Recently, I bought an electronic copy of Raven Kaldera's book Dark Moon Rising: Pagan BDSM & the Ordeal Path, which addresses the linkage between BDSM and spirituality from a pagan perspective. Although I currently consider myself monotheist, I have also found much value in Raven's work. I find it particularly appealing because of my own experience with energy work and the like.
This book, in particular, appeals to me because I have always felt that BDSM can be emotionally and even spiritually transcendent -- for the bottom, certainly, but also the top. I feel like the book will help me to explore that more, as well as providing concrete advice about how I can apply energy work to BDSM and power-exchange play. I also get the impression it will have a lot to say about the potential therapeutic and cathartic uses of BDSM; this part is also very important to me.
Being a busy grad student, I likely won't have the time to read the book in depth for extended lengths of time, but I hope (at least) to be able to read the occasional chapter in it. I may post from time to time about my thoughts regarding my reading.
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