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Empire of orgasm : sex, power, and the downfall of a wellness cult / Ellen Huet.
Van Pelt Library BP605.N48 H83 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Huet, Ellen, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Daedone, Nicole--Psychology.
- Daedone, Nicole.
- OneTaste (Organization)--History.
- OneTaste (Organization).
- New Age movement--United States.
- New Age movement.
- Sex in popular culture--United States.
- Sex in popular culture.
- Rape culture--United States.
- Rape culture.
- Meditation--Therapeutic use--United States.
- Meditation.
- Health promotion industry--Social aspects--United States.
- Health promotion industry.
- Genre:
- True crime stories.
- Physical Description:
- x, 411 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Sex, power, and the downfall of a wellness cult
- Place of Publication:
- New York : MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2025.
- Summary:
- "An extraordinary chronicle of the wellness brand whose practice of orgasmic meditation hid an abusive cult"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Prologue: sensation
- Pleasure seekers. White rabbit ; Hustlers and marks ; Love cult ; The perfect story ; Burning ; Pulling desires ; Utopia in a warehouse
- Connected no matter what. Never hurt the game ; A digital startup ; The handlers ; The violator ; Missionaries of orgasm ; "Connection is the new religion" ; Money is just energy
- Coming undone. Skillful violation ; The beast ; What beautiful surrender ; The left-handed path ; Dirty laundry ; The false shaman ; A strange intimacy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780374604196
- 0374604193
- OCLC:
- 1478324602
- Publisher Number:
- 90103752024
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