Divining Desire

"""What a life! Sequoia Thom has spent his eight decades on earth as an intrepid adventurer: a seeker of wisdom and experience, of spiritual satisfaction and sexual self-acceptance. His entertaining memoir Divining Desire chronicles his pilgrim's progress from post-World War II Brooklyn to present-day Vancouver, from US Air Force pilot working hard to maintain a fa�ade of butchness to radical faerie to building community around the pleasures of yoga, massage, and erotic playfulness. Along the way he was blessed to encounter a string of high-powered meditation teachers who nurtured his soul, while his romantic nature led him to an abundance of lovers who educated and fed his heart. The journey has never been especially smooth or linear. Sequoia writes honestly about the obstacles he's had to navigate, internally and externally, as a gay man. Yet he has accumulated many tips and tools for creating a good life, and he shares them with a generosity and grace that radiates off the page."" --Don Shewey, therapist, pleasure activist, and author (most recently the memoir Daddy Lover God: a sacred intimate journey) A memoir, to me, should be two things - a story-mirror for the author's soul, and a teaching-mirror for its readers' own different life. In his masterful and engaging book Sequoia Thom does both, with honesty, vulnerability, and passion. Our culture tends to separate spirituality and sexuality, but Sequoia's story is about the dance they do together, from his being a courageous young man exploring gay life to his being a wise teacher and elder. In a time when we're all being called upon to wake-up, own, and act from our inner wisdom - this is the mirror you've been looking for! Maggid Eli Andrew Ramer, author of Ever After: the extended lives and work of eleven famous writers. andrewramer.com"