I. VAMA MARGA Foundations Of The Left-Hand Path - staticfly.net
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left-hand path, which as we have explained, is very much the Way of Woman.<br />
Contrary to popular stereotype, many male homosexuals are not particularly<br />
effeminate; in fact, they are just as likely to be hypermasculine. As Matt<br />
Ridley states in his study of human sexuality <strong>The</strong> Red Queen, many<br />
"homosexual men behave like men, only more so." For men that choose to<br />
live in a world of men, dominated almost exclusively by the male principle,<br />
and sometimes exhibiting exaggeratedly macho behavior and values, one<br />
might ask what place the feminine power of shakti would have in their<br />
initiatory lives? Indeed, many heterosexual men, who have yet to explore the<br />
mystery of their anima, must ask themselves precisely the same question<br />
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before embarking on the left-hand path.<br />
We have occasionally observed that some male homosexual<br />
magicians' erotic tastes are formed not primarily by a positive attraction to<br />
other men, but by a negative animosity towards women in general. If this<br />
characteristic describes you, you need to consider that the previously<br />
described left-hand path emphasis on exaltation of the Feminine Daemonic as<br />
a metaphysical principle central to all sinister current sex magic cannot be<br />
ignored. <strong>Of</strong> course, this same proviso equally applies to many male<br />
heterosexual magicians, who often evidence a conscious or unconscious<br />
misogyny in their relations to the feminine principle and women in general.<br />
One answer to these quandaries lays in the fact that the Feminine<br />
Daemonic is not entirely physical in nature. To a certain extent, shakti<br />
operates outside of biological gender as a metaphysical essence, and thus a<br />
skilled male magician could theoretically be able to generate enough shakti<br />
within him as to embody the feminine role in homosexual magical rites.<br />
Traditional left-handed gurus would most likely not consider this to be a<br />
satisfactory replacement for the special qualities said to emanate from an<br />
initiated female perceptor. However, it should not be forgotten that Crowley<br />
often assumed the role of feminized "sacred prostitute" in his own attempts to<br />
shape Tantric practice to his own disposition. Although his results appear to<br />
have been doubtful, many homosexual left-hand path initiates have succeeded<br />
where Crowley failed. <strong>The</strong> reason for their success is often due to the lack of<br />
Crowley's underlying bitter hatred of womankind in their own makeup, a<br />
psychological block which can never truly be suited to left-hand path practice.<br />
To state the problem in anthropomorphic theological terms, the Great<br />
Goddess who stands at the center of all Vama Marga erotic operations is<br />
bound to reject any would-be initiate of her way who is not thoroughly<br />
enchanted with her charms.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Kaula sect does occasionally practice ritualized male<br />
homosexuality, but such acts are usually performed as a deliberate shattering<br />
of personal sexual conditioning and taboos for primarily heterosexual<br />
initiates, rather than for any specific magical function attributed to same-sex<br />
energy. While this use of homosexuality for taboo-breaking may have<br />
salutary magical effects for the heterosexual left-hand path magician, it would<br />
obviously be pointless for the homosexually inclined magician, for whom the<br />
"taboo" activity in question is his or her usual pleasure. Along these lines,<br />
confirmed homosexuals might find it equally challenging to experiment with<br />
heterosexual sex magic.<br />
Although the Tantras make no specific reference to this practice that<br />
we are aware of, there is no doubt that anal sex conducted while in a<br />
prolonged altered state of consciousness has been known to awaken the flash<br />
of the kundalini up the spine to the third eye in the passive partner. <strong>The</strong><br />
primary reason for this phenomenon is probably the stimulation of the area<br />
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traditionally associated with the root chakra, or muladhadra, that occurs<br />
through anal intercourse. In some heterosexual left-hand path rites, the<br />
female initiatrix incarnating the shakti pe<strong>net</strong>rates her consort's anus with her