Communities

Journal of Cooperative Living

Table of Contents / No. 87 . Summer 1995

D E P A R T M E N T S

S P E C I A L   F E A T U R E

Love, Romance, and Sex in Community

From the Guest Editor--Loren Schein

Taming the Wiscoy Wilderness

Vic Ormsby, Yarrow Brown, and Tony Brown chronicle the Wiscoy Valley Co-op over time: from wild & crazy days to "feeling like family."

The Metamorphosis of Relationships at Dunmire Hollow

Harvey Baker. How the crucible of community life forged and loosened the bonds between couples.

High Wind: Community Ideals and Personal Loves

Lisa Paulson. The effect of community dynamics on relationships, especially community time vs. relationship time.

Re-Sacralizing Marriage and Fertility at the Farm

Michael Traugot recalls how early hippie members revered the institution of marriage and honored sex as a sacrament.

A Smorgasbord of Alternatives

Ivy Bressen analyzes how the closeness of a small community stresses yet supports relationships, and fosters experimentation with a wide variety of alternatives.

Poem: Summer Flowers

LaSara WakeRobin FireFox

ZEGG: Love is Intense Living

Monika Allewelt. A woman in love encounters and conquers jealousy in a community which espouses free love and non-possessiveness as prerequisites for a nonviolent world.

Poem: TribaLove

LaSara WakeRobin FireFox

Gay Women's Communities

Radical Faeries in Rural Tennessee

MaxZine Weinstein, Tom Seidner, and K. Hass. How a gay artist community celebrates its differences and reclaims the word "queer."

A "Queer Couple"

Jannathan Long. A gay man and a lesbian in a radical faerie community tell their story.

"Infilling with the Spirit" at Christiansbrunn Kloster

Bro. Johannes Renatus Zinzendorf. "Post-Christian Harmonists" celebrate gay sexuality and the Holy Spirit. The Reunion of Souls

Niann Emerson Chase. This community believes the highest relationships are those in which the partners, reunited from past lives, are allies in reaching their highest spiritual potential. Sexuality and Relationships in Shaker, Oneida, and Mormon Communities

Lawrence Foster. Three spiritually inspired groups in the 1800s created communities which practiced celibacy, "free love," and polygamy, respectively. Healing From Sex/Power Abuse in Community

Shri Estes interviews a woman who recalls the feelings of shame and powerlessness when she felt coerced by the dysfunctional "system" of a community to become lovers with one of its spiritual leaders.

Spiritual Growth, Multiple Relationships, and Community

Claire Dickison shares the ongoing emotional and spiritual growth she has experienced in community, moving from celibacy to multiple relationships.

C O L U M N S

FELLOWSHIP NEWS--Feedback Files: The Fellowship's New Approach to Handling Complaints about Communities Listed in the Communities Directory

Laird Sandhill. How the Fellowship plans to balance fairness to communities with legitimate concerns of Directory   readers and community seekers.

CHILDREN IN COMMUNITY--Multiple Parenting in Community: The Disadvantages

Daniel Greenberg shares his survey and interview research on the disadvantages of having many "parents" in community.

REVIEWS

Diana Leafe Christian reviews Special Love, Special Sex, Robert S. Fogerty, Editor;A Short History of The Farm, by Michael Traugot; and Community Design Primer,by Randolph T. Hester, Jr.

MY TURN--Regionalizing the Communities Movement

A. Allen Butcher suggests how the Fellowship for Intentional Community can support networks of regional communities.

PERIPATETIC COMMUNITARIAN--"Love" or "in Love"?

Geoph Kozeny speculates on the many varieties of love and attraction, and observes the parallels between finding a lover and choosing a community.

FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH--Love, Sex, and Romance in Community: Research Findings from Community Members

Mike Cummings and Harv Bishop share data comparing the love-and-relationship views of ex-Hutterite and ex-Bruderhof members with those of participants at the '93 Celebration of Communities gathering.

ECOVILLAGE REPORT--Sustainability = Conservation + Regeneration + Stewardship

With the help of Elizabeth Kline, Sim Van der Ryn, and Stuart Cowan, Lois Arkin and Mary Maverick keep us focused on a comprehensive approach to sustainable communities.

FEDERATION UPDATE--Acorn, East Wind, and Twin Oaks: Not  Three Peas in a Pod

Kat Kinkade describes how each community--founded on the same principles--developed its own appealing and idiosyncratic character.

GROWING COMMUNITY--Finding and Financing Community Land, Part I (Robert H. Watzke); Resources: Creating New Communities (Diana Leafe Christian); Two Decades of Community Experience (Carol E. Parrish); Off the Grid! Inherit the Wind (Dan Drasin)

Practical "how-to" information for people planning to form new communities.

FOR OUR CHILDREN--Recommended Children's Books of 1995

Arun Toke shares the best of this year's children's books which promote multi-cultural awareness and egalitarian, sustainable values.