Sex Magic for slowing down
It’s that time again. That moment when I feel called to offer Sex Magic for our Times out into the world, and I wait to see if this is something the world – or at least, the tiny corner of it that I am interwoven with – would like to receive right now. This piece of work that took shape during the lockdown of early 2020; that was designed to nourish during uncertain times, to seed togetherness during divisive times, and to resource us for the change we wish to be and see in unprecedented times. This piece of work that I have come to love, a journey that I have treasured accompanying each precious group of erotic explorers on, that I am wholeheartedly excited to offer again. And yet each time I wrestle – I wrestle – with its worth in the face of these heart-breaking times, with the question of why I am offering to hold space for pleasure in the face of so much global suffering and collective fear. I come face to face with the ghosts of those false, outdated binaries and barriers – between pleasure and purpose, pleasure and activism, pleasure and spirit – which I have been breaking down with this work for the last ten years.
I have reflected and written before about the vital role pleasure plays in revolution, and how sex magic can support us in creating change. Today, I want to reflect on something a little simpler, but which can feel like an equally radical proposition right now – sex magic as a portal into slowing the fuck down. …
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