The Monogamy Challenge: Creating and Keeping Intimcy
A New Book by Peter Kane

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PART I: THE VIRTUES OF MONOGAMY
CHAPTER 1 - WHY PREFER MONOGAMY?
CHAPTER 2 - THE SPIRITUAL DEPTH OF MONOGAMY

PART II: THE ARCHETYPES OF MARRIAGE AND MONOGAMY
CHAPTER 3 - THE OLD ARCHETYPE OF MARRIAGE AND MONOGAMY
CHAPTER 4 - THE NEW ARCHETYPE OF MARRIAGE: PARTNERSHIP
CHAPTER 5 - THE EVOLVING UNCONDITIONAL PARTNERSHIP
CHAPTER 6 - MARRIAGE AS A LEGAL CONTRACT
CHAPTER 7 - MARRIAGE IS NOT A FIX: DON’T GET MARRIED UNTIL YOU ALREADY ARE

PART III: THE ANATOMY OF MONOGAMY: WHAT MAKES MONOGAMY DIFFICULT?
CHAPTER 8 - NATURE VS. NURTURE: A SERIES OF INTERCONNECTING VARIABLES
CHAPTER 9 - CHRONICLE #1: MY PARENTS
CHAPTER 10 - LAWS OF ATTRACTION AND DESIRE
CHAPTER 11 - CHRONICLE #2: ABANDONMENT AND LOSS
CHAPTER 12 - OPPOSITES ATTRACT: UNDERSTANDING PRIMARY AND DISOWNED SELVES
CHAPTER 13 - CHRONICLE #3: BEING ATTRACTED TO MY DISOWNED SELVES.
CHAPTER 14 - THE PRINCIPLE OF DESIRE
CHAPTER 15 - HIGH AND LOW DESIRE PATTERNS
CHAPTER 16 - RESOLVING INDUCTION PATTERNS
CHAPTER 17 - PURSUING A RELATIONSHIP
CHAPTER 18 - CHRONICLE #4: SEXUALITY AND SEXUAL ATTRACTIONS
CHAPTER 19 - SEXUAL FANTASY AND MASTURBATION
CHAPTER 20 - DREAMS AND MESSAGES
CHAPTER 21 - SEXUAL AND RELATIONAL ADDICTIONS
CHAPTER 22 - UNDERSTANDING YOUR AROUSAL PATTERN
CHAPTER 23 - FANTASY BONDING
CHAPTER 24 - THE DISOWNED SELF OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP
CHAPTER 25 - THE INCEST TABOO
CHAPTER 26 - RESOLVING THE TABOO
CHAPTER 27 - CHRONICLE #5: MARRIED WOMEN AND RELATIONSHIP TRIANGLES
CHAPTER 28 - BIRTH SCRIPTS
CHAPTER 29 - THE INFANT GUILT SYNDROME: CAUSING OUR MOTHERS PAIN
CHAPTER 30 - PATRIARCHY, MATRIARCHY, AND MONOGAMY
CHAPTER 31 - PRIVILEGE, POWER, AND ENTITLEMENT
CHAPTER 32 - NARCISSISM
CHAPTER 33 - THE MYTH OF THE FREE SPIRIT

PART IV: FACING THE CHALLENGE
CHAPTER 34 - MAINTAIN AN OPENED SYSTEM
CHAPTER 35 - THE ROLE OF SPIRITUAL AND SERVICE COMMUNITIES
CHAPTER 36 - TELLING THE TRUTH
CHAPTER 37 - LIVING FOR TWO OR MORE: COMMITMENT, CONSCIENCE, INTEGRITY, AND LOYALTY
CHAPTER 38 - DEVOTION VS. LOYALTY: GETTING BEYOND BETRAYAL
CHAPTER 39 - LETTING GO OF AN APOLOGETIC NATURE
CHAPTER 40 - BEING SENSITIVE ABOUT SEXUAL ABUSE AND SEXUAL OBJECTIFICATION
CHAPTER 41 BEING SENSITIVE WITHOUT LOSING YOUR MASCULINITY
CHAPTER 42 THE INNER-SEXUAL-SELF

PART V: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
CHAPTER 43 - VOICE DIALOGUE AND EMBRACING DISOWNED SELVES
CHAPTER 44 - BREATHWORK AND RESOLVING OUR BIRTH SCRIPT
CHAPTER 45 - HOW TO USE AFFIRMATIONS
CHAPTER 46 - BREATHWORK AND DISSOLVING BLOCKAGES
CHAPTER 47 - SACRED SEXUALITY
CHAPTER 48 - EPILOGUE
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