Guy Baldwin - SlaveCraft Roadmaps for Consensual Erotic Servitude

Slavecraft

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2004

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Slavecraft

Roadmaps for Consensual Erotic

Servitude: Principles, Skills, and Tools

by a grateful slave

by a grateful slave

with Guy Baldwin, M.S.

introduction and afterword by

Patrick Califia . H.A.

additional material by Joseph W . Bean

Daedalus Publishing

2002 By Guy Baldwin, 2004 2nd Edition

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The Diversitythe amazing Variety that we see everywhere in nature must surely be the clearest possible guide that the Universe presents to us as being the obvious and correct mode l for how things "should" be . It follows that there must be many correct ways to be a galaxy, star, planet, rock, tree, fish, foul, man, woman, to be heterosexual, spiritual, and loving, as well as a great many correct ways to manifest our sexuality and erotic lives . If the Diverse Universe is any guide to what is proper and correct, then there is clearly room for U/us here, too.

So, this little book is offered as a tribute to those Masters and slaves who are brave enough to grapple with fear and shame to produce more honest lives for themselves.

a grateful slave

1997

People beyond number have made contributions to this book . Without a doubt, the most important are those who have been so generous with their speculations, experiences, ideas, feelings, joys, and sorrows - all related to their efforts to find happiness in their quest for the bliss of erotic Mastery and consensual slavery

But first and foremost, thanks must go most earnestly to the Master of "a grateful slave," without whose direction and encouragement, the chief author of this book would most likely have remained silent . It is the slave's commitment to the need for humility, and the wish to be heard objectively that will not allow him to supply his name here . I am deeply grateful to him for the rare opportunity to render his passion, thoughts, and feelings into words here for readers.

Race Bannon has been unfailing in his conviction that I could really do this thing . The others most deserving of mention here are: Bill Litts; Fred Katz; James Kane; Mister Luchessa; Mister Kevin and Tom gregory, Pete Fitz; art; denny; Mister LeBlanc; Richard M . Wolfe and Marie Wade Wolf; Vince; boy alien; Lthr Edge; larry; Thom Magister; Skip Milhouser, M.D.; Master Ron K . and Cheri; Troy " Ku1t" Considine; Hal Lester; Control; Mister T . Burke; steve carlisle; Tom Swift; Jon Knight; Doctor X; steve; coyote; david; slave terry; Mister Rutkowski; david stein; Mike McDade; Mister Packer; Der Wolf; S . M . Yongue; Walter Klinger; Bud; Dr . Gayle Rubin; Joseph Bean; Patrick Califia; the Seattle, Princeton, and San Jose nightmares; the slave boy network; and, of course, my clients . Thank you all, especially for your patience with me.

Guy Baldwin, M.D .

Fall 2001

The extreme end of the dominant/submissive power dynamic as the axis around which an intimate relationship revolves is clearly not for everyone . Even so, there is ample evidence that significant numbers of people resonate in both a sympathetic and harmonic way to this dynamic, apparently because it is so erotically compelling . Why should this be so?

For now, the correct answer must be that no one can really know for certain . To ever have any real hope of coming any where close to the answer would require carefully conducted research over a significant period of time . It would have to be done by a group of well-qualified and open-minded researchers with a huge budget . Neither the money nor the researchers could be subject to political, social, moral, or time pressures of any s01t whatsoever . No such thing is likely to happen in any foreseeable time-frame that I can imagine . Why not?

The answer I'll offer here is that we live in a society where the vast majority of our population doesn't really want much definitive information about the psycho-dynamics of human sexuality as it manifests in our culture . While this is true for sexuality in general, it is most certainly the case regarding the more unusual sexualities such as the one represented here.

My guess about why this is so is that in-depth thinking about sex makes us nervous and anxious both as a society and as individuals . Most folks are only willing to think seriously about sex when it is problematic or otherwise concerning in their lives- personally a problem, that is . My work as a psychotherapist working with erotic minorities has revealed that even during erotically troubled times, people can be reluctant to undertake deep personal investigations about how their own sexuality is wired . It is almost as if we are trained from childhood to be anxious about sexuality . Frankly, were it not for the drive of our hormones and the general unconsciousness of youth, I suspect there would be far fewer humans on this planet.

Most sexuality theorists have appeared from within the ranks of psychotherapists with various orientations and backgrounds . For the most part, they have based their theoretical speculations on observations of people who are troubled and seek treatment . Because such patient/clients are the most frequently studied group, there is every reason to suspect that the kind of balancing data that might come from those who are not troubled by their unusual sexuality is largely absent from researchers thinking . Put simply, it is often the people who are most troubled about sexuality that are most influential in how researchers think about sexuality as a whole . The tragic history of professional thinking about homosexuality serves amply to make my point .

And so, what we get are some very strange ideas about how sexuality really works . Consequently, many that have a theoretical and academic interest in the mental underpinnings of sexuality have put forward a bewildering array of theories about how both common and uncommon sexualities develop . No big surprise .

Add to this the fact that the psychotherapists and researchers themselves come from a sexually nervous society, and objectivity becomes extra doubtful . And so, for the time being, the safest thing to say about erotic variation is simply that it is." And if we proceed from the assumption that it is better to have information and not need it than it is to need information and not have it, then information is a good thing . The material Ive presented in this book is offered to all in that spirit.

Regardless of how you may feel personally about people who pursue the bliss of consensual erotic slavery, one thing seems clear to me . Taken as a group, those for whom this pursuit is a serious interest are certainly one of the most passionate groups of people I've yet encountered . In a world where true passion is all too rare, regardless of the focus, I respect it . Profound commitment to anything that energizes the human spirit is a thing to be reckoned with and respected, if not appreciated for the pageantry with which it manifests itself .