Love in The Time of Butterflies: Real-life Adventures in Polyamory, Psychedelics and Zen (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798314513330)

When Doctor Sophia Young is awoken by a vivid dream in which her husband, Chris, is about to have an affair, she confronts him. He confirms her suspicion and admits that since reading Sex at Dawn years ago, he's wanted to be polyamorous but didn't have the courage to tell her. After much soul searching, Sophia agrees to a trial of consensual non-monogamy, both partners allowed to date, sleep with and love other people, while staying radically transparent with one another. Although skeptical at first, Sophia soon finds a passionate, loving boyfriend, while Chris chases women who enjoy humiliating him.

The pair are guided in their sexual adventures by a Zen master and psychiatrist named Ryutan, Dragon's Abyss. Several years prior, Ryutan had been asked to step down as the abbot of an influential American Buddhist Monastery when he developed a fascination with Amazonian shamanism and ayahuasca, the psychedelic brew of the rainforest. Under his tutelage, the couple learns that, done well, polyamory has deep psychological and spiritual ramifications involving what Terrence McKenna called 'tribe mind.' Eventually, the adventurers discover the Goddess within, an archetype of archaic divinity written out of major religions as we became 'civilized.' Join us as we explore the implications of her remembrance in spectacular and hilarious detail, as we discover that polyamory, like Zen, is not what it appears to be.

Author: Christopher G. Young
ISBN-13: 9798314513330
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 03/19/2025
Pages: 248
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d