Sex is as old as mankind, we want it even in the most boring relationships. Couples have attained healing through sex. It’s a powerful action. And who doesn’t love the afterglow?

Everyone feels at one time or another that sex is something magical, not just in the “I love you, this was the best sex ever” sense but in the “I feel like a I could conquer anything” way. Sex magic is just as old as sex itself, many mystics and religions have believed that we are at our highest point of manifestation during the act. It’s a long held belief that you can attain anything through sexual climax — although some religious systems believe you should be brought to the point of climax but never over so that you may hold on to that energy.

What is Real Magic?

Magic is the art or science of manipulating things around you by your will alone. When you were a kid, didn’t you ever wish for something to happen so badly, or try to do a love spell and nothing happened? Not your fault, you may have been lacking the passion necessary to accomplish the goal. The oldest type of sex magic is Tantra, where two deities Shakti (feminine) and Shiva (masculine) are worshiped. Shakti and Shiva are lovers, and tantra believes that we each hold all that is needed to open the universe in us. Sex is just one of the many ways to reach it.

Tantra is more than just sexual intercourse; it’s also rituals, prayers and more. In Tantra, believers seek to tap into Prana (divine energy) that is around and inside them to bend matters to their will, much like in Western sex magic practices. Tantra has seeped into our culture but also takes part in religions such as Hinduism, Jainism, Bon and Buddhism.

Aleister Crowley’s Beliefs

Aleister Crowley, one of the most notable figures in the Pagan Revival, actually believed that the cause of violence and anger were attributed to a lack of sexual intercourse.

“The battle will rage most fiercely around the question of sex… Mankind must learn that the sexual instinct is in its true nature ennobling. The shocking evils which we all deplore are principally due to the perversion produced by suppressions. The feeling that it is shameful and the sense of sin cause concealment, which is ignoble, and internal conflict which creates distortion, neurosis, and ends in explosion. We deliberately produce an abscess, and wonder why it is full of pus, why it hurts, why it bursts in stench and corruption…” ~ From Confessions of Aleister Crowley

He spun Victorian England on it’s head with his inclusion of homosexuality and masturbation in his magical system. He believed that anything could be achieved while in a state of orgasm, that it was sacred and one of the only ways we would ever feel even a smidgeon of the power that the Divine has set at our feet. According to Crowley, you can also achieve your will through masturbation, however climax through coupling is more potent in experience and passion.

Make Your Own Sex Magic

Create a talisman, a symbol or picture on paper that you can carry on you. When you are ready for the sex act you have two options, tell your partner what you are doing or don’t. If you decide on the latter (telling your partner), then you both must be very clear on your wants and needs. You both must agree on one vision, on one symbol (the talisman) and on one feeling (success, love, whatever correlates with your goal). The male should only orgasm once and it should be prolonged, whereas multiple orgasms for the female is best. Throughout the sex act be free to do whatever will drive your passion to it’s heights, but keep that vision, symbol and feeling with you.

Crowley believed that you should then take the juices from your passion and rub them on the talisman. I have found this unnecessary (not to mention a little icky) but it’s up to you. I always place the talisman under my pillow, where the sex act is taking place. This seems to charge the talisman just the same.

I think Aleister had a point about the sex act and violence. Even today where sex is so much a part of our everyday life (t.v. commercials, paper ads, t.v. shows) we still feel restricted and stuck in a one position world. We stick to what we know is okay. Don’t be afraid to try something new and free yourselves from the bonds of society’s beliefs.

Reach for the Divine and make you dreams a reality.

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