Feb 26
4 min read
The Order Mating Game
Installment #32 of Three Lost Worlds: A Memoir of Life Among Mystics, Healers, and Life-Artists
As the median age of Order members edges into the mid-thirties, a bio-switch flips. Overnight, it’s mating season in the Order. Libido and longing are sleeping in bed next to us, sitting at the dinner table, meditating and praying in the chapel right alongside us. For all its resonance with traditional Christian monasticism with…
