title: Ecstasy is Necessary: A Practical Guide
author:  Barbara Carrellas 
description: <DIV><DIV><i>&ldquo;Barbara Carrellas is a brilliant writer. To Barbara, being sexual is as normal and comfortable as breathing, and she would like all of us to feel this way.&rdquo;</i></div><DIV><b>&mdash; Louise Hay</b></div></div><br /><br /><DIV><DIV><i>&ldquo;If you long for connection to sacred joy, to the extraordinary, and to the healing power of full aliveness, then you&rsquo;ll love this book.&rdquo;</i></div><DIV><b>&mdash; Cheryl Richardson</b>, author of <i>You Can Create an Exceptional Life</i></div></div><br /><br /><DIV><DIV><i>&ldquo;<b>Ecstasy Is Necessary</b> is destined to be a classic. Simply reading it is an ecstatic experience.&rdquo;</i></div><DIV><b>&mdash; Denise Linn,</b> author of <i>Secrets and Mysteries: The Glory and Pleasure of Being a Woman</i></div></div><br /><br /><DIV><p class="HHEndorsement" style="text-align: left; margin: 22pt 0in 5pt"><i>&ldquo;One of THE most brilliant books written on sex and relationships.&rdquo;</i>
zlib_text: E for Ecstasy by Nicholas Saunders.
  Bibliography by Alexander Shulgin.
  Published by Nicholas Saunders, 14 Neal's Yard, London, WC2H 9DP, UK. ISBN: 0
  9501628 8 4. Published May 1993. 320 pages.
  The book E for Ecstasy is now only available in German and Italian, having been
  superceded by Ecstasy and the Dance Culture and Ecstasy, Dance, Trance and
  Transformation. Details of availability are on ecstasy.org
  Copyright Nicholas Saunders and Alexander Shulgin
  1994.
  This material may be freely distributed electronically, but may be printed for personal
  use only. Permission is required for any other use of any of the contents. This will
  normally be given freely, provided prior permission is obtained and the source
  credited in an agreed form.
  This file is also available in ascii form at hyperreal.com:/drugs/mdma/e.for.ecstasy
  with the appendix seperate from the main file.
  Contents
  1. Introduction
  2. Own Experience
  What I feel it has done for me; how I have experimented with it and
  researched
  3. 