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Temple of Set Reading List
"Temple of Set Reading List:
Category 13 - Sex in Religion and Magic" (2/5/90CE)
Reprinted from: _The Crystal Tablet of Set_
© Temple of Set 1989 CE
Weirdbase file version by TS permission
by Michael A. Aquino, Ipsissimus VI* Temple of Set
Electronic mail: MCI-Mail 278-4041
Sex and magic have never been very far apart. This is both because sorcerers
and sorceresses tend to be rather hedonistic individuals, and because the
sexual drives can be used for purposes of ritual magic. Historically Black
Magical societies have been accused of being obsessed with sex; a Black
Magician (like Wicked Wanda, shown above) might well retort that his/hers is
the rational approach and that the critic is suffering from a bad case of
Judaic/Christian repressed/sex neurosis. A problem with sex-magic has been
that many practitioners, suffering from the aforementioned neurosis, have
plunged into sex in the most animalistic way possible - as an indulgence for
its own sake. This, for example, was the presumption of the Church of Satan.
Aleister Crowley, however, mixed his sex-magical practices with aesthetic
mysticism - a fact almost totally lost on his latter-day disciples, who more
often than not either ignore the sexual component in his Workings or become
obsessed with it. The Temple of Set proposes an integral, non-compulsive,
comfortable, and relaxed inter- relationship between sex, aesthetics, and
love - the neglect of any one of which will inhibit the efficacy of whatever
magical Working is involved.
13A. _Eros and Evil_ by R.E.L. Masters. NY: Julian Press, 1962 [later
paperback edition published]. (TS-3) MA: "The definitive reference work on
the subject. Basically oriented towards a classical Christian concept of
Daemonology, but encyclopaedic in its coverage nevertheless."
13B. _The Sacred Fire_ by B.Z. Goldberg. NY: University Books, 1958. (TS-3)
MA: "A history of sex in religion, valuable primarily as an in-depth
supplement to #13A - the main differences being that Goldberg seems a little
less obsessed with the subject, and that there is an interesting section
dealing with the concept of revolt (sexual and otherwise) against repressive
religious environments."
13C. _Sexuality, Magic, and Perversion_ by Francis King. Secaucus, New
Jersey: Citadel Press, 1971. (TS-3) MA: "You have to hand it to King for
picking a catchy title! Yet this is a rather thorough survey of the
influence of sex in a number of contemporary cults, religions, and magical
societies around the world - the Wiccan 'great rite', the
auto/hetero/homosexual magic of the O.T.O. VIII*/IX*/XI*, etc. A good update
to #13A and #13B. The data dealing with the Church of Satan are so
fragmentary and misleading, however, that the author's care in researching
other environments must be doubted as well. Use more as a starting point for
further research than as a definitive source."
13D. _The Compleat Witch_ by Anton Szandor LaVey. NY: Dodd, Mead & Company,
1970. (CS-1) (TS-3) [Note: This book has been republished in paperback under
the name _The Satanic Witch_ in 1989 CE.] MA: "Although the more earthy
passages in this book put off many readers who were expecting 'more of the
_Satanic Bible_', LaVey often maintained that it was the best of his three
books because it contained the most Lesser Magic. [It could just as well be
included in category 23.] Tucked away amidst the pages are some very
incisive comments concerning human traits and motivations and how both may
be recognized and manipulated in day-to-day contexts. By no means 'just a
sex book', though a background in Church of Satan history is necessary to
understand the author's point of perspective. Chapter 8 of #6N reviews #13D
in detail."
13E. _Odoratus Sexualis_ by Iwan Block. North Hollywood: Brandon House,
1967. (CS-3) AL: "The use of odors in magic."
13F. _Magica Sexualis_ by Emile Laurent and Paul Nagour. North Hollywood:
Brandon House, 1966. (CS-3) AL: "Contains some little-known lore."
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