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{{Short description|Magic involving sexual activity}}

'''Sex magic''' is the use of [[human sexual behavior|sex activity]]—or the energies, passions or arousal states it evokes—as a point upon which to focus the [[will (philosophy)|will]], [[intention]], or magical desire in order to achieve spiritual advancement or effects in the real world.

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An example of sex magic is the [[Great Rite]] of [[Wicca]], a ritual that involves either symbolic or actual [[sexual intercourse]]. This union between the [[High Priestess]] and the [[High Priest]] represents the union between the Maiden Goddess and the Lover God.

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'''Sex magic''' (sometimes spelled '''sex magick''') is any type of [[Human sexual activity|sexual activity]] used in [[Magic (paranormal)|magical]], [[Theurgy|ritualistic]] or otherwise [[Magic (religion)|religious]] and [[spirituality|spiritual]] pursuits. One practice of sex magic is using [[sexual arousal]] or [[orgasm]] with visualization of a desired result. A premise posited by sex magicians is the concept that sexual energy is a potent force that can be harnessed to [[Transcendence (philosophy)|transcend]] one's normally perceived reality.

==Paschal Beverly Randolph==

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The earliest known practical teachings of sex magic in the Western world come from 19th-century American [[occultist]] [[Paschal Beverly Randolph]] (1825–1875). Son of a wealthy Virginian father and a slave mother, he was a well-known spiritualist who was greatly influenced by the work of English [[Rosicrucian]] and scholar of [[phallicism]], [[Hargrave Jennings]].

Paschal Beverly Randolph's magico-sexual theories and techniques formed the basis of much of the teachings of The [[Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor]] although it is not clear whether or not Randolph himself was ever actually associated with the Order.<ref>Godwin, Jocelyn, Christian Chanel, and John Patrick Deveney (1995). ''The Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor: Initiatic and Historical Documents of an Order of Practical Occultism''. Samuel Weiser. ISBN 0-87728-825-9</ref>

Randolph developed one of the most influential systems of sex magic. As per him, the moment when one reaches [[orgasm]] is the most intense and the most powerful experience a human can have in life, for in that moment the soul suddenly opens to the divine realm and the breath of God is infused. He said, "True sex-power is God-power".{{sfnp|Urban|2004}} As such, the power of orgasm can be used by a man and woman for various gains, both worldly and spiritual.{{sfnp|Urban|2003b}} He wrote thus in ''The Mysteries of Eulis'':

Famous occultists and practitioners of sex magic [[Carl Kellner]], [[Theodor Reuss]], and [[Aleister Crowley]] were heavily influenced by Randolph in both organizing the [[Ordo Templi Orientis]] (O.T.O.) and in their sex magic rituals.

<blockquote>Success in any case requires the [[wikt:adjuvant|adjuvancy]] of a superior woman. THIS IS THE LAW! A harlot or low woman is useless for all such lofty and holy purposes ... The woman shall not be one who accepts rewards for compliance; nor a virgin; or under eighteen years of age; or another's wife; yet must be one who hath known man and who has been and still is capable of intense mental, volitional and affectionate energy, combined with perfect sexive and orgasmal ability; for it requires a double crisis to succeed... The entire mystery can be given in very few words, and they are: An upper room; absolute personal, mental, and moral cleanliness both of the man and wife. An observance of the law just cited during the entire term of the experiment – 49 days. Formulate the desire and keep it in mind during the whole period and especially when making the nuptive prayer, during which no word may be spoken, but the thing desired be strongly thought...{{sfnp|Randolph|1996}}</blockquote>

==Carl Kellner and Theodor Reuss==

It was [[Carl Kellner]], the founder of the O.T.O., who claimed to have learned the techniques of sex magic from three adepts in this art.<ref name="mason">The Magical World of Aleister Crowley, page 78</ref> Beginning in 1904, references to these secrets, Kellner, and the O.T.O. began appearing in "an obscure German masonic periodical called Oriflamme."<ref name="mason"/> In 1912, the editors of Oriflamme announced:

Randolph insisted that for the magic to be effective and prayers be fulfilled, both the partners involved in should achieve orgasm at the same moment. His teachings were later passed on to numerous secret societies in Europe, the most notable being [[Ordo Templi Orientis]] or O.T.O. founded by [[Carl Kellner (mystic)|Carl Kellner]]

{{cquote|Our order possesses the '''key''' which opens up all Masonic and [[Hermetic]] secrets, namely, the teachings of sexual magic, and this teaching explains, without exception, all the secrets of [[Freemasonry]] and all systems of religion.<ref name="mason"/>}}

and [[Theodor Reuss]].{{sfnp|Urban|2003b}}

==AleisterCarl CrowleyKellner==

[[Carl Kellner (mystic)|Carl Kellner]] (1851–1905), the founder of [[Ordo Templi Orientis]], (O.T.O.), said he had learned the techniques of sex magic from three adepts in this art.{{sfnp|King|2012|p=78}} Beginning in 1904, references to these secrets, Kellner, and the O.T.O. began appearing in "an obscure German [[masonic]] periodical called [[Oriflamme]]."{{sfnp|King|2012|p=78}} In 1912, the editors of ''Oriflamme'' announced:

{{blockquote|Our order possesses the key which opens up all Masonic and [[Hermeticism|Hermetic]] secrets, namely, the teachings of sexual magic, and this teaching explains, without exception, all the secrets of [[Freemasonry]] and all systems of religion.{{sfnp|King|2012|p=78}}}}

{{main|Aleister Crowley}}

Aleister Crowley was one of the first people in modern times to publicly advocate the practice of sexual magic. He rejected the prudish attitude of the [[Victorian era]] towards [[human sexual behavior|sex]] and took delight in shocking British society by explicitly including [[masturbation]] and [[homosexuality]] among his magical techniques.<ref name="urban">Urban, Hugh. ''[http://www.esoteric.msu.edu/VolumeV/Unleashing_the_Beast.htm Unleashing the Beast: Aleister Crowley, Tantra and Sex Magic in Late Victorian England]. Ohio State University.</ref>

==Ida Craddock==

According to [[Hugh Urban]], Crowley is "of profound importance for the understanding of modern Western spirituality and culture as a whole." He goes on to note the threefold importance of Crowley's work, namely:<ref name="urban" />

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*his emphasis on sex as the supreme magical power

*the integration of his in-depth studies of [[Hinduism]] and [[Buddhism]] into his teachings

*his position as one of the most influential figures in the [[20th century]] revival of [[magic (paranormal)|magic]]

In the latter part of the 19th century, sexual reformer [[Ida Craddock]] (1857–1902) published several works dealing with sacred sexuality, most notably ''Heavenly Bridegrooms'' and ''Psychic Wedlock''. [[Aleister Crowley]] reviewed ''Heavenly Bridegrooms'' in the pages of his journal ''The Equinox'', stating that it was:

Crowley believed that the suppression of the sexual instinct was the root cause of the violence and other evils of the modern world. He wrote in his ''[[The Confessions of Aleister Crowley|Confessions of Aleister Crowley]]'' that,

{{cquote|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... }}

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{{cquote|''The Book of the Law'' solves the sexual problem completely. Each individual has an absolute right to satisfy his sexual instinct as is physiologically proper for him. The one injunction is to treat all such acts as sacraments. One should not eat as the brutes, but in order to enable one to do one's will. The same applies to sex. We must use every faculty to further the one object of our existence.<ref>Crowley, Aleister (1970). ''The Confessions of Aleister Crowley'', [http://www.hermetic.com/crowley/confess/chapter87.html ch. 87]. Farrar Straus & Giroux. ISBN 0-8090-3591-X</ref>}}

...one of the most remarkable human documents ever produced, and it should certainly find a regular publisher in book form. The authoress of the MS. claims that she was the wife of an angel. She expounds at the greatest length the philosophy connected with this thesis. Her learning is enormous.

...This book is of incalculable value to every student of occult matters. No Magick library is complete without it.{{sfnp|Crowley|1992|p={{page needed|date=December 2021}}}}

===Crowley and Ordo Templi Orientis===

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Crowley became involved with [[Theodor Reuss]] and his [[Ordo Templi Orientis]] following the publication of ''[[The Book of Lies]]'' between 1912-1913.<ref name="King">King, Francis ''The Magical World of Aleister Crowley'' page 80</ref> According to Crowley's account, Reuss approached him and accused him of having revealed the innermost (sexual) secret of O.T.O. in one of the cryptic chapters of this book. When it became clear to Reuss that Crowley had done so unintentionally, he initiated Crowley into the IX° of O.T.O. and appointed him "Sovereign Grand Master General of Ireland, Ioana and all the Britain's."<ref name=urban /><ref>Crowley, Aleister ''The Book of Lies''</ref><ref name="King"/>

Sexual techniques from Craddock's ''Psychic Wedlock'' were later reproduced in ''Sex Magick'' by O.T.O. initiate Louis T. Culling, a disciple of [[C. F. Russell]].{{sfnp|Culling|1986}}

While the O.T.O. had from its inception with included the teaching of sex magic in the highest degrees, when Crowley became head of the Order, he expanded on these teachings and associated them with different degrees as follows:<ref>Crowley, Aleister. ''Magical Diaries of Aleister Crowley'', p. 241</ref>

*VIII°: masturbatory or autosexual magical techniques were taught, referred as the ''Lesser Work of Sol''

*IX°: heterosexual magical techniques were taught

*XI°: anal intercourse techniques as sexual and magical were taught

==Aleister Crowley==

One of the most well-known O.T.O. rituals, the [[Liber XV, The Gnostic Mass|Gnostic Mass]], denoted by Crowley as the central ritual of the Order, is a complete exposition on sexual magic in symbolic form. The central formula of this ritual, repeated numerous times throughout the text, is the [[Gnosticism|Gnostic]] formula [[magical formula|IAO]].

[[File:Aleister Crowley, Golden Dawn.jpg|thumb|right|Crowley in [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn|Golden Dawn]] garb]]

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Crowley wrote extensively on the topic of sex magic. Some of these works were published and made available to the general public, others were secret and could only be obtained by initiates of [[Ordo Templi Orientis]].

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[[Aleister Crowley]] (1875–1947) became involved with [[Theodor Reuss]] and Ordo Templi Orientis following the publication of ''[[The Book of Lies (Crowley)|The Book of Lies]]'' between 1912 and 1913.{{sfnp|King|2012|p=80}} According to Crowley's account, Reuss approached him and accused him of having revealed the innermost (sexual) secret of O.T.O. in one of the cryptic chapters of this book. When it became clear to Reuss that Crowley had done so unintentionally, he initiated Crowley into the IX° (ninth degree) of O.T.O. and appointed him "Sovereign Grand Master General of Ireland, Iona and all the Britains."{{sfnp|King|2012|p=80}}{{sfnp|Urban|2003}}{{efn|{{harvp|Crowley|1980|p=6}}: "Shortly after publication [of the ''Book of Lies''], the O.H.O. (Outer Head of the O.T.O.) came to me... He said that since I was acquainted with the supreme secret of the Order, I must be allowed the IX {degree} and obligated in regard to it. I protested that I knew no such secret. He said 'But you have printed it in the plainest language'. I said that I could not have done so because I did not know it. He went to the bookshelves; taking out a copy of ''The Book of Lies'', he pointed to a passage... It instantly flashed upon me. The entire symbolism not only of Free Masonry but of many other traditions blazed upon my spiritual vision. From that moment the O.T.O. assumed its proper importance in my mind. I understood that I held in my hands the key to the future progress of humanity..."}}

*''Liber IAO''

*:IAO. Sexual Magick. Gives three methods of attainment through a willed series of thoughts. The active form of Liber CCCXLV.

*''De Nuptis Secretis Deorum Cum Hominibus''

*:Sexual magick

*''Liber Stellae Rubeae''

*:A secret ritual of Apep, the heart of IAO-OAI, delivered unto V.V.V.V.V. for his use in a certain matter of Liber Legis. Sexual Magick veiled in symbolism.

*''Liber Agape vel C vel Azoth''

*:The Book of the Unveiling of the Sangraal wherein it is spoken of the Wine of the Sabbath of the Adepts. Secrets instructions of the IX° O.T.O. (Sex Magick.)

*''Liber Cheth vel Vallum Abiegni''

*:A perfect account of the task of the Exempt Adept considered under the Symbols of a particular plane, not the intellectual. Sexual magick veiled in symbolism.

*''Liber A'ash vel Capricorni Pneumatici''

*:Analyzes the nature of the creative magickal force in man, explains how to awaken it, how to use it and indicates the general as well as the particular objects to be gained thereby. Sexual magick heavily veiled in symbolism.

*''The Paris Working''

*:A record of homosexual magick operations.

*''Energized Enthusiasm''

*:An essay developing the idea of creativity - and genius - as a sexual phenomenon. Specially adapted to the task of Attainment of Control of the Body of Light, development of Intuition and Hatha yoga.

While the O.T.O. included, from its inception, the teaching of sex [[magick]] in the highest degrees of the Order, when Crowley became head of the Order, he expanded on these teachings and associated them with different degrees as follows:{{sfnp|Crowley|1996|p=241}}

== Arnold Krumm-Heller ==

In his works, [[Arnold Krumm-Heller]] teaches sexual magic without the spilling of semen.<ref name="krumm">{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |authorlink=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Perfect Matrimony |origyear=1961 |year=2001 |publisher=Thelema Press |id=ISBN 0-9742755-0-6 |chapter=GIAO}}</ref>

* VIII°: [[Masturbation|masturbatory]] or autosexual magical techniques were taught, referred as the ''Lesser Work of Sol''

==Samael Aun Weor==

* IX°: [[Sexual intercourse|heterosexual]] magical techniques were taught

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* XI°: [[anal intercourse]] magical techniques were taught.

The crux of Samael Aun Weor's teachings is what he calls white sexual magic, the paramount tenet of which is to conclude the act of coition without orgasm or ejaculation from either the man or woman.<ref>{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |authorlink=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Perfect Matrimony |origyear=1961 |year=2001 |publisher=Thelema Press |id=ISBN 0-9742755-0-6 |pages=21 |chapter=The Son of Man}}</ref> Thus, instead of the sexual energy being released in a tantric spasm, this energy undergoes [[sexual transmutation]] via willpower and the sacrifice of desire.<ref name="ir1">{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |authorlink=Samael Aun Weor |title=Igneous Rose |origyear=1953 |chapter=The Magnetic Field of the Root of the Nose}}</ref> It is asseverated that the [[Electromagnetic induction|magentic induction]] produced by crossing the active and passive creative organs - namely the [[phallus]] and [[uterus]] - causes lunar, solar and [[Akasha|akasahic]] currents to flow through the Brahmanic cord (the [[Ida (yoga)|ida]], [[Pingala (yoga)|pingala]] and [[Shushumna|sushumna]] respectively) of the couple.<ref name="gb1">{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |authorlink=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Mystery of the Golden Blossom |origyear=1971 |year=2003 |publisher=Thelema Press |id=ISBN 0-9742755-2-2 |pages=134-135 |chapter=Elimination}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |authorlink=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Perfect Matrimony |origyear=1961 |year=2001 |publisher=Thelema Press |id=ISBN 0-9742755-0-6 |pages=42 |chapter=The Great Battle}}</ref> This current provides an active connection between magentic center at the root of the nose ([[pineal gland]], [[Ajna chakra]]) and solar and lunar principles located within the seminal system at the [[Muladhara|muladhara chakra]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |authorlink=Samael Aun Weor |title=Igneous Rose |origyear=1953 |chapter=The Magnetic Field of the Root of the Nose}}</ref> The transmuted energy, through willpower, is populated by "billions christic atoms"<ref name="ir1" /> that when rising meet the pure akasa of the triune Brahmanic cord, igniting it and through many years of work causing the ascent of the [[kundalini]] through the thirty-three chambers or degrees (33°) of the spinal medulla.<ref name="ir1"/><ref>{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |authorlink=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Initiatic Path in the Arcana of Tarot and Kabbalah |origyear=1978 |year=2003 |publisher=Thelema Press |id=ISBN 0-9742755-1-4|chapter=Arcanum No. 8: Justice|pages=19}}</ref>

Hugh Urban, professor of Comparative Religion at [[Ohio State University]], noted Crowley's emphasis on sex as "the supreme magical power."{{sfnp|Urban|2003}} According to Crowley:

Along with the asent of the kundalini, the crystallization of the "Solar Bodies" are formed due to the transmutation occurred through white sexual magic.<ref>{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |authorlink=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Doomed Aryan Race |origyear=1967}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |authorlink=Samael Aun Weor |title=Esoteric Course of Runic Magic |origyear=1969 |chapter=Rune GIBUR}}</ref> The solar bodies are the four aspects of the sacred [[Merkabah]] of [[The Chariot (Tarot card)|Arcanum Seven]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |authorlink=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Initiatic Path in the Arcana of Tarot and Kabbalah |origyear=1978 |year=2003 |publisher=Thelema Press |id=ISBN 0-9742755-1-4|chapter=The Ain Soph Paranishpanna |pages=136}}</ref> In sum the solar bodies are the christic vechiles of emotion, mind and will.<ref>{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |authorlink=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Initiatic Path in the Arcana of Tarot and Kabbalah |origyear=1978 |year=2003 |publisher=Thelema Press |id=ISBN 0-9742755-1-4|chapter=Arcanum No. 7 |pages=73}}</ref> Furthermore, because sexuality is both a creator and destroyer, à la [[Shiva]]-[[Shakti]], through sexual magic Samael Aun Weor indicates that one can eliminate any previously comprehended psychological defect.<ref name="gb1"/> In other words, through sexual magic the radical removal of the egocentric vechiles can be achieved - which are the animalistic or inferior vechiles of emotion, mind, and will related to one's evolutive animal [[Transmigration of the soul|transmigrations]] prior to reaching the humaniod state.<ref>{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |authorlink=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Initiatic Path in the Arcana of Tarot and Kabbalah |origyear=1978 |year=2003 |publisher=Thelema Press |id=ISBN 0-9742755-1-4|chapter=Arcanum No. 20 |pages=109}}</ref> Thus, through the death of the ego and the birth of the solar bodies Samael Aun Weor states that one can be elevated to the angelic state and beyond.<ref>{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |authorlink=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Perfect Matrimony |origyear=1961 |year=2001 |publisher=Thelema Press |id=ISBN 0-9742755-0-6 |pages=219 |chapter=Initiation}}</ref>

{{blockquote|Mankind must learn that the sexual instinct is ... ennobling. The shocking evils which we all deplore are principally due to the perversions produced by suppressions. The feeling that it's 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. ''[[The Book of the Law]]'' solves the sexual problem completely. Each individual has an absolute right to satisfy his sexual instinct as is physiologically proper for him. The one injunction is to treat all such acts as sacraments. One should not eat as the brutes, but in order to enable one to do one's will. The same applies to sex. We must use every faculty to further the one object of our existence.{{sfnp|Crowley|1970|loc=ch. 87}}{{sfnp|Urban|2003b}}}}

Vocalization of [[mantra]]s can be utlized during "chemical copula" (sexual magic) to enhance the ascension of transmutated sexual energy through the spinal [[nadis]]. Like both [[Aleister Crowley]]<ref>Crowley, Aleister (1997). ''[[Magick (Book 4)|Magick : Liber ABA, Book Four, Parts I-IV]]'', Part III, Ch. 5. York Beach, ME : S. Weiser. ISBN 0-87728-919-0</ref><ref>Crowley, Aleister. ''[http://www.hermetic.com/crowley/libers/lib800.html Liber Samekh Theurgia Goetia Summa Congressus Cum Daemone Sub Figura DCCC]'', Point II, Section J.</ref><ref>Crowley, Aleister. ''[http://www.hermetic.com/crowley/libers/lib15.html Liber XV, Ecclesiæ Gnosticæ Catholicæ Canon Missæ]''.</ref> and Krumm-Heller<ref name="krumm" /> before him, Weor made the supreme mantra, IAO, central to his system of sexual magic. IAO is a name of [[God]] among the [[Gnostics]]. This mantra is prounced as the 'e' in 'tree', the 'a' as in 'alone', and 'o' as in 'origin', with each vowel elongated in order to vibrate the layranx effectively.<ref>{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |authorlink=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Yellow Book |origyear=1959 |year=2004 |publisher=Thelema Press |id=ISBN 0-9745916-7-X |pages=4 |chapter=Love}}</ref> The act of white sexual magic must be performed in absoulte sanctity and with supreme religiosity, without any desire present in the mind. It should be practiced as a high magic, as a religious ritual of the highest degree.<ref>{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |authorlink=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Perfect Matrimony |origyear=1961 |year=2001 |publisher=Thelema Press |id=ISBN 0-9742755-0-6 |pages=192-193 |chapter=Initiation}}</ref>

Crowley wrote extensively on the topic of sex magick. Some of these works were published and made available to the general public, others were secret and could only be obtained by initiates of ''Ordo Templi Orientis''.

Samael Aun Weor asserts that when the orgasm is reached the christic atoms are expelled and replaced, via genital orgasmic contraction, with impure "atoms" of fornication.<ref>{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |authorlink=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Initiatic Path in the Arcana of Tarot and Kabbalah |origyear=1978 |year=2003 |publisher=Thelema Press |id=ISBN 0-9742755-1-4|chapter=Arcanum No. 22 |pages=114}}</ref> When, through willpower the akasic current meets the atoms of fornication, instead of rising, the energy is rejected by divine triad (atman-buddhi-manas) and is forced downwardly into the atomic infernios of the human being, forming the tail of [[satan]] (the [[kundabuffer]], or negatively polarized kundalini). The repition of this act in time divorces the divine triad from the inferior quaternary (physical, vital, astral and mental bodies) through the severing of the [[antakarana]]. Samael Aun Weor refers to any type of sexual magic that contains the orgasm as black sexual magic, and those who perform it as black magicians that acquire negative tantric powers.<ref>{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |authorlink=Samael Aun Weor |title=Igneous Rose |origyear=1953 |chapter=The Magnetic Field of the Root of the Nose}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |authorlink=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Perfect Matrimony |origyear=1961 |year=2001 |publisher=Thelema Press |id=ISBN 0-9742755-0-6 |pages=42 |chapter=The Great Battle}}</ref>

* ''Liber IAO'' – IAO. Sexual Magick. Gives three methods of attainment through a willed series of thoughts. The active form of Liber CCCXLV.

* ''De Nuptis Secretis Deorum Cum Hominibus'' – Sexual magick

* ''[[Wikisource:Liber Stellae Rubeae|Liber Stellae Rubeae]]'' – According to Crowley, a secret ritual of Apep, the heart of IAO-OAI, delivered unto V.V.V.V.V. for his use in a certain matter of The Book of the Law (''Liber AL vel Legis''). Sexual Magick veiled in symbolism.

* ''Liber Agape vel C vel Azoth'' – ''The Book of the Unveiling of the [[Sangraal]]'' wherein it is spoken of the Wine of the Sabbath of the Adepts. Secret instructions of the ninth degree of the O.T.O. (Sex Magick)

* ''[[Wikisource:Liber Cheth vel Vallum Abiegni|Liber Cheth vel Vallum Abiegni]]'' – A perfect account of the task of the Exempt Adept considered under the symbols of a particular plane, not the intellectual. Sexual magick veiled in symbolism.

* ''[[Wikisource:Liber A'ash vel Capricorni Pneumatici|Liber A'ash vel Capricorni Pneumatici]]'' – Analyzes the nature of the creative magical force in man, explains how to awaken it, how to use it and indicates the general as well as the particular objects to be gained thereby. Sexual magick heavily veiled in symbolism.

* ''[[The Book of Lies (Crowley)|The Book of Lies]]'' – includes some techniques in symbolic language, including extended mutual [[oral sex]] (Chapter 69) while intoxicated on [[hashish]].

* ''The Paris Working'' – A record of homosexual magick operations.

* ''Energized Enthusiasm'' – An essay developing the idea of creativity as a sexual phenomenon. Specially adapted to the task of attainment of control of the [[Body of Light]], development of intuition, and [[Hatha yoga]].

== Maria de Naglowska ==

The method of refraining from any loss of sexual energy is in concordance with the [[Highest Yoga Tantra]] of [[Tibetan Buddhism]].<ref>{{cite book |last=His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama |authorlink=Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama |title=The Heart of the Buddha's Path |year=1999 |publisher=Thorsons |id=ISBN 0-7225-3932-0 |pages=100-101}}</ref>

[[Maria de Naglowska]] (1883–1936) was a Russian occultist, mystic, author and journalist who wrote and taught about ritualistic sex magic practices while also being linked with the Parisian surrealist movement. She established and led an occult society known as the Confrérie de la Flèche d'or (Brotherhood of the Golden Arrow) in Paris from 1932 to 1935. In 1931, she compiled, translated and published in French a collection of published and unpublished writings by American occultist Paschal Beverly Randolph on the subject of sexual magic and magic mirrors. Her translation and publication of Randolph's previously little-known ideas and teachings was the source of Randolph's subsequent influence in European magic.{{sfnp|Versluis|2005|p=29}} She augmented the text with some of his oral teachings.{{sfnp|Deveney|1996|p=226}} The following year, she published a semi-autobiographical novella, ''Le Rite sacré de l'amour magique'' (The Sacred Ritual of Magical Love.)

Later that year, she also published ''La Lumière du sexe'' (The Light of Sex), a mystic treatise and guide to sexual ritual that was required reading for those seeking to be initiated into the Brotherhood of the Golden Arrow. Her later book on advanced sexual magic practices, ''Le Mystère de la pendaison'' (The Hanging Mystery) details her advanced teachings on the Third Term of the Trinity and the spiritually transformation power of sex, and the practice of [[Erotic asphyxiation|erotic ritual hanging]] and other sensory deprivation practices. Beyond occult subjects, Naglowska also influenced the [[Surrealism|surrealist art movement]]. The ''Lexique succinct de l'érotisme'' in the catalog of the 1959 International Surrealist Exhibition in Paris noted her important influence.{{sfnp|Rosemont|1998|pp=lvi, xlii}} Surrealist [[Sarane Alexandrian]] wrote a detailed account of her life.{{sfnp|Alexandrian|1977|pp=185–206}}

{{cquote|The Maithuna, Sexual Magic, is universal. It is part of the mysteries of North and South, East and West, but reactionary, regressive, and fornicating pseudo-occultists violently reject it.<ref>{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |authorlink=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Buddha's Necklace}}</ref>}}

==Samael See alsoAun Weor==

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The crux of [[Samael Aun Weor|Samael Aun Weor's]] (1917–1977) teachings is what he calls "white sexual magic", the paramount tenet of which is to conclude the act without orgasm or ejaculation from either the man or woman.{{sfnp|Aun Weor|2001|p=21}} Thus, instead of the sexual energy being released in a spasm, this energy undergoes [[sexual transmutation]] via willpower and the sacrifice of desire.{{sfnp|Aun Weor|2007|loc="The Magnetic Field of the Root of the Nose"}} According to Aun Weor, the [[Electromagnetic induction|magnetic induction]] produced by crossing the active ([[phallus]]) and passive ([[uterus]]) creative organs causes lunar, solar and [[Akasha|akashic]] currents to flow through the Brahmanic cord (the [[Nadi (yoga)#Ida, Pingala and Sushumna|ida, pingala and sushumna nadis]] respectively) of the couple.{{sfnp|Aun Weor|2003|pp=134–135}}{{sfnp|Aun Weor|2001|p=42}} He says that this current then provides an active connection between the magnetic center at the root of the nose (the [[pineal gland]], [[Ajna chakra]]) and the solar and lunar principles located within the seminal system at the [[Muladhara|muladhara chakra]].{{sfnp|Aun Weor|2007|loc="The Magnetic Field of the Root of the Nose"}} The transmuted energy, through willpower, is populated by what Aun Weor says are "billions of christic atoms"{{sfnp|Aun Weor|2007|loc="The Magnetic Field of the Root of the Nose"}} that when rising meet the pure akasa of the triune Brahmanic cord, igniting it, and through many years of work this causes the ascent of the [[kundalini]] through the thirty-three chambers or degrees of the spinal medulla.{{sfnp|Aun Weor|2007|loc="The Magnetic Field of the Root of the Nose"}}{{sfnp|Aun Weor|2003b|p=19}}

*[[Ganachakra]]

*[[Magick]]

Aun Weor says that along with the ascent of the kundalini, the crystallization of the "Solar Bodies" are formed due to the transmutation which occurs through white sexual magic.{{sfnp|Aun Weor|2008|p={{page needed|date=December 2021}}}} He says that the solar bodies are the four aspects of the sacred [[merkabah]] of [[The Chariot (Tarot card)|Arcanum Seven]].{{sfnp|Aun Weor|2003b|p=136}} In sum, Aun Weor describes the solar bodies as the christic vehicles of emotion, mind and will.{{sfnp|Aun Weor|2003b|p=73}}

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*[[Neotantra]]

Aun Weor says that because sexuality is both a creator and destroyer, à la [[Shiva]]-[[Shakti]], through sexual magic he indicates that one can eliminate any previously comprehended psychological defect.{{sfnp|Aun Weor|2003|pp=134–135}} In other words, he says that through sexual magic the radical removal of the egocentric vehicles can be achieved – which he says are the animalistic or inferior vehicles of emotion, mind, and will related to one's evolutive animal [[Transmigration of the soul|transmigrations]] prior to reaching the humanoid state.{{sfnp|Aun Weor|2003b|p=109}} Thus, through the death of the ego and the birth of the solar bodies, Aun Weor states that one can be elevated to the angelic state and beyond.{{sfnp|Aun Weor|2001|p=219}}

*[[Sexual sublimation]]

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Aun Weor also states that when the orgasm is reached the christic atoms are expelled and replaced, via genital orgasmic contraction, with what he believed were impure "atoms" of fornication.{{sfnp|Aun Weor|2003b|p=114}} When, through willpower the akashic current meets the "atoms of fornication", he said, that instead of rising the energy is rejected by the divine triad (atman-buddhi-manas) and is forced downward into the atomic infernos of the human being, forming the "tail of [[satan]]", (the [[Kundalini#Kundabuffer|kundabuffer]], or negatively polarized kundalini). He says that the repetition of orgasm over time divorces the divine triad from the inferior "quaternary" (physical, vital, astral and mental bodies) through the severing of the [[antakarana]]. This brings about, according to Aun Weor, "the fallen [[Bodhisattva]]", [[Lucifer|"the Fall of Lucifer"]] as described by the author [[Dante]], or what amounts to the same thing: [[the Fall of Man]]. He refers to any type of sexual magic that uses the orgasm for spiritual or magical purposes as "black sexual magic", and he believed that those who perform it are black magicians who acquire negative powers.{{sfnp|Aun Weor|2007|loc="The Magnetic Field of the Root of the Nose"}}{{sfnp|Aun Weor|2001|p=42}}

*[[Tantra]]

*[[Yab-yum]]

==See also==

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* {{anli|Babalon}}

* {{anli|Ceremonial magic}}

* {{anli|Chaos magic}}

* {{anli|Charge of the Goddess}}

* {{anli|Eroto-comatose lucidity}}

* {{anli|Great Rite}}

* {{anli|History of erotic depictions}}

* {{anli|Hieros gamos}}

* {{anli|Coitus reservatus|Karezza}}

* {{anli|Karmamudrā}}

* {{anli|Maithuna}}

* {{anli|Neotantra}}

* {{anli|Religion and sexuality}}

* {{anli|Sacred prostitution}}

* {{anli|Sexuality in Christian demonology}}

* {{anli|Spirit spouse}}

* {{anli|Tantra}}

* {{anli|Taoist sexual practices}}

* {{anli|Tibetan tantric practice}}

* {{anli|Vajrayana}}

* {{anli|Yab-Yum}}

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==Notes and references==

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===Citations===

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===Works cited===

;Primary sources

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*{{cite book |first=Samael |last=Aun Weor |author-link=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Perfect Matrimony |orig-year=1961 |year=2001 |publisher=Glorian Publishing |isbn=0-9742755-0-6}}

*{{cite book |first=Samael |last=Aun Weor |title=The Mystery of the Golden Blossom |orig-year=1971 |year=2003 |publisher=Glorian Publishing |isbn=0-9742755-2-2}}

*{{cite book |first=Samael |last=Aun Weor |title=The Initiatic Path in the Arcana of Tarot and Kabbalah |orig-year=1978 |year=2003b |publisher=Glorian Publishing |isbn=0-9742755-1-4}}

*{{cite book |first=Samael |last=Aun Weor |year=2007 |orig-year=1953 |title=Igneous Rose: The Magic, Sexual Energy, and Mind of the Inner Buddha |publisher=Glorian Publishing |isbn=978-1934206263}}

*{{cite book |first=Samael |last=Aun Weor |year=2008 |orig-year=1967 |title=The Doomed Aryan Race: Gnosis, Tantra, and the End of the Age |publisher=Glorian Publishing |isbn=978-1934206300}}

* {{cite book |last=Crowley |first=Aleister |author-link=Aleister Crowley |year=1970 |title=[[The Confessions of Aleister Crowley]] |place=New York |publisher=Farrar Straus & Giroux |isbn=0-8090-3591-X}}

*{{cite book |last=Crowley |first=Aleister |year=1980 |title=The Book of Lies |publisher=Weiser Books |isbn=978-0877285168}}

*{{cite journal |last=Crowley |first=Aleister |year=1992 |orig-year=1919 |title=[[The Blue Equinox]] |journal=The Equinox |volume=III |number=1 |place=York Beach, ME |publisher=Samuel Weiser |isbn=0-87728-210-2}}

*{{cite book |last=Crowley |first=Aleister |editor-last=Skinner |editor-first=Stephen |title=The Magical Diaries of Aleister Crowley: Tunisia 1923 |publisher=[[Samuel Weiser]] |year=1996 |isbn=0-87728-856-9}}

*{{cite book |last=Culling |first=Louis T. |title=Sex Magick |place=St. Paul, MN |publisher=Llewellyn Publications |year=1986 |isbn=0875421105}}

*{{cite contribution |last=Randolph |first=Paschal Beverly |author-link=Paschal Beverly Randolph |year=1996 |title=The Mysteries of Eulis}} Appendix B in {{harvp|Deveney|1996|pp=327–342}}.

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;Secondary sources

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*{{cite book |last=Alexandrian |first=Sarane |title=Les Libérateurs de l'amour |year=1977 |publisher=Éditions du Seuil |isbn=2020045443}}

*{{cite book |editor-last=Deveney |editor-first=JP |title=Paschal Beverly Randolph: A Nineteenth-Century Black American Spiritualist, Rosicrucian, and Sex Magician |publisher=State University of New York Press |___location=Albany, NY |isbn=978-0-7914-3120-7 |year=1996}}

*{{cite book |last=King |first=Francis |date=2012 |title=Megatherion: The Magickal World of Aleister Crowley |publisher=Creation Books |isbn=978-1840681802}}

*{{cite book |last=Rosemont |first=Penelope |title=Surrealist Women: An International Anthology |year=1998 |publisher=Athlone Press |isbn=978-0485300888}}

*{{cite journal |last=Urban |first=Hugh |year=2003 |url=http://www.esoteric.msu.edu/VolumeV/Unleashing_the_Beast.htm |title=Unleashing the Beast: Aleister Crowley, Tantra, and Sex Magic in Late Victorian England |journal=Esoterica |volume=V |pages=138–192 |via=Esoteric.msu.edu}}

*{{cite journal |last=Urban |first=H. B. |year=2003b |title=The Power of the Impure: Transgression, Violence and Secrecy in Bengali Śākta Tantra and Modern Western Magic |journal=Numen |volume=50 |number=3 |pages=269–308 |doi=10.1163/156852703322192419 |jstor=3270489}}

*{{cite journal |last=Urban |first=Hugh B. |date=September 2004 |title=Magia Sexualis: Sex, Secrecy, and Liberation in Modern Western Esotericism |url=https://www.academia.edu/8979724 |journal=Journal of the American Academy of Religion |volume=72 |issue=3 |pages=695–731 |doi=10.1093/jaarel/lfh064|pmid=20681097 }}

*{{cite book |last=Versluis |first=Arthur |title=The Occult in Nineteenth Century America |year=2005 |publisher=The Davies Group |___location=Aurora, CO |isbn=1-888570-83-0 |editor=Gutierrez, Cathy}}

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==Further reading==

== External links ==

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*A good series of articles on sex magick from [http://www.realmagick.com/ Real Magick: The Occult Library]:

* {{cite journal |first=Hans Thomas |last=Hakl |author-link=Hans Thomas Hakl |title=Maria de Naglowska and the Confrérie de la Flèche d'Or |journal=Politica Hermetica |number=20 |year=2006 |pages=113–123 |lang=fr |ref=none}}

**[http://realmagick.com/articles/71/1971.html Introduction to Sex Magick] by Anja Heij

* {{cite book |first=Hans Thomas |last=Hakl |chapter=The Theory and Practice of Sexual Magic, Exemplified by Four Magical Groups in the Early Twentieth Century |editor1-first=Wouter J. |editor1-last=Hanegraaff |editor2-first=Jeffrey J. |editor2-last=Kripal |title=Hidden Intercourse. Eros and Sexuality in the History of Western Esotericism |place=Leiden |publisher=Brill |year=2008 |pages=445–478 |ref=none}}

**[http://realmagick.com/articles/73/1973.html Practicing Sex Magick] by Anja Heij

* {{cite book |editor1-first=Garry W. |editor1-last=Trompf |editor2-first=Gunner B. |editor2-last=Mikkelsen |editor3-first=Jay |editor3-last=Johnston |title=The Gnostic World |year=2020 |publisher=Taylor & Francis Group |isbn=978-0367733124 |ref=none}}<!-- third-party coverage of Weor -->

**[http://realmagick.com/articles/72/1972.html Preparations for Sex Magick] by Anja Heij

* {{cite book |last=Urban |first=Hugh B. |year=2006 |title=Magia Sexualis: Sex, Magic, and Liberation in Modern Western Esotericism |place=Berkeley |publisher=University of California Press |ref=none}}

**[http://realmagick.com/articles/79/1379.html An Essay on Sex and Sex Magick: Liber Conjunctus / Liber Two] by Nigris, O'

* {{cite book |last=Webster |first=Sam |author-link=Sam Webster (writer) |year=2021 |title=Tantric Thelema: And The Invocation of Ra-Hoor-Khuit in the Manner of the Buddhist Mahayoga Tantras |publisher=Concrescent Press |isbn=978-0-9903927-7-4 |ref=none}}

**[http://realmagick.com/articles/74/1974.html Solo, Duo or Group Sex Magick Rituals] by Anja Heij

* {{cite book |author-link=Robert Anton Wilson |last=Wilson |first=Robert Anton |year=1988 |title=Sex, Drugs and Magick: A Journey Beyond Limits |ref=none}}{{incomplete citation|date=June 2024}}

*[http://www.gnosticteachings.org/the-teachings-of-gnosis/the-writings-of-samael-aun-weor/the-forms-of-tantrism.html Forms of Tantrism] by Samael Aun Weor

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