EROS AS MYSTERY: TOWARD A TRANSPERSONAL SEXOLOGY AND PROCREATIVITY

Historically, the scientific study of human sexuality has involved questionnaires, questionnaire-structured interviews, laboratory and electronic observation and recording tech- niques, and the ethological study of other species. Although such methods provide normative data on sexuality, the more subtle aspect-eros, the lived experience-is often beyond their reach. Phenomenology, as a science of hermeneutics, taps into this subtle domain and can provide descriptive depth in contrast to statistical breadth.