#86 - Love Free From Fear | Sabine Lichtenfels (Tamera)

Can we heal the wounds of love and share lives of both dedication and erotic adventure? Today’s guest, Sabine Lichtenfels, cofounder of Tamera, has dedicated her life to this question. Tamera is a world famous community and peace research center in Southern Portugal which hosts the Global Love School, a program that radically reimagines romance and relationships. Though often referred to as polyamorous, when the people of Tamera speak of Free Love, what they mean is love free from fear. On the show Sabine and I discuss the wounds of love and how patriarchal power structures and the fear of loss lead to a battle between the sexes. We explore the different aspects of the Love School, including “Forum” a social technology for honesty in relationships and the Love Temple, where trauma can be released through art and ritual. Finally we talk about how a dedication to healing Eros became a pilgrimage for peace. Sabine is an author, a speaker, and a peace activist. She is the co-founder of Tamera along with her life partner Dr. Dieter Duhm where she leads the Love School and the department for spiritual ecology, Terra Deva. In 2005 she initiated the first of many “Grace Pilgrimages,” where she guides people from different backgrounds into an experience of radical reconciliation. This is an emergency call to end the War on Love and find a life of adventure and play in the process. Links Sabine Lichtenfels: https://www.tamera.org/sabine-lichtenfels/ Tamera: https://www.tamera.org/ Global Love School: https://www.tamera.org/global-love-school/ Life is a Festival #27: Can Free Love Save the World?: https://www.eamonarmstrong.com/lifeisafestival/love-school TIMESTAMPS :07 - When Sabine first realized that it was possible :17 - How does the Love School heal the wounds of love in our society? :23 - How can love be healed outside of spaces like Tamera? :29 - Learning to love yourself through community :34 - Addiction to pornography and attachment to very beautiful women :44 - The Love Temple and ritualizing the expression of love wounds through art and silliness :56 - How research into the erotic became a pilgrimage of peace