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sufferings on the cross, and the obsessive focus of his adherents on his excruciating humiliations, makes it abundantly clear that exoteric Christianity is actually based on an esoteric cult of pain/lust with subterranean roots in magical initiation. Such frequently observed similarities between ancient initiatory ordeals of pain and the desires that motivate the contemporary sexual fetishist indicate that the sex-magical impulse runs deep beneath the superficial expression of mundane eroticism that defines the more common strata of human sexual experience. Indeed, many a novice, recreational S&M practitioner has been shocked into seeking more than simple sexual diversion by accidentally turning on the internal switch of the sinister current while pursuing his or her mundane fetish. Often times a superficial or fleeting curiosity in "alternative" sexual practices such as S&M or body modification paves the way to authentic spiritual epiphany. The great awakening of Bodhana came to Siddartha while sitting under the Bodhi tree; it has come to others while being suspended and pierced by his or her dominant. Recoiling From The Herd The fact that piercing and body modification for strictly decorative and aesthetic purposes has become a commonly accepted trend demands comment. From the perspective of the left-hand path magician, any time a formerly esoteric or little-known practice is adopted enthusiastically by the pashu herd, a certain amount of skepticism about that practice must naturally arise. Every piercing, tattoo and body modification cannot be considered automatically to possess a magical character; indeed, as these phenomena manifest in mass society generally they are quite distinctly unmagical. Very often, body modification in its most common application does not even fulfill an inner sexual fetish, it can simply be a superficial fashion statement. After all, in most urban environments in the industrialized Western world, the outer symbols of sexual rebellion enjoy a previously unthinkable high profile. The style of once forbidden sexual practices such as S&M or various forms of fetishism have become intrinsically interwoven with fashion. Highly organized and commercialized "scenes" devoted to bondage and discipline, vinyl and leather, and a host of other increasingly acceptable – but once "deviant" – sexual pursuits are hardly noticed anymore in hundreds of cities. Genital piercing, tattoo, scarification, and other body modifications previously consigned to a small and secretive underground of fetishists, have become firmly established staples of youth culture economy Like hundreds of other taboos borrowed over the decades from once marginal elements of society for the entertainment of the bored middle class, these erotic 470 adornments have advanced from the hidden status of perversion to become ubiquitous rites of passage for adolescents eager to simultaneously shock their parents and celebrate their nascent sexuality. In a certain sense, the left-hand path sex magician can only welcome the banishing of any erotic taboo. The increasing freedom afforded to the full expression of human sexuality in all of its diverse manifestations has also allowed the left-hand path to be more openly discussed and studied, as well as widening the frontier for all sexual exploration. However, the tendency for an increasingly homogenized market-driven hypercapitalist culture to transform what was once psychosexually potent, transgressive and thus magically liberating into bland, one-size-fits-all commodities at a stupefying clip also has its obvious drawbacks. While an interest in such momentarily au courant erotic hobbies may provide a frisson and an instant identity, the initiate understands that the socially defined role of "rebel" or "eccentric" is as much of a stereotype uniform as any other, and magicians should be able to operate efficiently in any guise that a specific situation demands. The costumes of anti-social
outlaw and pillar of society are both understood to be limitations by the initiate of the sinister current, whose rejection of all limitations on personal identity consistently confounds the hide-bound conformists associated. with any camp. Sadomasochism, genital piercing, and fetishism – known by whatever nomenclature – have all proven to be excellent tools of selfinitiation since the earliest accounts of human sexual spirituality in antiquity Employed consciously and in an individual manner by the skilled sexual magician, these activities can provide specific altered states of consciousness unavailable through other means. Unfortunately one side-effect of the transformation of these long-established weapons of erotic initiation into fashionable diversions for the curiosity seeker is to dull their blow on the psyche during magical operations. This does not lessen the value of such techniques but only sharpens the already pre-existing need for the adept to utilize these methods with precision and appropriateness. During the era in which this book was written, there is a tendency to deem every other phallic tattoo, nipple piercing or neo-tribal scarification as "spiritual", in a vague, New-Ageish manner. The subcultural cues provided by the so-called Modern Primitive mentality allows anyone to slam a nail through their dick and pronounce themselves a visionary. Certainly such actions have been engaged in for left-hand path initiatory purposes but to do so requires a precision and purity of intent, grounded firmly in personal motivation. If transitory peer approval and/or immersion in the collective values of a sub-culture (even an avowedly lefthand path sub-culture) inspire you to such magico-erotic ornamentation, 471 some rigorous rethinking is required. In a culture where piercing and body modification have often been reduced to empty faddism, acquiring the dead weight of any obligatory sign of social status, it may well be that the left-hand. path magician will deliberately avoid such practices as an act of resistance to mass mentality. Sexual misfits and rebels of any kind have traditionally had a tendency to band together into semitribal units. There are several obvious pragmatic reasons for this: safety in numbers when engaging in sexual practices frowned upon – or criminalized – by mainstream society; ability to meet others who share one's sexual
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Foreplay 4 BOOK ONE: The Sinister C
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traveler doesn't know which end is
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sexual power of woman, he wrote: "S
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That sort of thing is useless, not
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creates a numinous space in which t
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sexual initiation. The best place t
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Daemonic, allowing the initiate to
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Thelema, all of which claimed to de
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transplant the exact practices of t
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present in most religions - has led
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duality, the contrary complement to
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power, even in its most extreme bha
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of the normally despised female to
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attempted to whitewash or otherwise
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has lent this initiatory tradition
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Tantrikas in the spirit of moral co
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who react to their lusts and appeti
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historical actuality is being invok
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the universe. Diverting the physiol
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that the initiate must recognize th
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the factor that grants the mantra i
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adically holistic vision of Tantra.
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During two-person magical workings,
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often allows for its emission, rega
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electrical shock. Indeed, a jolt of
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notorious for his insatiable sexual
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distance until I became entirely un
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islands. The same sexual activities
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omnipresent Ether, which is symboli
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that the right-hand path was a late
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with so many aspects of the rite, a
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a profoundly awakened state of cons
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more intense levels of willed desir
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sexual initiatrix, learn a method o
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There are numerous interpretations
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ecause they are considered valid in
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understood as spiritual types. For
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criteria the mere mention of which
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the best consort, since she will be
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scorned in favor of the opposite er
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each divine status. Three of the el
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apparent incongruity is well symbol
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transformed through disciplined tho
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of the Vama Marga that we take exce
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The Sinister Current In The West 14
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and "magician" derive most recently
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implies at least some element of co
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only vaguely tells us how his or he
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156 initiated into a secret society
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path is "without austerity and pain
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external to the conscious self that
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e to slip into merely abstract cons
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Western sex magician of the past ce
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Western psyche truly representative
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is his hidden initiatrix, the femal
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Of course, despite the intriguing s
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power. Within the specifically Gnos
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circumstances for a chosen elite of
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Esau and Jacob. Is this a seemly th
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`Offerimus tibi donum corpus Christ
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a reference, perhaps, to the report
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the male, allowing him to remanifes
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purposes. The Demonization Of The G
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However, the first inklings of the
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simply the path of evil, whereas th
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earlier ideas are illuminating. Wri
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long-lost tradition of erotic-initi
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left-hand path Shakti puja. He stat
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slumber by all possible means, comi
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scandalous, often impossible behavi
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is also the preferred time in which
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sorority may be considered to fulfi
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personality cults, the Golden Arrow
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some aspects of Tantra. His highly
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little comfort for his aspirants. G
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partner is referred to in one FS ri
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The inconsistency of the search for
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Some, like Aleister Crowley, have e
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emphatic in his unqualified denunci
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But Reuss cannot really be consider
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Reuss insisted that he now had conc
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uncensored words in his sex-magical
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crucifixion of a toad symbolizing J
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old in literature, comparing himsel
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more markedly than has been general
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Fourteenth Aire in Dr. John Dee's E
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274 His stylized signature was mark
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iped, both species were regarded eq
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creation, which he once described a
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mechanisms to allow for the more im
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is the outer symbol of a spiritual
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exasperated Crowley slit the goat's
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Those who dismiss Crowley as a mere
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of cruelty and defilement." The gra
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unexpectedly remanifest from Crowle
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seems to presage impending psychic
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sisters of Agape. Crowley installed
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Baron Gilles de Rais, also ended in
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synchronicity, as events will prove
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particularly interested in what you
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this same piece, Parsons affirms hi
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preparation for their departure. He
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"Thought is the subject matter of S
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dangerous. I let him undress me wit
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This choice, as explained by Robert
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found themselves with a public rela
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deity Set and the left-hand path. G
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339 IX. Sex-Magical Self-Initiation
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Teachers, Schools And Sirens You ma
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Sexual Deconditioning And Reprogram
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there" somewhere. Examine your own
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abusive sexual situations, using th
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purposeless. However, some explorer
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human beings who actively seek to f
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high state of stimulation before ac
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except in those cases when accident
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ather than being suddenly relieved
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image has a tendency to change dras
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usually consists of the male adept'
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William S. Burroughs, whose writing
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oth magicians. It also is the sexua
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in almost every imaginable school o
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one's current partner is unsuited o
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work with another sex magician, out
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left-hand path, which as we have ex
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