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erotic life, the magical foundation of these exercises should be kept at the<br />

forefront.<br />

If orgasm prolongation is achieved, even slightly, you should<br />

now have more opportunity to observe how the particular characteristics of<br />

orgasmically induced altered state of consciousness manifests in your mind.<br />

<strong>The</strong> greater the plateau of pleasure available to the sex magician, the greater<br />

is his or her ability to achieve sorcerous and initiatory aims. <strong>The</strong> dramatic<br />

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physiological transformations created by orgasm are some of the most<br />

essential tools of the sex magician. When men and women undergo ordinary<br />

orgasm, we can expect predictable changes in bodily function. Blood pressure<br />

is elevated and the pulse increases, as well as the previously discussed<br />

changes in breathing and muscle tension. However, prolonging the orgasm<br />

seems to alter this pattern: after a while, the autonomous breathing rate, heart<br />

rate and blood pressure begin to drop, and a more profoundly apparent altered<br />

state of consciousness manifests. Even though the body remains in a<br />

heightened level of sexual excitement beneficial to the sex magician, presence<br />

of mind sharpens rather than relaxes.<br />

Studies into prolonged orgasm have indicated that prolonged states of<br />

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orgasm also increase alpha wave activity, simultaneously increasing<br />

synchronicity between the right and left hemispheres of the brain. <strong>The</strong><br />

production of pleasure-inducing endorphins, activated by all orgasmic<br />

activity, is significantly increased. <strong>The</strong>se are keys of far more value to the<br />

erotic initiate than all of the combined revealed texts and mystical revelations<br />

handed down by occult lore. Many of the mysteries of sex magic, long<br />

confined to the obscure domain of the occultist, are gradually coming to light<br />

in the laboratory. If science has been slow to examine the altered states<br />

attainable through sexuality, many sex magicians also tend to stubbornly<br />

resist the insight science can provide to magical practice. Considering how<br />

deeply rooted sex magic is in that "material world" so often despised by many<br />

magicians, we can only recommend that the left-hand path sex magician<br />

actively integrate the latest data from scientific sexological research into his<br />

or her magical work.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Stilling <strong>Of</strong> <strong>The</strong> Mind And Autoerotic Visualization<br />

When you have achieved some success with the above exercises, experiment<br />

with the stilling of any verbally formed thought during sexual arousal and<br />

orgasm; your goal is to achieve complete mental silence during arousal and<br />

orgasm. If your mind operates like most, you will find it nearly impossible to<br />

willfully stop the internal babble it generates. Should you already have<br />

applied yourself to the discipline of yogic training, you may have learned to<br />

stanch the flow of this naturally occurring hemorrhage of uncontrolled<br />

thought. Any form of magic, which is the reshaping of macrocosmic maya by<br />

reshaping the internal microcosmic maya of the psyche according to will, is<br />

impossible to execute until this thought-stilling skill has been secured. For the<br />

adept who is specifically drawn to the sexual magic of the left-hand path, this<br />

talent is best mastered through autoeroticism before engaging in sex magic<br />

with others. If nothing else, attempting the stilling of the mind during sexual<br />

arousal and orgasm will make you realize why the Tantrikas of the Vama<br />

Marga devote at least a year to breathing, mantra, and basic meditation<br />

techniques before the secret rite with a shakti can be performed.<br />

Now select a familiar, simple image from your immediate<br />

environment to focus on, preferably an inanimate object. Study the object for<br />

as long a time as you require to memorize its appearance in detail. You may<br />

notice how little attention you actually pay to all but the most obvious<br />

features of any given material phenomenon. With eyes closed, in a darkened<br />

room, or under the night sky, attempt to visualize the image for a given<br />

period of time. During your first attempts, you will probably notice that the

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