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

fear can generate great initiatory force. A working of algolagnia that is not
fueled by at least some measure of terror for the submissive will be distinctly
lacking in transformative potential. The left-hand path traditionally confronts
and learns from the fierce and violent side of deity, and it is this savage
aspect of the divine personality that can best be experienced by the
submissive at the mercy of a dominant magician.
The Awakening Of Fear
Fear can be the great awakening agent but it is actually quite easy for
magicians accustomed to experimenting with submissive/dominant workings
to become numb to the ferocious pleasures of this type of magic. One learns
fairly quickly that the human personality can become accustomed to any
sensation or experience if it is repeated often enough. Once a magical act has
become familiar and comfortable it is immediately reduced to empty
ceremony, and its power to break through the ordinary sleep of consciousness
is lost. This can happen in dominant/submissive operations as easily as with
any working.
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The wise dominant will exercise caution that his or her submissives
never know exactly what fate will befall them during a working. Preserving
an unpredictable atmosphere of fear during the rite will maintain the needed
alertness of the submissive, keeping him or her on guard for any eventuality.
While the disciplined application of physical pain on the submissive's body
produces significant brain chemistry changes facilitating consciousness
change, these strictly physical sensations are even more effective if
augmented by the creation of an uneasy and disturbing environment. The lefthand
path magician ceaselessly seeks the grail of the unknown, and nothing
creates a sense of the unknown like the orchestrated awareness of fear in an
initiate's mind.
The confrontation and conquering of fear can often be the central
initiatory aim of a sex magical working; there is no more demonstrable
evidence of how a magician's power can be limited by self-imposed fears.
Deprogramming and deconditioning the fears of the submissive during a
ritual can free unexpected reserves of strength that allow the initiate to
eventually change subtler elements of the inner and outer world. By effecting
physical ecstasy and joy in the submissive on one hand, while simultaneously
inspiring a high level of psychological fear and anxiety, the dominant creates
one of those perplexing continuums of opposing polarities that are so useful
to sinister initiation.
To accomplish the sustained mood of fear effectively requires the
dominant to know the submissive's apprehensions intimately and to be able to
play on these deep-rooted terrors skillfully. For this reason, such rites usually
work best when performed by magicians who know each other well. For
instance, the submissive who suffers from a fear of surgery might be wheeled
blindfolded into a clinically appointed white room, strapped to a gurney. The
dominant could wear white medical garb, and administer painful procedures
in a detached, "surgical" manner. The physically invasive actions that are
common in any medical visit can be expanded to include enemas, sterile
hypodermic needles, and other painful or humiliating implements of
penetration. The submissive might be shaved in a certain area as if in
preparation for surgery, or photographs may be taken to coldly document the
procedure. The silent presence of a white garbed assistant can add
immeasurably to the desired ambiance of menace.
At this point, some of our readers may object that such a rite no
longer resembles anything like the traditional magical working they maybe
accustomed to or any other S&M activity that they've engaged in, for that
matter. Indeed, a working playing on the phobias of a submissive can take
any form that seems appropriate or likely to generate the needed state of
dread. The most alarming initiatory rites of terror are those that are most