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The Philosophy Of Sandstone Retreat

By Rosella Campbell


With time, a lot of changes may occur like the industrial revolution from the past. Right now, it is already at the peak of its development. But with the age of modernity, there is yet another endeavor which is set by people and this is about the all too inclusive talk about sexuality. That is because some found the rules of sexuality too preventive.

That is why during the 1960s, John Williamson, together with his wife Barbara started the new ideal for the sexual behavior. Now, there is one living structure catering to this ideal and that is the Sandstone retreat. This is basically a project which he built for the purpose of research and by initializing his proposal for sexual revolution.

Seeing as sexuality has become more and more malicious and aggressive nowadays due to the changing culture, Williamson set the ground for taking sex for good by changing the usual conceptions and the taboos which are incorporated to it. Actually, he and his wife both have the same ideals and they swap partners frequently. But according to him, it never put a strain on their relationship.

Basically, this is what he would like to change in the context of sexuality. It is for humans to change their attitude toward sex and realized the importance of sexual freedom. With it is the idea of not being possessive with their partners. Basically, they believed that the world would become a more peaceful place without any constraint in this.

Speaking of this, it is the goal of this retreat is to make folks understand and train them to accept the idea to be a usual inclination. So it offered seminars which talk about human bonding, relationships and sexuality. That is why in Sandstone, individuals who take the retreat are all nude and free to conduct any sexual inclination they feel at the moment.

It is completely opposing the practice of dressing conservatively to avoid invitation or drive. Instead, they place it as being used to seeing such things would eliminate sex drive naturally. Speaking of this, about at least five hundred guests gather to observe this every weekend. In the venue, they can participate in group sex and swap spouses for satisfaction. But according to Williamson, it is optional.

But then due to the controversial culture, they gained the attention of the media. But then even though they have explained their goal, some things just did not make sense to certain individuals. That is because the very basic feeling of true love between conjugal relationship has never once vanished.

True enough, sexuality has worsened its condition nowadays due to the many influences there are in the society such as television programs which arouse the sex drive of individuals resulting to a lot of misgiving and diruptions with relationships and the peace with the norms. Aside from that, the incompetence of parenthood and the corrupt attitude of people lead to the situation nowadays.

But then if you put in the idea of human freedom as per the human understanding, Sandstone would be the result. But the conception of true and pure love is far from such ideal though. But then for those who have the grasp of the idea and the influence of such norm, this place might serve as convenient spot.




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