By Scot Sigel
“Women are hardly ever known in their true light…”
In the second century C.E, he lovingly charted
The Seven Centers of the body’s awareness
Passion & pleasure were integral to the scripture…
[3 lovemaking positions and their symbology]
Was this the work of a religious innovator?
sexual explorer? madman?
Fast-forward: Industrial Revolution:
A sixty-two year-old British explorer,
linguist, soldier, poet, diplomat, fencer
And hypnotist: Sir Richard Francis Burton drafts
the first known English translation of the Kama Sutra
It was devoid of illustrations…
How does one ascribe scholarly significance
to such a text?
After his death, Lady Isabel burns
many of his papers… On her deathbed
says it was to protect his privacy. His reputation –
Just like that: Every facet of the lover’s art
so painstakingly researched, translated, annotated
She Burned –
Scot Siegel, a former downhill ski racer turned urban planner/poet, lives in Oregon with his wife, two daughters, two female dogs, and one female guinea pig. His life is a series of near misses & linked recoveries.
