The linking of sexuality and spirituality is as old as mankind itself. Evidence from many very different cultures suggests that man has always found in the visual expression of sex a means of symbolizing the great conflicting forces of the universe. From creation myths to explanations of the heavens, from the delicate renderings by Taoist artists of the sexual act as a symbol of cosmic balance to the brutal assertions of male power in Celtic statuary, this text leads us through a multiplicity of beliefs and depictions of the world's mysteries.