I. VAMA MARGA Foundations Of The Left-Hand Path - staticfly.net

Sexual Deconditioning And Reprogramming
As the preceding pages have demonstrated, left-hand path sex magic actually
begins in the workings of your mind, which has truly been called the most
important of the erogenous zones. One of the great advantages of sex magic
is that it is a very pure form, physically requiring nothing more than the body
and mind of the magician to be efficacious. For those who would gladly
dispense with the quaint bric-a-brac of the traditional magic of yore, there is
no more direct and powerful method of achieving one's external and internal
magical goals.
Many advocates of the traditional Tantric left-hand path techniques
described in the first section of this book may find that their sex magic is
enhanced by the use of mandalas, yantras, incorporation of the five M's, and
other ritual objects. But by no means should the pragmatic sinister current
sex magician feel that such external properties are mandatory. The essential
principles of the Vama Marga can all be internalized, paring the operation
down to the only truly necessary sex magical tool – the body. The magician
who discards the colorful crutches provided by the conventional apparatus of
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Western and Eastern ceremonial magic is immediately confronted by the
challenges of working only with the stark biological-psychic fundamentals of
basic existence. This dramatic stripping down to the core of your physical
being can be – and should be – a daunting initiatory shock if considered in all
of its ramifications.
With any magical study, it is easy to forget that the magician is
inextricably bound into a social and cultural context that inevitably influences
his or her magical practice and ideas. The sinister current seeks to isolate the
self from external influence as much as possible, but recognizes that we are
all creatures of our particular environment. To accurately estimate whether or
not you are personally equipped to undergo the erotic-magical journey
offered by this book's teaching, you must first consider yourself in light of
your relation to the everyday life you actually live. The method of magic we
teach is not intended as casual entertainment. Nor is it designed as a means
for trivial "fun" that takes your mind off of your mundane concerns,
alleviating that tedious discomfort that comes with self-awareness.
On the contrary, the sinister current as delineated here will only
increase your awareness of the realities of your self, not serve as a distraction
from them. This is a magic firmly rooted in the larger world of Kali Yuga
with all of its frustrations and demands, not a gateway to a never-never land
of soothing occult fantasy. Naturally, erotic sorcery offers joys and ecstasies
of the body and psyche that few ever experience in the normal run of habitual
somnambulism that passes for most human sexual pleasure. However, those
ecstasies must always be grounded in the reality of the magician's daily
existence, and do not serve as a ready-made opiate stupefying the senses and
numbing the consciousness. There is a very good reason why most human
beings prefer the great slumber of Supla to the awakening of Bodha:
moments of awakening from delusion are at first painful, usually leading the
awakened to run screaming back to the comforts of sleep. This is true
whether one applies the Tantric method of awakening through arousal of the
Kundalini, attempts the "super-efforts" of Gurdjieffian practice, the
attainment of the gnosis, or any of the many other viable techniques that
exist.
We begin by impassively examining sex, the motor that drives the
sinister current, as the energy that holds humanity in its thrall. In our view,
sex is simply a force of surpassing power, similar to radioactivity or
electricity. Much like these other energy sources, Eros cannot be objectively
described as positive or negative – such assessments depend entirely on
circumstance and the perspective of the observer. Those who condemn it as
depraved and degrading are as misguided as their opposite number who sing