Omar Zaid

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  • Dancing the Divine Performative by Dr. Omar

    Tango and flamenco demonstrate reiterative antipathy (divergence) and sympathy (convergence) between archetypally gendered sovereigns at edges of constituted ‘being’. Extraordinary rhythms and physical grace unveil an irreducible mystery celebrated again and again by the triumphant shout, “Ole!” Such elegance pinpoints fulcrums between ‘beauty and beast’ in each partner, balancing the push and pull of person-hood,…

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  • ESOTERIC ASPECTS OF CONSUMMATION by Dr. Omar

    I cannot exist without you,” he wrote . “I could be martyr’d for my Religion —Love is my religion — I could die for that —I could die for you.  ~ Keats The crude understanding of sexuality as an urge that is resolved and fulfilled in consummative intercourse holds no sway in esoteric concerns… Eroticism…

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  • THE DIVINE PERFORMATIVE by Dr. Omar

    Although simplified, the following chart shows that human sexual orientation is not a choice. The LGBT majority, excluding genetic disorders like hermaphroditism, is conceived as potentially heterosexual but are born anomalous due to the disruption of fetal androgen levels that affect portions of the brain associated with sexual orienta-tion and basal gender disposition; both are…

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  • EXECUTIVE SUMMARY by Dr. Omar

    We have been deceived by religions, governments, historians, Marx and Engels and misguided feminists who deny the essentially romantic nature of the nuptial bond.   ~ Ferdinand Mount, Editor, Times Literary Supplement The Nation’s Hoop is broken and scattered. There is no center any longer, and the sacred tree is dead.   ~ Black Elk, Lakota Sioux…

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