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

in almost every imaginable school of erotic magic, but there is no reason why
strictly monogamous couples of any gender combination cannot be equally
effective sex magicians. Certainly, many beginning sex magicians have had
the fortuitous experience of discovering that their current "significant other"
(to use the unfortunate bureaucratic phrase) is also an ideal companion for
erotic sorcery. If so, the trust, proven compatibility and sexual familiarity
enjoyed by some long-term companions can allow for a wider berth of
experimentation, based on intimate knowledge of each other's idiosyncratic
pleasure thresholds and predilections. This can sometimes permit a couple to
explore profound depths of sex magic that partners with less proven
compatibility with each other may find difficult to reach.
However, like any extreme of sexual behavior, monogamous sex
magic must be grounded in a certain amount of discipline. If the sex magician
with many partners is often confronted with the problem of adjusting to
entirely unexpected sexual energies, the monogamous sex magician faces the
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opposite dilemma. He or she must learn to attain very high levels of sexual
arousal conducive to ecstasy in conditions that may well be more comforting
than exhilarating. Most strictly monogamous relationships are motivated
because of religious custom, legal or financial considerations, a desire to
please others (family, friends, the neighbors), bondage to jealousy or other
unknowable fears. On the other hand, simple cowardice and laziness is very
often the glue that holds many such bonds together.
Safety and serenity, two widely observed practical benefits of
happily monogamous couples – as opposed to merely miserable ones – are
not traits that tend to inspire the awakening of the sinister current in the
psyche. If this is your situation, you and your partner will need to develop
conscious strategies to integrate the element of surprise necessary in all
workings and to keep your erotic interaction wakeful. Some monogamous
sex magicians do this by introducing previously untried sexual acts into their
mutual workings, experimenting with unfamiliar sexual role-playing as an
adjunct to magic, or exploring fetishes or personal sexual taboos within their
workings. The remanifestations created through initiation on the left-hand
path can be so fundamentally transformative that the constant regeneration of
an initiated couple's selves can be enough to provide the needed electricity to
their erotic relations.
However, despite all of the doubtlessly adorable traits the person
you're presently enamored of might possess, a serious sex magical interest,
proclivity and proficiency might not necessarily be among them. Just because
you may take stock in and understand all of the preparatory prerequisites for
sinister current sex magic doesn't mean that your intended other half of the
equation does. Indeed, considering how often it is that individuals are
attracted to each other because of their profound differences, rather than due
to their similarities, it would even be surprising if a leaning toward this
shadowy art was automatically shared by your customary erotic partner.
Therefore you must be at least prepared for the possibility that the
person you are most emotionally and erotically bonded with is simply left
cold by the whole idea of sex magic. For any number of reasons he/she may
find the whole topic absurd, frightening, stupid, boring, or any other of the
variety of reactions this subject has been known to elicit. The relevant
prerequisite in that case would be the psychological strength and selfawareness
to know how to wisely pursue your interest in sex magic without
the participation of your primary emotional/erotic partner. Forcing an
uninterested party to take part in the potentially transformative and psychedisruptive
operation of erotic sorcery as a favor to you, or out of a sense of
duty to your "relationship" practically guarantees lack of magical success.
The left-hand path places a high premium on individual autonomy and
sovereignty; demanding that a non-magical mate engages in magic against