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

William S. Burroughs, whose writings and interviews consistently reveal a
perception and working knowledge of erotic initiation rarely observed in
more traditional magical specialists. The biographer Victor Bockris, who was
interviewing Burroughs in 1980 for his With William Burroughs: A Report
From The Bunker mentioned that he had experienced what he described as
"extremely intense ... sexual... hallucinations." Considering that Bockris was,
by his own confession, entirely ignorant of the traditional magical lore of the
succubus, it is interesting to note that his experience is entirely in accord with
classic descriptions of such visitations. Clearly, the phenomenon known as
the succubus/incubus – by whatever name one prefers to call it – is not a
phantasm inspired by religious indoctrination, but a fairly universal aspect of
human sexual experience, albeit one confined to the unspoken shadow side of
our erotic existence. Bockris described his disturbing guest to Burroughs:
"I woke up around 5:00 a.m. and. lay on my side looking out the window. I
knew I was awake because I remember looking at my watch, thinking that I
had woken up early. The next instant I was aware of a body, reclining on its
side, descending upon me from approximately two feet above the bed. I
immediately recognized and accepted the presence of a girl about whom I'd
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been having the most intense sexual fantasies morning and night for three
months. Confused, I initially thought she'd come over to see me and
wondered how she's gotten in. Then I realized that this 'wasn't really her'. But
whatever it was, here she was and my strong sexual desire for her was being
fulfilled. The creature's presence was extremely delicate and I realized that I
must move slowly and calmly, making no sudden lunges, or she would
evaporate. Now what was that?"
Burroughs replied that this was "a visit by the demon lover, my dear!"
Acknowledging his own frequent encounters with these mysterious erotic
creatures, Burroughs recommended that "We urgently need explorers who
are willing to investigate these uncharted possibilities and at least consider
taking a positive attitude toward sex with other beings," citing Robert
Monroe's discussion of sexual encounters during out-of-body experiences in
his book Journeys Out Of The Body as the "most objective modem
description of sex with a succubus."
"If we are going to investigate incubi and succubi seriously, 1 really
feel that we must begin by admitting that psychiatrists have no more
objective proof that they come from our imaginations than priests have that
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they come from the devil ... we may be able to throw some light on this
mystery if we can learn anything from recent sexual research on the brain.
We have only just become aware of the brain's being the primary erotic zone
in humans." Speculating on the possibility that the succubus/incubus image
may have a physical origin in the right hemisphere of the brain, Burroughs
suggested that "when we consider the possibility of electronic brain
stimulation we could create an incubus or succubus of our choice at will,
which would lead to the development of the Electronic Whorehouse, where
anybody could get satisfied without the encumbrance of the physical body."
Anyone interested in pursuing the arcane pleasures of elemental
eroticism will do well to consider Burroughs' pragmatic rules of thumb
regarding the potential hazards of intercourse with these beings:
"As I see it, an incubus or succubus can be harmless, or it can be destructive.
Like any sexual situation, the danger depends on how you handle it. Not to
control such a situation can undoubtedly lead to negative effects, but we need
not adopt the uniformly negative opinions of the church, psychics and
psychiatrists that these arc necessarily evil or dangerous beings. All sex is
dangerous.... How many people have been ruined by a sexual partner? Sex
does provide a point of invasion and the incubi and succubi simply make us
intensely aware of this ... Certain things are clear to me: I would say that