Contents
Introducing Us… And Our Book
Dossie, on Janet
Janet, on Dossie
Both of us, on the book
What we’re not going to do
Authors and authority
Radical What?
Words fail us
Get ready for a lot of “I don’t know”
About bliss
What’s all this stuff about tantra?
Z o oming through Nirvana
The walls come tumbling down
Why ecstasy?
How We Believe
Letting go of either/or
Letting go of knowing
Letting go of causality
Letting go of control
What it all adds up to
Morality Play
Stolen pleasures
About ethics
Making space for difference
What Does It Feel Like?
What is this bliss?
Not always what you expect
Catharsis and purgation
Connection, clarity, creativity
How We Get There
Beginning the journey
Letting go
The breath
Connection
Skin
Sounds and senses
The chakras
Ritual containers, ritual paths
Magic-making
What about orgasm?
Touching Worlds
What is love?
Self awareness
The unscratched itch
The masks of love
Learning how
Putting it all together
Inside and Outside the Shell
When the shell doesn’t match the spirit
Willing but weak
Something Told Us To Write This Chapter
What if it’s not so straightforward?
How to find your intuition
Mind Journeys
Who knows what evil lurks…?
Roles and games
What role does the role play?
So many choices…
Submission and dominance
“Less than” human
Resistance and takedown
Age play
Humiliation
Old wounds
24/7
Shapeshifting
SM ritual
Open Heart, Open Skin, Open Everything
The joys and the sorrows
And let’s not forget about sex
In and out of conclusion