Introduction (p.11-13)

Traditional Paths (p.16-30 inclusive):

Gays as spiritual gatekeepers: indigenous Africans celebrate the gay spirit / Bert Hoff (p.16-19)

Gay male mythology: following the example of the gods / Robert Barzan (p.20-22)

Friendship is God, God is friendship: Aelred of Rievaulx and a monastery of love / James Arimond (p.23-27)

Homoeroticism and spirituality: Rumi and the Sufis / Robert Barzan (p.28-30)

Eroticism and Male Identity (p.32-68 inclusive)

Sexual healing: healing the heart-genetial split in men / Joseph Kramer (p.32-36)

Radical reflections of radical sex: a spiritual journey through leathersex / J. Michael Clark (p.37-43)

In praise of soul-full lust: exploring the spirit of erotic video / Dan Doran (p.44-48)

Beyond the sexual revolution: the prophetic role of gays / Toby Johnson (p.49-53)

Horned God: an ancient sex symbol reappears / Kelly Gabriel Lee (p.54-57)

Dances with cowboys: country western dancing uncovers a gay spirit / Robert Barzan (p.58-61)

i smashed the phalloi / poem by Sister Species of Crow (p.62)

i built the phalloi / peoem by Brother Pan (p.63)

The wild man amongst us: masculinity and the key to sexual identity / Kelly Gabriel Lee (p.64-68)

Gay Identity (p.70-97 inclusive)

Coming out: the gay hero's journey / Wilfrid Koponen (p.70-73)

Over the rainbow, into our hearts: The Wizard of Oz and the gay experience / Laurence Hermsen (p.74-81)

Mathematician as a child / poem by Mark Hallman (p.82)

Daddy's dreamboy / poem by Mark Hallman (p.83)

Keep gays out of the military: another side to the ban / Tundra Wind (p.84-87)

More than the sum of parts: rescuing the body from fundamentalism / Darrell g. h. Schramm (p.88-93)

Goddess in every man: feminine archetypes for men / Josef Venker (p.94-97)

Finding Our Way (p.100-137 inclusive)

Healing touch: learning to embody our love / Jess Lee (p.100-107)

Odyssey of a Zen teacher: flourishing in the Zen tradition / Tundra Wind (p.108-111)

AIDS, service, and the renewal of the heart: a personal reflection / Terence Huwe (p.112-116)

The only game in town: finding the path to enlightenment / Bert Herrman (p.117-118)

Healing HIV with sex: a personal journey / Philip Bahr (p.119-122)

Reinhabiting: finding love in nature / Robert Barzan (p.123-129)

Toward a gay ecological perspective: gay liberation and ecological reflection / J. Michael Clark (p.130-132)

Gay rites primer: ritual as a doorway to the sacred / Robert Barzan (p.133-136)

White crane newsletter (p.137)

Authors [bios] (p.138-141)

Recommended reading (p.142)

Index (p.143-144)