Kama index

Below is a three-pillar, multi-level Kama ontology, showing exactly where each of your Kama books lives in the schema of desire, relationship, and aesthetic experience. Each Pillar embodies a dimension of Kama—the realm of emotion, connection, and sensuality—broken into Nodes and Sub-nodes with your real titles.

PILLAR 1: EMOTIONAL FOUNDATIONS

Where inner yearnings and meaning meet.

1.1 Attachment & Intimacy

1.1.1 Love Psychology

Karin Sternberg — Psychology of Love 101

1.1.2 Therapeutic Presence

Irvin Yalom — The Gift of Therapy

Martin Seligman — Flourish

1.2 Existential Desire

1.2.1 Meaning in Emotion

Rollo May — Existential Psychology

PILLAR 2: RELATIONAL DYNAMICS

Skills and patterns that weave us together.

2.1 Communication & Connection

2.1.1 Interpersonal Competencies

Interpersonal Concepts and Competencies: Foundations

2.1.2 Case Studies in Partnership

(case)wife_hat.pdf

2.2 Narrative of Relationship

2.2.1 Therapeutic Radiance

Harper Perennial — The Gift of Therapy (shared again for its deep relational insight)

PILLAR 3: SENSORY & AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE

The art, drama, and exploration of desire.

3.1 Erotic & Sensual Arts

3.1.1 Classical Erotica

Vātsyāyana (Daniélou) — The Complete Kāma Sūtra

Burton & Malla & Burton — The Ananga Ranga

3.2 Dramatic Expression

3.2.1 Theatrical Structures

Bharata Muni — The Nāṭyaśāstra

Manfred Pfister — The Theory and Analysis of Drama

3.3 Novelty & Exploration

3.3.1 Travel as Desire

Routledge (2023) — The Psychology of Travel

PILLAR 4: POSITIVE TRANSFORMATION

Harnessing strengths to enrich relationship and self.

4.1 Character & Flourishing

4.1.1 Scientific Strengths

Seligman — Positive Psychology: The Scientific and Practical Explorations of Human Strengths

Seligman — Flourish

4.2 Therapeutic Change

4.2.1 Actualizing Growth

Yalom — The Gift of Therapy

How These Pieces Fit Together

  1. Start Inside (Pillar 1): You begin in the heart, where Psychology of Love 101 and Existential Psychology show the raw terrain of desire and meaning.

  2. Develop Skills (Pillar 2): Next, Interpersonal Concepts and the wife_hat case study teach you the languages of empathy, honesty, and negotiation in relationships.

  3. Celebrate the Senses (Pillar 3): Then, you enter the realm of art and ritual—Kāma Sūtra and Ananga Ranga dance with erotic form, while Nāṭyaśāstra and Drama Theory remind you that all life is theatre.

  4. Cultivate Strength (Pillar 4): Finally, Positive Psychology and The Gift of Therapy anchor you in your own resilience, turning desire into mutual growth and lasting joy.

This four-pillar map shows exactly where each Kama text lives in your Purushottam framework, and how the journey flows from innate longing to mastery of relational art.