Inner Traditions
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Rochester, Vermont 05767
Copyright © 1995, 2001, 2013 by Stephen E. Flowers, Ph.D.
Originally published in 1995 by Rûna-Raven Press under the title Carnal Alchemy: A Sado-Magical Exploration of Pleasure, Pain and Self-Transformation
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Flowers, Stephen E., 1953–
Carnal alchemy : sado-magical techniques for pleasure, pain, and self-transformation / Stephen E. Flowers and Crystal Dawn Flowers.
p. cm.
Summary: Summary: “BDSM sexuality as a powerful tool for self-transformation and the realization of magical and spiritual aims”—Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-62055-109-7 (pbk.) — ISBN 978-1-62055-154-7 (e-book)
1. Sadomasochism. 2. Self-actualization (Psychology) 3. Consciousness. I. Flowers, Crystal Dawn. II. Title.
HQ79.F56 2013
306.77'5—dc23
2013013533
Artwork in chapters 1, 2, 3, 5, and conclusion used with permission from Adam Parfrey from the book Voluptuous Panic: The Erotic World of Weiman Berlin by Mel Gordon, Feral House Publishing, Fort Townsend, Washington
Permission to quote from Crafting the Art of Magic granted by Llewellyn Publications
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