1979 Village Voice talks to Penny and Nik, after release of their book 'Sexual Secrets - The Alchemy of Ecstasy'.

1979 Penny and Nik with Michael Hollingshead, Tom Keyes and Timothy Leary at 'Art of Love' exhibit opening, Kreitman Gallery, Los Angeles.

1979 Penny and Nik at 'Art of Love' opening.

• I had discovered Tantric Art at an exhibition of the Haywood gallery, South Bank, London, in 1974. When I walked through the rooms I knew I had found my place - both in art and in spirit. I wanted to find out more, I wanted to know the 'inside story'. When Nik Douglas was introduced into my life through Jane Arden (who headed up Holocaust Theatre) she said he was the only 'Liberated man' she'd ever met. That definitely caught my attention…
• Our coming together facilitated a great outpouring of free-flowing creative energy, resulting notably in 'The Secret Dakini Oracle', 'Mountain Ecstasy' and 'Sexual Secrets'. Nik's knowledge of Tantric mysticism acted as a mirror for my inner revelations and I found a sense of confirmation which was at the same time extremely liberating, I had context..