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The Monogamy Challenge by Peter KanePART 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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