or three children, were more or
less insensitive in their most important erogenous zones
and had generally an unawakened sexuality, never having
known complete sexual satisfaction. Similarly, I have
found men, fathers of families, who have never paid
attention to the difference in intensity in the sexual
sensibility of their wives and themselves. We nearly
always find a succession of causes and effects, coupled
with an ignorance of the real causes and effects. The
consequences of this general sexual ignorance are most
serious from every point of view.
Coitus should never take place when either of the
partners is fatigued, either physically or mentally, or in
the case of indisposition. Coitus at such times always
occasions pathological symptoms and has a harmful effect
upon the nervous system. It should only occur when both
parties are anxious for it and are in a suitable physical
and psychological condition, mutually desiring consum
mation.
In the limits of this volume it is only possible to deal
with the most essential points. We have concentrated
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 upon the central physiological act of coitus because of the
dangerous consequences which follow if there is ignorance
and non-observance of the natural laws in the perform
ance of the sexual act.
Another great source of sexual disharmony is the use of
various artificial methods of birth control. But before
passing on to this question we will briefly consider two
other very characteristic cases of sexual disequilibrium.
The first is the man of the “ Don Ju an ’’ type. The man
who is constantly changing his sexual partner because he
can never find satisfaction represents the saddest kind of
sexual disequilibrium. In his permanent state of non
satisfaction he is always hoping to attain satisfaction in
ever new sexual relationships. Generally satisfaction is
never found. From a medical point of view this patho
logical condition is almost always curable.
The second ease is that of the “ mysterious woman.”
Mystery is attributed to her becauses one never knows
what she will do tomorrow. From a medical point of
view the mystery is very simple: she does not know herself
what she will be doing in an hour’s or a day’s time. From
the standpoint of sexual psychopathology she is in a
condition of permanent nervous tension. In final analysis
her condition resolves itself into a state of permanent
inconsequence in sexual life vis-a-vis her partner, and in
life generally vis-a-vis her environment. This case belongs
to the category most difficult to cure.
There are also further specific and characteristic cases
of sexual disequilibrium. Psychologically speaking, there
are the pessimistic type, the skeptical type and the cynical
type.
Sexual pessimism always screens a sexual inferiority
complex; sexual skepticism hides sexual ignorance; while
behind sexual cynicism will always be found a case of
sexual hypocrisy.
Another very common sexual prejudice, which is fos
tered by the film, is the belief that authors of romantic
novels and famous cinema stars—the sexual idols of the
masses—lead a balanced and harmonious sexual life. If
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we examine their lives closely we shall discover that in
the vast majority of cases the descriptions of harmonious
love in the author’s literary works are simply compensa
tions for and replacements of sad and unbalanced sexual
lives in everyday existence. Similarly, the sexual lives and
loves of cinema stars are either very dull or else very
chaotic and unbalanced.
Though there is no lack of chaos in political and eco
nomic life, it cannot be doubted that the field of sexual
life is the most chaotic of all. Ignorance of the laws of
nature, stupid social prejudices and unthinking traditions,
together with endless combinations of hypocrisy and cant
have led to a general state of sexual misery, which is even
sadder, perhaps, and more dangerous to the human race
than social and economic misery and the debacle of war.

IX. ARTIFICIAL CONTRACEPTION

The employment of artificial contraceptives is the sec

ond main source of inharmonies in sexual life. The habit
of using them is extremely widespread. We can safely
state that all the contraceptives at present in use are
detrimental to health and uncertain in effect, and are
responsible for a large number of pathological symptoms,
physically and psychologically. Many of them have the
additional disadvantages of being expensive and incon
venient to use. In many cases their employment thor
oughly poisons sexual life. We will enumerate the chief
among them, together with a description of their dangers,
before passing on to the description of a perfectly natural
and harmonious method of controlling birth, and, vice
versa, of ensuring conception when desired.
The most common contraceptive is the condom, or
“ French Letter.” This is a male contraceptive, designed
to fit over the penis, and is very far from being reliable.
It always reduces sexual sensibility, and very markedly
reduces the pleasure in coitus. It occasions a lack of
feeling in the erogenous zones and leads to irascibility and
impatience. Sometimes it even causes local insensibility.
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 It lias a bad effect upon the nervous systems both of the
man and of the woman. Much money is wasted on their use.
The pessary, made of rubber or other substance, is
mainly used in England and America. It causes very
disagreeable local sensations, while the necessity for fre
quent fitting and adjustment is also unpleasant and a
great disadvantage. If pessaries are left in position even
a little longer than usual they have a bad odor. Not
infrequently they provoke a discharge, and even cause
serious inflammations. Nor are they always certain; so
much so that specialists now almost always advise their
use in combination with chemicals. They are also un
comfortable to wear and cause fatigue.
Metal pessaries have the great disadvantage that the
woman cannot place them in position herself, but must
go on each occasion to a doctor or clinic. The necessity
for this monthly visit makes women very nervous. They
often cause ulcers and tumours. If too small, they afford
inadequate protection, while if too big they retain the
secretion from the uterus and can cause cramping pains.
The constant thought of the presence of the foreign body
in the organism is also very trying. Economically these
are out of reach of the majority, since they are expensive
to buy, and there is the cost of monthly fitting.
Another birth control method is the use of metal rings.
These are the most dangerous experiment of all. In fact,
they may be regarded as abortives rather than as contra
ceptives. Fitting them in place is almost an operation,
and costs a great deal. They can never be used very
widely for this reason, which is just as well. Apart from
other disadvantages, they are apt to fall out of place, and
often have to be searched for with the help of an X-ray
apparatus. In many cases they have to be removed on
account of pain, discharge or hemorrhage.
A common practice is the taking of quinine pills. These
are no more certain than mechanical contraceptives and,
in addition to not preventing conception, often do irrepar
able harm to the embryo. They do not destroy the male
spermatozoa, but often diminish their vitality, thus caus-
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ing much suffering to the future child. Specialists are
very divided in their opinions about the value of pills,
which is a sure proof that they are uncertain in their
efficacy. Their influence only begins with their dissolu
tion, and we have no idea of the moment when this
begins or of its extent. They sometimes cause local in
flammation, and their frequent absorption into the blood
intoxicates the organism.
Post-coital douches of the vagina with vinegar and other
similar substances, often in conjunction with certain spe
cial exercises, are also untrustworthy and harmful. Apart
from this, they are very inconvenient and disappointing
in results.
Contraceptive sponges have to be frequently washed and
cleaned, and even then have a bad and repugnant odor
in the majority of cases. They cause fermentation and
disagreeable sensations. They are even less sure than pills.
Among contraceptive methods may be placed the prac
tice of coitus interruptus, in which the sexual act is cut
short before the ejaculation of the sperm in the vagina.
It has many disadvantages. First, it increases nervousness
and irascibility even more than the condom, and sexual
pleasure almost entirely disappears. After coihis interruptus
there remains a sensation of non-satisfaction. The prac
tice leads to nervousness, fatigue and constant depression.
Later on the woman becomes indifferent and frigid and
has no desire at all for coitus. The practice must be held
responsible for the destruction of a very large percentage
of marriages, owing to the constantly growing nervous
ness of both partners which it induces. Apart from the
nervous symptoms, sometimes uterine pains and inflam
mations are experienced, while it is by no means sure,
as in twenty per cent of cases, even before orgasm, the
male secretion contains spermatozoa capable of fertilizing
the ovum.
Analogous to contraception is sterilisation. Sterilisation
by operation touches the psychic life of the woman very
closely. The consciousness of sterility creates nervousness
and inquietude. And through change of circumstances at
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 a later date the operation is often regretted, when the
damage done is irreparable.
Sterilisation by X-ray is a little better than the operation
as it causes only temporary sterility, for a period depend
ing on the dose of X-ray administered. But it has this
serious disadvantage, that, even with the most accurate
dosage, it is impossible to control the time for which
sterility will last, as each individual reacts differently to
the X-ray. And with the greatest exercise of care, un
wanted permanent sterility can occur. Furthermore, the
premature disappearance of the ovaries can cause un
pleasant symptoms and serious consequences, such as
adiposity, premature senescence, etc.
Malthus and Tolstoy had a radical method of contra
ception. They advocated total abstinence. This is un
natural. It occasions a great waste of energy, and is con
sequently not at all good for the nerves. It demands great
strength of will and renunciation of the pleasures of
sexual life. If carried to its logical conclusion and made
general the human race would entirely vanish from our
planet.
We have already spoken of masturbation (onanism).
This is an indirect way of getting rid of surplus sexual
energy, and so it may be regarded as a kind of contra
ceptive measure. As has been noted, it is harmful to the
nervous system, causing a pathological hypertension of the
imagination, and leads to excesses. The constant depres
sion which it brings has a very unfavorable influence on
the organism. We have already referred to its effect of
shifting the center of sensibility of the erogenous zones in
the woman, making it difficult for her to find pleasure
later in a natural sexual life.
The sexual excess to which masturbation is inclined
lead to results in a rapid exhaustion of sexual capacity,
and often in impotence and sterility. It also causes a degen-
ei-ation of the nervous system. The symptoms accompanying
it are constant depression, fatigue and nervousness. It
often results in inflammation and other more serious local
deformations. Sexual excess gives place in turn to sexual
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perversions, which indicate a pathological degeneration of
the nervous system. Unnatural sexual intercourse is the
most unhealthy mode of satisfying the sexual instinct.

X. MENSTRUATION AND NATURAL BIRTH

CONTROL

The female organism is governed by cosmic laws and

natural forces. Just as we find in nature the phenomena
of the ebb and flow of the tide, of attraction and repulsion,
so in the female organism there is the rhythm of the
monthly cycles. Originally the woman’s menstruation at
four weeks’ interval corresponded with the motion of the
moon and its influence upon our planet.
When life is no longer spent in a natural environment,
but under the artificial conditions of civilized life, then the
original natural regularity of menstruation is often
changed into a series of irregularities. Instead of the
normal twenty-eight-day cycle we find today irregular
cycles ranging from twenty days to thirty-four days.
The chief causes of this irregularity are unnatural diet,
general intoxication of the organism, many acquired and
inherited physical and psychological disorders, irregu
larity in sexual life, lack of fresh air, sunshine and bathing,
and the introduction of chemical poisons into the system.
Certain women have menstruations which appear to
recur with clock-like regularity, but very often it will be
found, if a careful menstruation calendar is kept, that
there are irregularities. Conversely, apparently irregular
menstruations may be found to have a certain underlying
rhythm. The practical consequence is that reliance
should not be placed on memory, but a careful diary
should be kept in which the date of the commencement
of each menstruation is carefully noted. This diary needs
to be kept over a period of nine or ten months at least.
It will be found that the menstrual cycle, established on
the basis of the menstruation calendar, varies and oscillates
with different individuals, and often changes in the same
individual, according to changes in her circumstances.
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the menstrual cycles allows us to determine the date of
the next menstruation and, in consequence, the exact
time of ovulation.
Ovulation always occurs on the fifteenth day, counted
backwards from the nearest future menstruation. This
fact has been proved by the physiological researches of
recent years.
On the day of ovulation there is a one hundred per
cent possibility of conception taking place. There is an
equal probability on the two preceding days (the sixteenth
and the seventeenth) counted backwards (from the nearest
future menstruation), for the life-span of the male sperma
tozoa in the temperature of the female sexual organs is
approximately two days. These three days, therefore,
constitute the days on which there is a one hundred per
cent probability of conception taking place. If we take
into account possible deviations from the normal (physio
logical, psychic, chemical, of temperature, etc.), the pro
bability of conception on the day immediately preceding
and the day immediately following these three days is
seventy-five per cent. On the day preceding and the day
following these five days there is a fifty per cent proba
bility of conception, while on the day preceding and the
day following these seven days there is a twenty-five per
cent probability of conception occurring. The days pre
ceding and the days following this nine-day period are
days of sterility.
In view of the fact that in the sexual life of every woman
there is an alternation between a period of conception
and a period of sterility, sexual life should be adapted to
this cycle. Knowledge of the laws of nature and the applica
tion of their forces lead us to the simplest, most natural
and most harmonious solution of the problem of birth con
trol—a return to nature.
The possible exception to the rules given above as to
the calculations of the cycles are: premature childbirth,
fevers and other changes in temperature, debilitating ill-.
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 nesses, considerable bodily or mental shocks, or essential
changes in the condition of life.
In the last few years a great many theories have been
advanced in arriving at the calculation of the days of
sterility. For instance, there are the varying calculations of
Ogino, Knaus, Mayer, Fraenkel, De Muyser, Remmelts,
Guchteneere, Smulders, etc. According to all these re
searchers, the days of fertility range from three to thirteen
days. There is thus considerable divergence and even
contradiction between them, chiefly for the reason that
they only had at their disposal a numerically small quan
tity of experimental material for the practical proof of
the validity of their theories. Also each of them con
fined his experiments to cases living in only one climate.
This explains why these workers had some disagreeable
surprises among their patients who trustingly followed
their instructions. The system outlined above, on the
other hand, has been fully proved as a practical method
by the observations made by the International Cosmo-
therapeutic Expedition during the last six years with an
experimental and statistical material consisting of many
thousands of subjects widely scattered over different
continents.
By means of this practical method, not only conception,
but also sterility can be avoided in the great majority of
cases. If coitus is prescribed for the three days of one
hundred per cent of probability of conception, conception
will always occur, unless it is prevented by organic disease
of the male or female genitals.
While permanent abstinence is unnatural, periodic
abstinence has no disadvantages. It never endangers the
equilibrium of marriage. On the contrary, it increases
mutual desire and deepens and extends the sexual relation
ship. This periodic sexual contact corresponds with the
ancestral rhythm of sexuality. This rhythmic activity of
the sexual hormones, their ebb and flow, which is cer
tainly regulated by the woman’s menstrual periods, alsc
leads to a regular variation in the sexual life of man. It
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can only have favourable consequences, and is free from
all disadvantage.
As long as there are women there need be no fear of
depopulation. They will always want to become mothers.
The desire of the woman for a child is a guarantee of
racial multiplication which far more than cancels out any
prevention of it by methods of contraceptive limitation.
Multiplication does not depend on knowledge or ignor
ance of methods of prevention, but upon circumstances
holding out or not holding out the possibility of indulging
the ancestral instinct, the urge for motherhood and the
possession of a child.
The method outlined above cannot be considered as a
simple preventive system, for it determines not only
sterile days but also fertile days. And by determining the
days of conception we give the possibility of deciding
consciously beforehand on conception. This is of very
great significance from the eugenic viewpoint. For the
underlying problem of mankind is the creation of a new
perfect race. A husband and wife, with knowledge of the
days of fertility, can calculate the time when conception
will take place, and can thus also calculate the precise
date of birth. They can ensure that the child will be born
at the most favourable moment and in the most favourable
circumstances. In this way conscious fixing of the time
of conception under the best physical conditions, free from
toxins and all harmful substances, in the most perfect
state possible of the sexual cells, is secured. The method
given above can become the basis of eugenics.

XI. BIRTH CONTROL AND EUGENICS

Not only scientists, but also politicians and religionists,

are divided over the question whether birth control is
desirable or not. In every country there are innumerable
institutes and societies devoted to this problem. In these
days of rival ideologies we find that while Fascist countries
are opposed to birth control and carry out a strenuous
propaganda in favour of more prolific families, the demo-
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cratic countries are indifferent (as they appear to be about
most things), or sometimes even give it faint encourage
ment. Soviet Russia, in the early days of the regime, was
very advanced in this respect, but the growing threat of
war has led to a radical change of policy in the attitude
of the dictatorship to the practice of birth control and
legalized abortion.
The problem of birth control has always been closely
allied to the question of the health and vitality of the race.
The earliest form of birth control was the rather severe
method of the Spartans, who cast weakly infants from the
heights of Mt. Taygetus. It was part of their morality that
all living beings should be robust and healthy.
Birth control began again to assume importance with
the appearance of the theories of Malthus. According to
him, man multiplied by geometrical progression, while
the preconditions of his existence only increased by arith
metical progression. He attempted to show that the time
was gradually approaching when there would be more peo
ple on the earth than the latter could support. This theory
has been shown to be false and erroneous, for favourable
conditions also multiply. The possibilities of science are
endless, and modern agrobiology, in particular, makes it
possible to contemplate feeding populations very much
greater than those now supported in the most populated
countries. The theory of Malthus is as anachronistic as the
practice of the Spartans.
Finally there was invented the science of eugenics,
which has two aspects: a negative and a positive aspect.
Negative eugenics consists in hindering the union of
two persons where their progeny will be unhealthy owing
to defects in the parents. Those who advocate this inter
ference with individual liberty deny that they are blind
to the claims of the persons concerned to find happiness
in the way they wish, but conceive of the breeding of
unhealthy children as a crime against nature and society.
In truth this problem is no longer a problem, as true
medical science, based on the application of the cosmic
and natural forces to the organism and using a dialectical
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 method of approach to the problem of disease, knows how
to cure, and is thus able to make those at present unfitted
to be parents suitable persons to have children.
The aim of so-called positive eugenics is to secure the
union of all superior individuals, who will of necessity
create superior descendants. This will lead to a gradual
amelioration of the quality of the human race. Each
generation will enjoy a longer span of life than the pre
ceding one, and in time a race of supermen will evolve.
This would no doubt be the case if the union of the best
specimens of society could be arranged. But unfortunately
it is quite utopian to imagine that such a science of eugenics
could be applied in present chaotic society. In nature the
law of the survival of the fittest operates. There is a natural
selection. The survival of the weak is made difficult and
that of the strong encouraged. The human race, which is
the most perfected race on earth and the dominant species
of the planet, is itself the product of this selection.
But in present society the principle does not now apply,
because society is not natural. Under our present artificial
conditions it is not the most healthy who survive, but the
most wealthy. The healthiest are sent out to die in wars,
and it is the unhealthy left at home who survive. If our
present artificial way of life continues the race can very
easily disappear. The only solution to the urgent problem
of biological degeneration is knowledge of and observance
of the laws of nature. Much attention is paid to the breed
ing of cattle, but very little to the improvement of man.
Under the influence of the law of the survival of the
fittest man has progressed from Homo Pithecanthropus,
through Homo Neanderthalensis, Homo Gramagnonensis
and Homo Sapiens, right up to Homo Sapiens Faber of the
present day. But in contemporary society natural selection
does not obtain; the survival of an individual depends upon
the class in which he happens to be born. I t is not the
strong or intelligent who is favoured, but the person with
economic resources and advantage. Artificial economic
differences bring about a degeneration of the species, as
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marriages are entered into for social and economic reasons,
without regard to biologic fitness.
Eugenics claims to be able to prevent this degeneration,
while its opponents hold that the liberty of the individual
should be a paramount consideration. There need be no
contradiction in these views, for with a simplified natural
medicine it is always possible to make the diseased well
and so do away with the necessity for sterilisation opera
tions or other modes of preventing the union of those who
wish to marry and have children.
What is the significance of birth from the viewpoint
of the laws of biology? According to contemporary science,
the moment and circumstances of birth determine the
individual’s whole life. Thus, those who are conceived
during a serious illness of the mother, or while she is
saturated with alcohol or other poisons, will themselves
develop serious illnesses in later life. It can be said that
a man’s destiny depends on the moment of his conception.
This moment is extremely important for several reasons.
It is at this instant that the future child inherits its
mother’s respiration rate. Thus, if the maternal breath has
a rhythm of three seconds, the child’s breath will be the
same. But it is possible for the individual, if he makes the
necessary effort, to develop an individual breath lasting
up to seven seconds. The length of the rhythm of the
breath is an important factor in human longevity. It has
hitherto been much neglected by Western science. This
fact is a natural law which was well known to various
medical systems of antiquity.
All the value of a human life depends on a single mo
ment, the moment of conception. Birth does not begin
at birth, but with conception. The conception of a new
being is a great responsibility, yet as things are there is
utter irresponsibility in bringing a new life into the world.
The organic state of the parents greatly influences the life
of the child. It may inherit a predisposition to the illnesses
of the two parents or of one of them. Sometimes the
heredity is atavistic, in which case the child will have the
qualities and defects of an ancestor, such as grandparent
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or uncle. Occasionally the child receives a periodic heredity.
With this, if the father has a certain experience, for
instance a fatal illness, at the age of 40, then the child
will similarly be ill in the same year of its life.
The conception of a new being, we repeat, is a great
responsibility. Yet with a little care it is possible to ensure
health and happiness for its entire life.

XII. PRE-NATAL HYGIENE

Pre-natal hygiene has two phases: pre-conceptional

and post-conceptional.
Conception is a very important biological function. It
should not take place by accident or chance. It should
be a conscious and carefully planned event. Only thus
can the health of the new-born child be guaranteed. The
new generation has to lay the penalty of irresponsibility
in the shape of suffering all through life.
Conception should only take place when it is desired.
Whatever dogmatic religions may say, it is not necessary
that every sexual act should result in a child. Man applies
science to every field of existence; he should apply it no
less to the problems of birth control and conception.
When it is desired to have a child the parents (particu
larly the mother) should prepare their organisms for this
event. It is desirable for them to detoxicate their organ
isms thoroughly for some months prior to the conception
of the child. It is not within the scope of this small volume
to give details of the technique of this process. Suffice
it to say that the means to be adopted are a natural, vital
diet, free from all poisonous and infei'ior foodstuffs, proper
exercise, special development of strong abdominal muscles
in the prospective mother, sun-bathing, air-bathing,
water-bathing, and a suitable psychological environment.
The act of birth is of extreme importance to both
mother and child. Strong muscles in the mother are
essential. If they are weak, a crisis may occur. Even if
there is nothing worse than severe pain, this leaves traces
on the nervous systems of both mother and child. Gener-
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 ally, when children are nervous it is due to their birth
having been difficult and painful. The nervous system
of the child bears the traces throughout life, because at
birth the child is a psysiological and psychological unity
with the mother. It is therefore a guiding principle to
reduce pain at birth to the minimum. This means
preparation for some months ahead—by means of special
exercises designed to put the abdominal muscles in good
condition. Among the peasants of the Balkans, living in
the mountains, mothers are back at work a few hours after
the birth of their child, and they have no pain at all. All
mothers can have the same experience if they are willing
to spend a little time and trouble for a few months before
hand by adopting a natural mode of life and by cultivating
the necessary muscles to make birth easy.
It is important to note that prior to conception the
principal thing is to detoxicate the organism of the mother.
Between conception and birth the organism needs to be
reconstructed with pure, vital materials. Allopathic
medicine very often begins a somewhat tardy detoxication
of the mother during the post-conceptional period. This
is not a good thing to do, as during this time the mother
needs a sufficiency of more concentrated foods for building
up the embryo within. Accordingly, detoxication should
be begun well before the date of conception, and not just
a few months before birth.
Apart from physiological factors, the thoughts, feelings
and psychological state generally of the mother are of
enormous importance during the pre-natal period. We
know that there are a great many varieties of heredity.
Whether the child inherits the qualities of father, grand
parent or other relative depends on psychological factors
and the conditions prior to birth. Where the mother,
during the pre-natal period, is occupied with and is
concentrated on the father of the child in her thoughts
and sentiments, then the child will inherit the father’s
psychological qualities and condition. If, however, the
mother is concentrated on a brother or parent, then the
child will inherit the qualities of that person.
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 Naturally, it is not only the currents of thought and
feeling emitted by the mother which influence the child;
the child is also influenced by the currents which the
mother receives from her environment; notably from her
husband.
In the psychological examination of a hundred families
we found that the child always inherited the father’s
qualities where the latter was loved by the mother. In
case of indifference on her part there was always irregu
larity in the qualities acquired, depending on chance.
There was often a predominance of the qualities of the
father’s family, in the case of indifference, as the male
strain is dominant. The question of the predetermination
of qualities immediately raises the interesting problem of
the predetermination of sex.

X III. PREDETERMINATION OF SEX

There are two chief methods, one physiological and the

other psychological.
The former is being used experimentally in the U.S.S.R.
Its point of departure is a sound one. It relies on the fact
that the child’s organism depends on the circulation of the
blood of the mother and on the quality of that blood. The
quality of the blood is in turn dependent on the activity
of the endocrine glands, which discharge their secretions
directly into the bloodstream.
The Russian method of controlling sex consists of either
“ masculinising” or “ feminising” the mother’s blood in the
pre-natal period by directing the activity of the endocrine
glands. This idea is correct, but it is insufficient to obtain
the best possible results. Without doubt some results are
obtained, but not the best. For the alteration of the
blood, vegetable extracts drawn from the masculine or
feminine parts of plants are employed. Success is said
to occur in seventy-five per cent of the cases. The drawback
is that expert treatment is necessary. Three categories of
plants are used. During the first three months of preg
nancy the most potent plants are administered; plants of
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 medium potency in the second three months; and those
of lowest potency in the last three months before the birth.
This procedure represents an advance on official medi
cine, but it has not been in use long enough for us to know
its effects upon the child.
The other method, a psychological one, has been
employed longer, and its ulterior results can be seen. It is
based on diagnosis of the family. Its foundation is the
psychological content of the maternal consciousness during
the pre-natal period. Though the method is a means of
determining, sex it can be more usefully employed as a
means of determining individuality and psychic quality
in the new-born.
In experiments it was found that eighty per cent of
children inherited the qualities of the person on whom
the mother had concentrated her affections during
pregnancy. Its sex characteristics followed from the fact
that the child acquired not only the qualities but also the
sex of the person on whom the mother’s affections had
' been concentrated. Sex is thus only accessory and
complementary to the character and personality inherited
by the child.
Not only can we predetermine the child’s sex, but also
its whole character, if we have information on the
thoughts, feelings and psychological state of the mother
before birth.
The child’s organism depends on the mother’s blood, but
its personality and character (and consequently its sex)
depend on the thoughts and feelings of the mother during
pregnancy.
When the mother is anxious or unbalanced during this
period the child will exhibit the same characteristics. If
the mother is ill either physiologically or psychologically
during gestation, then the child will be born with a pre
disposition to those illnesses. The intellectual occupation
of the mother during the period also has a considerable
influence upon the child.
A child’s sex and character are determined by the
dynamism of both parties to the union. Sex is general and
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abstract, while character is real and concrete. Nature
always acts more in accordance with the concrete than
with the abstract factors. Thoughts and feelings are real
and material, like electricity, magnetism and heat. So
where there is a conflict between personality and sex the
former factor triumphs over the latter. In heredity charac
ter is primary, sex only secondary.
We can conclude by saying that the personality of the
child can be predetermined if a controlled environment
can be established during the pre-natal period, which
contains all the psychological factors favourable to the
child.
There must be the foundation—the precondition of
love between father and mother. Given this, conscious
co-operation is necessary to avoid and eliminate all
psychological states unfavourable to the child and to
create all those favourable to it.

XIV. POST-NATAL HYGIENE

The child having been brought into the world safely,

free from hereditary weaknesses, the next problem is how
to feed and nurture it in such a way that it acquires the
healthiest and most robust constitution possible.
For the first seven months of life the best and most
natural food is the mother’s milk, provided that she has
previously detoxicated her organism. The milk of a
woman full of poisons naturally does more harm than
good. A bad diet produces an inferior milk, while a good
diet produces good and wholesome milk. A special
regimen is therefore necessary. The mother’s diet should
be vitaminotherapeutic; that is to say, it should consist
of fresh raw fruits, raw vegetables and salads, fresh milk
and milk products, and whole grain cereals. All toxins,
such as meat, fish, alcohol, tea, coffee, chocolate, white
sugar, white flour, vinegar, should be scrupulously avoided,
as they have a very unfavourable effect upon the physical
and nervous system of the child. In order to build up an
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absolutely healthy body the mother’s milk needs to be of
the finest quality, for the child in its early life is com
posed of the foods ingested by its mother and transformed
into milk.
How often should an infant be fed? The bad habit of
feeding a baby whenever it cries is very prevalent. This is
the worst possible method, as the child not only cries when
hungry, but also for a large number of other reasons.
I t cries, for instance, when there is a sudden change of
temperature, when it feels something disagreeable in con
tact with its skin, or when affected by light or sound. A
baby is very sensitive to such things.
The result of feeding the infant whenever it cries is that
it will cry the more and more frequently, for it comes to
realise that this is the way to get something to eat. A
child with fixed hours for meals will not cry at night.
Night-feeding introduces great disorder into a child’s life,
making proper sleep impossible. It should be fed at
regular intervals during the day.
The quantity of food to be given will depend on the
quality of the milk, the age and degree of development of
the child, and other factors. It will need to be fed several
times in the morning and afternoon, but not at all at
night. The advantages of this plan are that the child
enjoys a proper night’s sleep and also cultivates a regu
larity in the physiological processes of digestion, which
suits the organism. As far as the size of the ration is con
cerned, it is impossible to fix it dogmatically, as many
doctors and child specialists try to do. The amount must
depend on the particular circumstances: on the child’s
organism, on its development, on climate, temperature,
and other factors.
Nevertheless, a rough guide is possible. There are min
imum and maximum limits which should not be trans
gressed.
Minimum Ration. A new-born child should be weighed
frequently. The amount of milk given it should never be
so reduced that growth and development cease. There
should be a steady gain in weight. If there is no gain in
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 weight, or if the gain is inordinately slow, the ration most
be increased.
Maximum Ration. The amount given should never be so
great as to provoke superfluous secretions from the child’s
eyes or nose. If there are such secretions, it is a sure sign
of over-feeding.
Between these two limits the directives of the child’s
organism must be followed. Dogmatic tables are worse
than useless.
Weaning. Between the seventh and eighth months the
transition from mother’s milk to independent food begins.
The milk of the mother is gradually replaced with
cow’s or goat’s milk. To begin with, at one meal in the
day cow’s or goat’s milk is substituted for the maternal
milk. At first the milk is diluted with water, but the
proportion of water is slowly decreased till cow’s or goat’s
milk alone is taken. The water used should first be exposed
to the sun.
Care should be taken in the choice of a suitable milk.
Boiled, pasteurised or sterilised milk should never be
used. This is a crime against the child. The best milk is
clean, raw milk from healthy cows feeding on grass or
hay in the open. Goat’s milk is slightly superior to cow’s
milk, assuming an equal hygiene of cow and goat from
which the milk is derived.
Dentition. The next important stage is the development
of the teeth. When these are sufficiently developed, harder
and more concentrated foods can be givn. I t is important,
however, to teach the child to masticate the foods perfectly.
There are thus three stages in the nutrition of the infant:
the period of the mother’s milk, the pei’iod of mother’s
milk together with cow’s milk, and the period of more
solid foods on the arrival of the teeth.
In certain cases it is not possible to give the child the
milk of the mother. There are then two alternative solu
tions.
If the child has a detoxicated and healthy organism,
that is, if the mother has prepared herself properly for
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birth, it should first of all be given fruit juices mixed with
sun-exposed water, and later fruit juices alone. Milk
can also be given from time to time, but preferably at
separate meals.
On the other hand, where the child has an intoxicated
organism, it is preferable to give cow’s or goat’s milk
diluted with sun-exposed water. Milk is the best con
structive material for the child’s organism. If fruit juices
are given to an intoxicated organism, they first eliminate
the toxins instead of building up the body. In a detox
icated, healthy organism fruit juices construct flesh, blood,
muscle and bone.
Clothing and General Hygiene. Children are very often
given clothes which insulate them from the air. Through
lack of sun and air the child’s skin develops an irritability,
and breathing through the pores is impeded. Respiration
by the skin is no less important than respiration through
the lungs. So for clothing a material should be chosen
which allows the air to circulate freely. The best thing is
for the child to be entirely naked, and when this is not
feasible, light airy clothes should be selected.
Generally speaking, children like a moderate tempera
ture. In summer the child should be in the open air as
much as possible. The ideal place for the infant to lie is
in a mixture of sun and shade, such as one finds under the
branches of a tree. It is also good for the child to have
alternate sun and water baths. A shallow bath with three
or four inches of water in it should be placed near the
child so that it can bathe when it likes.
The child should be given freedom of movement and
be able to change from sun to shade and from water to
dry land, and vice versa, as it pleases. The child will
do what suits it; it should never be forced.
In winter time and in towns where there are no facilities
for being out-of-doors the child should be kept in an airy
room at a medium temperature, and should be without
clothes.

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 XV. D E T O X IC A T IO N A N D R E N E W A L O F T H E

CELLS

I n o r d e r to e s ta b lis h n o r m a l a n d r e g u la r m e n s tr u a tio n , to
a s s u r e a n e q u ilib r iu m in s e x u a l life , a n d to g u a r a n te e a fa v o u r
a b le h e r e d ity fo r th e n e w -b o r n c h ild , th e w o m a n (a n d to a
le s s e x te n t th e m an) need s to d e t o x ic a t e th o r o u g h ly th e
o r g a n is m a n d to r e n e w th e c e lls o f th e o r g a n is m w ith liv in g
m a te r ia ls o f th e first c la s s.
T h e m e a n s o f d e t o x ic a tio n a n d c e ll r e n e w a l a r e , th e r e fo r e ,
an o p tim u m d ie t, c o n s is t in g o f n a tu r a l f o o d s o f d iffe r e n t
c a te g o r ie s ta k e n in c e r ta in p r o p o r tio n s , in a c c o r d a n c e w ith th e
p h y s io lo g ic a l n e e d s o f th e o r g a n is m , e x p o s u r e o f th e b o d y to
th e s u n a n d air, b a th s a n d s w im m in g in fr e s h , su n -ir r a d ia te d
w a te r , a p r o p e r t e c h n iq u e o f b r e a th in g , a n d su ita b le m u s c u la r
e x e r c is e s .
F o r th e d e ta ils o f th e d ie t a n d t h e o th e r p a r ts o f th e c u r e
th e r e a d e r is r e fe r r e d to m y o th e r w o r k s . H e r e it is o n ly p o s
s ib le to o u t lin e th e g e n e r a l p r in c ip le s o f tr e a tm e n t. The
n a tu r a l o r g a n ic tr e a tm e n t a p p lie d o v e r a p e r io d o f s o m e te n
o r t w e lv e m o n th s h a s a v e r y m a r k e d e ffe c t o n m e n s tr u a tio n ,
p r e g n a n c y , c h ild b ir th , a n d o n th e h e a lt h o f th e n e w -b o r n
th r o u g h o u t its life .
D u r in g th e p e r io d o f e lim in a tio n o f to x in s in th e first p h a s e
o f th e n a tu r a l o r g a n ic m o d e o f li f e c e r ta in ir r e g u la r itie s in
m e n s tr u a tio n w ill v e r y p o s s ib ly b e m e t w ith . M e n s tr u a tio n
m a y c e a s e a lto g e th e r fo r a tim e , o r e ls e , o w in g to th e b lo o d
b e in g h e a v ily c h a r g e d w ith to x in s , th e d is c h a r g e m a y b e c o m e
v e r y d a rk in c o lo u r . D u r in g th e m o n th s o f r e c o n s t r u c tio n o f
th e o r g a n is m th e b lo o d is fr e e o f to x in s a n d th e m e n s tr u a l
flo w b e c o m e s p r o g r e s s iv e ly lig h te r in c o lo u r .
T h e m e n s tr u a l c y c le a ls o r e v e r ts to its n a tu r a l a n c e str a l
fo r m a n d to its n a tu r a l c y c le a n d d u r a tio n . I n a n o r g a n is m
r e n e w e d in th is w a y ir r e g u la r itie s w ill n o lo n g e r o c c u r , th u s
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m a k in g it p o s s ib le to d e te r m in e e x a c tly th e fe r tile a n d s te r ile
d a y s in e a c h c y c le w it h o u t a n y d e v ia t io n fr o m th e n o r m . In
th is w a y t h e n a tu r a l o r g a n ic w a y o f lif e c r e a te s a p e r fe c t b a sis
fo r a h e a lt h y a n d h a r m o n io u s s e x u a l life , b r in g in g th e la tte r
b a c k t o n a tu r e .
T h is th e r a p y a p p lie d d u r in g th e m o n th s o f p r e g n a n c y e n
s u r e s p a in le s s , o r a lm o s t p a in le s s , c h ild b ir th , a n d a lw a y s p r e
v e n t s w ith c e r ta in ty a ll p o s s ib le c o m p lic a tio n s o f p r e g n a n c y
o r c h ild b ir th . S e c o n d ly , a s th e b e s t fo r m o f p r e n a ta l h y g ie n e ,
th is th e r a p y a ss u r e s to th e n e w -b o r n a p e r fe c t v ita lity , w h ic h
is th e b e s t p o s s ib le in h e r ita n c e . T h e n e w -b o r n w ill b e fr e e
fr o m th e u n fa v o u r a b le d is p o s it io n s o f its p a r e n ts . T h is th e r a p y
a ls o e n s u r e s th e h e a lt h o f m o th e r a n d c h ild , a n d , b y g u a r a n
te e in g a f a v o u r a b le h e r e d ity a n d a v o id in g a n u n fa v o u r a b le
o n e , p r o v id e s a n e w b a s is — a t o n c e th e m o s t p r a c tic a l a n d
th e m o s t e ffe c tiv e — fo r b o th p o s itiv e a n d n e g a tiv e e u g e n ic s .
T h e n a tu r a l o r g a n ic m o d e o f lif e is n o t o n ly th e b e s t p r e
n a ta l h y g ie n e , b u t is e q u a lly th e b e s t m e t h o d o f c o n s tr u c tin g
a n d d e v e lo p in g a s tr o n g a n d h e a lt h y o r g a n is m fr e e o f a ll
to x in s . In th is w a y th e n e w -b o r n w ill n o t o n ly h a v e fa v o u r
a b le h e r e d ita r y d is p o s it io n s , b u t a ls o fa v o u r a b le a c q u ir e d d is
p o s it io n s . T h e fa v o u r a b le o r u n fa v o u r a b le c o n s t r u c tio n o f
th e c h ild ’s b o d y d u r in g its e a r ly y e a r s is th e b io lo g ic a l fo u n d a
tio n o f its life , a n d d e te r m in e s its h e a lth , lo n g e v ity a n d a ll its
p h y s ic a l a n d p s y c h ic c a p a c it ie s . N a tu r e th u s c a r r ie s o u t its
e u g e n ic a c tiv ity to th e la s t d e g r e e .
F in a lly , le t u s r e v ie w th e e ffe c ts o f th e n a tu r a l o r g a n ic
m o d e o f lif e u p o n th e f e m a le r e p r o d u c tiv e o r g a n s a n d th e
m a le sex u a l organ and u p o n th e n e w -b o r n c h ild , fr o m a
p h y s io lo g ic a l p o in t o f v ie w .
I t d e to x ic a te s , c le a n s e s a n d m a k e s m o r e e la s tic th e a b s o r p
tiv e , s e c r e t iv e a n d c o n d u c t iv e c a p a c it y o f th e v a g in a , w o m b
a n d o v a r ie s . It e lim in a te s lo c a l a c c u m u la tio n s o f to x in s in
th e s e o r g a n s , g e ttin g rid o f a n y in fla m m a tio n s , tu m o u r s a n d
u lc e r s , a n d r e v it a lis e s a n d r e c o n s tr u c ts th e ir c e lls . T h e p h y s-
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io lo g ic a l a c tiv ity o f th e r e p r o d u c tiv e o r g a n s th u s b e c o m e s
p e r fe c t ly n o r m a l, n a tu r a l, p e r io d ic , r h y th m ic a n d c h r o n o lo g i
c a lly p u n c tu a l.
F u r th e r , b y m a k in g m e n s tr u a tio n c h r o n o lo g ic a lly r e g u la r ,
th e n a tu r a l o r g a n ic m ode of life d iv id e s th e days w hen
c o n c e p t io n is p o s s ib le fr o m t h o s e w h ic h a r e ste r ile . B ir th c o n
tr o l is th u s m a d e e a s y a n d c e r ta in w ith o u t th e n e e d fo r r e
c o u r s e to h a r m fu l a n d a r tific ia l m e a n s .
A l l th e p r o c e s s e s o f c o n c e p tio n a n d g e s t a tio n a r e r e v ita lis e d
a n d r e g u la r is e d , a n d e v e r y p o s s ib ilit y o f d a n g e r o u s c o m p lic a
tio n s o r d e b ilita tin g p r o c e s s e s d u r in g th e p e r io d o f p r e g n a n c y
is a v o id e d . T h is in c r e a s e s th e v ita lity o f th e e m b r y o , a n d
c h ild b ir th b e c o m e s p e r fe c t ly n o r m a l, p a in b e in g r e d u c e d to
a m in im u m a n d c o m p lic a tio n s b e in g e lim in a te d .
T h e v ita lity o f b o th m o th e r a n d c h ild is in c r e a s e d , a n d
th e n e w -b o r n is th u s a s s u r e d o f a fa v o u r a b le h e r e d ity a n d o f
a n o r g a n is m b u ilt o f h e a lth y , v it a l c e lls .
A fte r fo llo w in g th e n a tu r a l o r g a n ic m o d e o f lif e th e m a m
m a r y g la n d s a lw a y s g iv e a n a b u n d a n t a n d r e g u la r flo w o f m ilk
p o s s e s s in g a r e v it a lis in g a n d c o n s t r u c tiv e f o r c e , c a p a b le o f
e n s u r in g th e p e r fe c t p h y s io lo g ic a l d e v e lo p m e n t o f th e n e w
born.
A s fa r a s th e p a r e n ts a r e c o n c e r n e d , th is th e r a p y e lim in
a te s lo c a l a n d g e n e r a l a c c u m u la tio n s o f to x in s in th e m a le a n d
f e m a le s e x u a l o r g a n s , th u s p r o g r e s s iv e ly c u r in g d is e a s e s a n d
d e b ilitie s o f t h o s e o r g a n s , to g e th e r w ith a n y a c c o m p a n y in g
fr ig id ity o r im p o te n c e . A v ita l, p e r m a n e n t a n d r e g u la r s e x u a l
c a p a c ity is in th is w a y a ssu r e d .

X V I. A D IA L E C T IC A L A P P R O A C H TO THE

PRO BLEM S O F SEX

The s e x u a l p r o b le m can o n ly b e s o lv e d in accordance

w ith th e la w s o f p s y c h o - p h y s io lo g y . T h e s e la w s s h o w u s
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that the constitution and mechanism of the male and
female organisms are such that the essence of sexual life
is the balanced completion of the two organisms, incom
plete in themselves.
From a dialectical point of view the male organism
represents thesis, the female organism represents anti
thesis, and their psycho-physiological union represents
synthesis.
Everything in nature and society is developed through
these different phases towards a higher synthesis which
always represents a dynamic equilibrium.
From this flows the practical consequence that the
most essential problem is knowledge of oneself and choice
of the right sexual partner. In order to make a balanced
union which will complete his individuality each has to
know himself from a psycho-physiological point of view,
or else it is impossible to judge who is the complete sexual
partner needed.
The most important thing is therefore an absolutely
frank and objective analysis of oneself and of others, based
on all the realities of life. It is necessary to know what
one has to give and what one needs to receive and can
receive from another.
Instead of forming ideals it is necessary to examine the
other sex in the light of the every-sided reality of life. It
is usless to look at them simply as we would like them
to be. And conversely, we should not appear as we should
like to be, but must show ourselves as frankly as is possible
what we really are. In short, there must be objective and
conscious frankness based on the realities of life.
While it must be recognised that contact between the
sexes to-day is more healthy and real than in the past, it
is not yet sufficiently so.
I t must be realised that love is the most many-sided
activity in life. It is a science and an a rt; it is at once
reality and fantasy. It is based on the experience of all
the senses and organs in form, colour, melody, perfume,
feeling, thought and intuition. Love is an artistic creation
which has its own laws just as have painting and music.
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The first and most important of these laws is the law of
individual development. Only that love relation can
remain permanent and harmonious in which both parties
secure and realise the preconditions of the individual
development of both. Where the preconditions are lacking
love must sooner or later die. The law is equally valid in
the relation of friendship, because evolution is a chief end
in individuals as well as in nature and society. Love is
the most powerful means of achieving individual evolu
tion. First and foremost it is always individuality and
personality which count.
It is this individuality that we love. The greatest
document in proof of our thesis is that love and individu
ality appeared simultaneously in the history of humanity.
Love did not exist in the prehistoric periods before there
was differentiation. Then all men lived a sexual life with
all the women—there was community of the sexes—in an
exclusively physiological way. It was only later, after the
occurrence of individual differentiation, that individual
choice of a sexual partner appeared. Love is thus the
most many-sided form of individual evolution through the
harmonious completion of oneself.
The second principal law of love is the law of activity.
Love cannot remain permanent where one of the partners
does not change, but remains passively at the same
psychological level. Static and unchangeable mechanisa
tion is likewise fatal to love. The relation of love must
always be new, as in a kaleidoscope, where all the colours
are continually changing with a constant and inexhaust
ible richness, notwithstanding that the kaleidoscope always
stays the same.
Mutual individual development within marriage can
be permanent and harmonious only if both parties reflect
all the wealth, all the nuances and all the values of human
life and culture. In accordance with the psychological
law, the more one gives within marriage, the more one
receives.
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 The final conclusion can therefore be drawn that sexual
equilibrium and harmony in love are possible, but not
easy of attainment. I t is difficult to find them in ourselves
and impossible to find them elsewhere, since what we
receive depends on what we give. In final analysis, our
happiness always depends much more on our inner qualities
than on all other external factors. This is so because
sexual equilibrium can only exist where there is general
balance in every aspect of the person’s life.
Harmony in love and sexual life belongs to and will
always belong to a minority of men and women who form
an aristocracy of will and intelligence that has the power
to solve all the problems of life as they arise in their
successive order of importance. Our chief concern must
be to make this minority more and more numerous until
it becomes a majority, when harmony in life will be the
possession of the whole of mankind in the higher society
of the future.

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Cluj, is a descendant of Csoma de Koros, Transylvanian traveler and
philologist who, over 150 years ago, compiled the first grammar of the
Tibetan language, the first English-Tibetan dictionary, and wrote his
unsurpassed work, Asiatic Researches. He also was Librarian to the
Royal Asiatic Society in India. Dr. Bordeaux earned his Ph.D. degree
from the University of Paris, and other degrees from the Universities of
Vienna and Leipzig. He also held professorships of Philosophy and
Experimental Psychology at the University of Cluj. A well-known
philologist in Sanscrit, Aramaic, Greek and Latin, Dr. Bordeaux spoke
ten modern languages. In 1928, he founded the International Biogenic
Society with Nobel Prize-winning author, Romain Rolland. His most
important translations, in addition to selected texts from the Dead Sea
Scrolls and the Essene Gospel o f Peace (over a million copies in 26
languages) are selected texts from the Zend Avesta and from pre-
Columbian codices of ancient Mexico. His last works on the Essene Way
of Biogenic Living have attracted worldwide interest. He is the author
of more than 80 books published in many countries on philosophy and
ancient cultures. His work is carried on by the International Biogenic
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