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his or her will is contrary to sinister current ideals of liberty.
Should your existing mate be unreceptive to sex-magical
experiments, absolutely nothing of magical value will be gained by trying to
"convert" them. Half-assed and lukewarm sexual magic is about as potent
and worthwhile as any other activity engaged in without conviction.
However, if your partner is not threatened by the alternative of your seeking
sex-magical partners outside of the limits of your already established
emotional-erotic alliance, and you feel that your bond is secure enough to
survive whatever emotional strains may be incurred, a ready solution has
been found. However, as practical a route as this may be for some, due to our
observation of many real-life sex magicians, we do not recommend this
choice for individuals whose pre-existing relationship does not already
mutually allow for sexual contact outside of the primary relationship. The
reason for this is simple: the powerful emotions and unexpected sexual
transformations that can be tapped in to through sex magic of any variety
always open up individual possibility of self-change. That self-change can –
and frequently does – lead the magician to consider his or her life in a new
light, with an obvious emphasis on the reexamination of one's entire erotic
being.
All too often, the pursuit of sex-magical partners is used to
"magically" legitimize what is actually nothing more spiritual than a run-ofthemill
affair, or to enliven a sex life grown tired through familiarity. Only
you can ascertain whether those are your real motivations. In any event, be
cognizant that using the exotic camouflage of sex magic to mask the desire
for a wider variety of sex partners is a kind of self-delusion that will most
likely work significantly against the likelihood of magical success. One of the
little discussed beneficial side-effects that serious sex magical work can effect
in the psyche is to destroy some of the hypocrisy and anhedonic sexual mores
that still afflict sexual relations despite some of the superficial openness
evident in the last few decades. By sharply focusing the individual's attention
on what his or her real sexual desires consist of within the context of the
intense magical experience, much of the culturally and religiously inherited
repression of full and open erotic experimentation tends to wither away.
The result is that sex magicians incline towards applying a measure of
honesty toward their sexual lives that society generally shrinks from -- if for
no better reason than that they must for the sake of effective magical work.
Therefore, to name only one example, the whole guilty soap opera of slinking
around to have an affair so typical of the general run of romantic relations is
often transformed into an entirely open environment of sexual adventure
enjoying the full knowledge of both partners in a couple.
Of course, we have known sex magicians whose erotic sorcery is only
performed in secret with partners unknown to their mates, long-term lovers or
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spouses, who claim that this "forbidden" practice provides their erotic sorcery
with an extra jolt of illicit force. Often those requiring such subterfuge to
activate the needed sexual energy to perform their magical workings are the
products of anti-erotic religious upbringings, and their "breaking of the rules"
is a phase of rebellion against familial and social taboos. Considering the
unique erotic needs that span human sexuality, we would never presume to
regulate the personal lives of sex magicians, but would merely point out that
our personal experience has indicated that openness seems to be of far more
abiding use to magical success.
Even those couples who do successfully entertain a long-range
collaboration in erotic sorcery learn that specific sex magical work may
require the introduction of another partner more suitable to that particular
operation. For instance, one partner may wish to explore the magical benefits
of sexual submission or dominance in an erotic sorcery context, but find that