The Magic of Leather

 Ritual is important. In the practice of magic ritual is the action that helps set the stage for focusing one’s intention. Much like BDSM provides stimuli that harnesses a similar energy. Sex magic is a practice that combines the two, with what we are doing we are splitting the difference between the two, taking the psycho dramatics of it and making it therapeutic. Role play is something that has been a common practice in psychotherapy for years. Given Freud’s interest in the occult this should not be a surprise. 

 

What we are not doing is the surface level mistake that was big in the goth scene in the 90s where every goth night became a Fetish night, and everyone was dressed up in fetish gear, but only casually spanked each other like a bunch of school children. The costume is only an aid in ritual, not the ritual itself. I have known many goths who claim to be into BSDM, but only the fashion, that alone is vanilla as hell, and they might as well go to Sunday school instead.  

 

  As for dress, while the theater of ritual can be important, I dress more for function than fashion. Something that allows for a full range of motion. I normally stay dressed, but boxers, shorts or a kilt is preferred. I had a fetish for the smell of leather and I enjoy wearing it, leather culture is from where modern BDSM came from, but just putting it on is only part of the process, the leather scene has a very structured hierarchy and traditions that have been passed on since post World War two when the troops came home and found themselves missing the company of men, While it is rooted in gay culture, it is not only limited to gay culture, and just being a queen does npot qualify you as an expert on the subject, in fact the younger generation seems to have learned less about what was passed own to them than generations before.  

 

At the end of the day, we are creating a space from which healing might be given the intention to occur. This is about energy and doing the magic to move that energy. An example of this and how using one’s mental illness in order to do that work would be as someone who is bipolar it is my manic side that carries the healing energy. It is the more depressed side that is the more aggressive. It needs the release of top space to bring me back up towards my higher self. Top space is the focused flow. It is more like my manic state when it is productive and not locked into obsessive or compulsive behavior that in turn can lead to anxiety if not balanced out. This however requires a great deal of self-awareness. Being self-aware means looking at things you might not want to see. Not only seeing those things but taking action to change them, as a session with us might release powerful energy, it is the change you make in your daily life that leads to sustained healing.

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