Brand Claims Intimacy with God Transcends Sexual Union as Imitation

What was said

"Sex, coitus, conjugal contact, can seem so intimate. But it is itself an imitation of the deep intimacy one can know pre-materially, supernaturally, intimately, and within."

Brand positioned sexual intimacy as derivative of a more fundamental spiritual union with God, accessible through meditation and contemplation. Drawing on Catholic mystic Ruth Burrows and writings of St. Teresa, he argued that God's presence is 'closer to us than we are to ourselves' and constantly available, contrasting worldly pleasure with supernatural intimacy.