"With a new introduction by the author"--Cover

The soul in love -- Attachment and flight -- The mystery of intimacy -- Intermingled souls -- The magic and alchemy of marriage -- The family of the soul -- Friendship and community -- The intimate imagination -- Conversations and letters -- Creative illusions in romantic love -- Sex and imagination -- Shadows of intimacy -- Endings -- Pathologies of love -- Pleasures of soul mates -- The soulful relationship -- Relationship as grace

Shows readers how "soul intimacy" can be cultivated through letter writing, conversations, sexuality, jealousy, boredom, and endings, and how the soul is enriched through the tribulations of life

Originally published: New York: HarperCollins, 1994

Companion volume to: Care of the soul. 1992