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How do emotions, spirituality and sexuality work together to help make sense of this crazy world in which we live? I have devoted myself to discovering the integrated possibilities inherent to all of those elements. We are composite beings; though each part of us can be separately identified, no one part can be changed without changing the being as a whole. If you modify the body, you have literally changed the mind; if you change your mind, it can have profound effects on the body. To make these modifications consciously, to assist the individual and therefore the collective to evolve is my sacred endeavor. BDSM (and all of the forms of kink that fit beneath that umbrella) contains the passion and the spirit of exploration and adventure necessary to undertake the journey of evolution: kinky people are accustomed to stepping outside some of the more common boxes into which we wedge ourselves. I am expanding my audience to include all those trying to step outside their boxes, seeking information on alternative sexual practices regardless of gender, personal identification or social orientation. I don't care how people pursue their own evolution; I care that they do. I love people; they're my species. Towards the end of assisting my species along their evolutionary path, I present at conferences and for groups of all sizes nationally and internationally. I am also currently involved as an expert witness in two court cases concerning obscenity and the Communications Decency Act. Some of the hats I wear are those of author, teacher, poet, activist, freelance journalist, 18-year veteran of the BDSM community, pornographist, sexualist, artist and seeker of the divine and Truth. I have a degree in English Literature and a credential in Women's Studies with an emphasis on ending violence against women. I am an ordained Cleric in the tradition of Modern Mysticism (I actually worked for it over the course of a rigorous 18 month program; my ordination did not come out of the back of a comic book). I have freelanced for Green Egg, On Our Backs, The Endless Knot Ezine, Sensuous Sadie's Domain, Church of the New Renaissance and others. I have contributed to Jay Wiseman's Sex Tricks for Women, Sex Tricks for Men, and Dr. Charles Moser and Janet Hardy's Sex Disasters and How to Avoid Them. I've done radio and webcast interviews and don't object to experiencing other mediums. My "mixed media" internal construct enables me to reach a wide audience through entertaining, engaging and informative writings, interviews and presentations. Sex is one way we can mirror for ourselves the union between the Self and the Other (some people call it God). Sex feels good and can help us examine our relationship to ourselves and to the Divine in all of us; I teach people how to use the tool of sex consciously. Through sexuality training and education, I specialize in helping others to find and travel their own paths as well as assisting them to have the best, hottest, most varied sex possible. I teach spiritual courses in BDSM as well as vampirism, ritual scarification, play piercing, vaginal fisting, female genitorture and erotic roleplay. I am the author of A Hand in the Bush: The Fine art of Vaginal Fisting, Fantasy Made Flesh: The Essential Guide to Erotic Roleplay and the forthcoming Cunning Torments: A Loving Guide to Female Genital Manipulation. All of my classes are adaptable to suit any willing audience. The services I offer include body modification done through piercing, play piercing, ritual scarification and blood tattooing. I also do private consultations using Erotomantic techniques. These "readings" have proven valuable to those that receive them. On the outside, I am 39, a high, hard femme, six feet tall, dark-haired, green-eyed, tattooed and pierced. I take my work very seriously while refusing to take myself too seriously. On the inside, I am hungry for knowledge, irreverent, and extremely frolicsome. I am deliciously sadistic, dominant in nature, and enjoy living on my own edge while encouraging others to find theirs.

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