What's Kink Magic All About?

By Lupa

If you can read this you're in the right place.

Why? A little thing called "context". Here's the place where you get a bit of background about what kink magic is (or, at least, what our take on it is) so that if you're not entirely familiar with the material, or if you're curious about where we're coming from, you can get the necessary details (or so I hope).

Kink magic, as you've probably already figured out, is the combination of BDSM, fetishes, and other fun kinky practices, and the practice of magic. Not stage magic, of course (though I suppose you could have an intense scene involving feigning cutting your bottom/sub in half!). We're talking about occultism and esoterica, manifesting Desire into Reality, or, to pull out the well-worn-but-still-loved Aleister Crowley quote, "the Science and Art of causing Change to occur in conformity with Will". With kink magic, we take advantage of all those intense altered states of consciousness that are a matter of course in kinky play, and focus them on acts of magic.

Let me say this right now: there's no right or wrong way to do kink magic--at least no more than there are right and wrong ways of practicing magic or being kinky. There are personal ethics to determine for yourself, as well as etiquette involving interactions with other people (e.g., SSC and RACK), but beyond that, it's all up to you. What we present, both in our articles and our book, is our personal combination of the various practices we use. It's our hope that you can take the principles we discuss and apply them to your own personal situation. If you check out our links section, we've linked to a number of books via Amazon that include some titles on BDSM, spirituality and magic in varying combinations so you can get perspectives besides ours, as well as see some of the works that have influenced us.

You may notice that our writing tends to be a bit more elaborate on the magical end of things. Everyone comes at kink magic with their own personal backgrounds informing their interpretation of it, and for us, our background is primarily magical. While we're both quite kinky in our own rights, most of our experience is one-on-one, or talking shop with other friends who also happen to be kinky, rather than any major involvement in the kink Scene at large. We don't have anything against the Scene, mind you; there's plenty of value there, in people, information and experiences. But historically we've been a lot more involved in the pagan and occult communities, with kink being something we usually keep closer to home, other than informal discussions. If your balance is different, no problem. If you're primarily involved with BDSM and magic is something relatively new to you, kink magic is every bit as accessible to you as anyone else.

The important thing is that you understand the basics of both kink and magic and have a working knowledge of them. This is not 101 material, especially on the magical end. If you're new to kink and/or magic, we highly recommend wandering through our links to find some information on whatever it is you need to brush up on.

Anyway, that's my opening spiel. We both hope you enjoy your stay (even though I'm writing this solo) and find some inspiration in what we present.

Cheers :)

Lupa