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©2020
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xxii, 197 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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"A method for getting what you want by getting off on what you don't"--Title page
Preface: What is existential kink? -- Prologue: The underworld mystery (revisited in all its shadow) -- Part one: Existential basics. An introduction to the shadow (and why it's such an unconscious turn-on) ; The unconscious ; Lesson 1: Super-freak divine alchemy ; Lesson 2: The seven axioms of existential kink ; Lesson 3: "EK"--the basic practice ; Interlude. Stories of transformative experiences -- Part two: Getting kinky. Projection ; Lesson 4: "EK" exercises for transformative magic ; Interlude. More stories of transformative experiences -- Part three: Questions and answers
"Each of us has a dual nature: we are light (conscious) and dark (unconscious). The dark side of our personality--the "other," the shadow side--is made up of what we think is our primitive, primal, negative impulses--our "existential kink." Our existential kink also drives the dark or negative repeating patterns in our life: always choosing the abusive partner or boss, settling for less, thinking that we're undeserving, not worthy. But it also is the source of our greatest power"--