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The Shaman Method of Sex Magic The Shaman Method of Sex Magic Infuse Your Orgasm with Intention to Manifest Your Life’s Purpose from the Sacred Sexual Healing series by Baba Dez http://babadez.com/ and Kamala Devi http://kamaladevi.com/ Cover Art by Hamid R. Baghaie ([email protected]) at http://www.hrbwebdesign.com Copyright Notice Published by Zendow, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Nichols, Baba Dez & Devi, Kamala Sacred sexual healing / Baba Dez Nichols & Kamala Devi. Cover Art by Hamid R. Baghaie ([email protected]) at http://www.hrbwebdesign.com. ISBN: 978-1-879097-09-4 First Edition copyright © 2008, Baba Dez Nichols & Kamala Devi All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without prior written permission from the authors. This book is available at special quantity discount for bulk purchases for sales premiums, fundraising, and educational needs. For details, inquire with the publisher. Your ethical economic support of the authors’ intellectual rights is appreciated. Table of Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................. 1 Does It Really Work? ................................................................................................... 2 The First Ingredient is INTENTION ........................................................................... 3 The SHAMAN Method of Sex Magic ............................................................................ 5 S is for Sacred Ritual ................................................................................................ 5 H is for Holding Space ............................................................................................... 6 A is for Activating the Kundalini ............................................................................. 8 MMMM is for Merging ......................................................................................... 10 A is for Affirming ................................................................................................. 10 N is for Next Step ................................................................................................... 11 Variations ................................................................................................................... 13 1. Autoerotic Sex Magic ........................................................................................ 13 2. Homoerotic Sex Magic ...................................................................................... 13 3. Non-Literal Sex Magic ...................................................................................... 14 4. Group Sex Magic ............................................................................................... 14 Why Isn’t It Working? ............................................................................................... 15 Conscious Conception ............................................................................................... 17 Kamala Devi’s Poly Profile ....................................................................................... 18 Baba Dez’s Relational Profile .................................................................................... 20 About the Authors: How the Book Was Conceived .................................................. 21 Ordering and Contact Information ............................................................................. 29 Order Additional Copies......................................................................................... 29 Additional Materials ............................................................................................... 29 Public Appearances ................................................................................................ 30 Contact Us .............................................................................................................. 30 Introduction A mainstream movie recently made headlines because of its willingness to reveal “the secret” of manifestation. Though masterfully marketed, the wisdom in this movie is nothing new. Nor does it contain the most guarded of secrets. Modern-day success leaders such as Jack Canfield, Wayne Dyer, Abraham-Hicks, Tony Robbins and Brian Tracy offer powerful teachings about how to direct our desire and intensify our emotion in order to achieve any goal. What these teachers don’t speak to, however, is how sexual desire works like rocket fuel, launching us toward the reality of our wildest dreams. This is the secret beyond the secret: sex magic. Simply stated, sex magic is a spiritual practice that uses sexual desire to manifest tangible effects in the physical world. One of the most powerful experiences that we have as human beings is orgasmic energy, and if we can pair it with intent, then we can direct the most powerful manifesting force available on earth. Sex magic is nothing new, either. It has a long, shadowy history that includes pagan fertility rites, the cult of Isis, the worship of Ishtar, Hellenistic Gnostics, Shamanic sex trance, the Great Rite of Wicca, the Order of the Knights Templar, Masonic magicians, and Aleister Crowley’s Ordo Templi Orientis. Many of these teachings are oral traditions given only to the highest initiates. Documentation of these procedures and practices is murky and often shrouded in secrecy. We dedicate this chapter to sincere seekers who want to learn a practical method to fuse their sexual arousal with conscious intention in order to more fully manifest their life’s purpose. 1 Does It Really Work? In a recent playshop called “Sex Magic for Manifestation,” Dez shared examples of things he has manifested using sex magic: “Through the years, I’ve experimented to see what works, and what works even better. I started playing with sex magic rituals in Hawaii in the ‘80s. It was clear that the more I stepped into my emotional body, the more powerful the manifestations became. I practiced building my power, feeling my desire, circulating my sexual energy during my three years of celibacy. “When I was up in the mountains in Colorado, I got really clear that I was ready for a partner, I was ready to engage with society and I was ready to contribute to the planet. “And so, I asked Spirit to show me how. That’s when I manifested my partner, Heidi. And I manifested a small loan, my first tablet press, and a supplement company called Pure Planet Products. Over the next ten years Heidi and I manifested a multi- million dollar company that contributed to greater health on the planet. “Once we had the company up and running, we would spend our mornings working from home. We’d wake up and work from our morning office, which was our bedroom. We'd handle emails, hang out, do business over the phone, have breakfast, and make love — a lot. “We’d sometimes practice sex magic for our business. I remember one particular morning we talked to our sales manager about how we needed a new distributor in Germany. So, Heidi and I discussed it. We began to envision exactly the kind of distributor we wanted to manifest, we talked about what it would feel like to work with them, and we took that clarity, intention and desire and merged it with our lovemaking, which amplified and intensified it. Then we created an energetic field and visualized sending it across the ocean to the European continent and landing in Germany. It was an invitation for this distributor to come co-create with us. “I can’t remember the exact timing, but within 24 hours we were in our afternoon office, which was at the manufacturing facility, and I remember the phone ringing and the secretary saying, ‘so-and-so is calling from Germany,’ and I remember looking over at Heidi, and she looked at me, and we just smiled, thinking: Here comes our distributor. “He turned out to be an amazing person. He had tremendous success with our product in Germany. He came and hung out with us, and we went to Germany and hung out with his family. And even though we sold the company in 2001, he’s still a distributor and a really good friend. “The interesting thing about our meeting is that he just happened to be looking for some green food products to represent when he found a bottle of Pure Planet product on a shelf in New York. He picked up the bottle, saw a phone number on the back, and called to ask if we needed a distributor in Germany. That’s when I thought: Holy shit, this stuff works.” 2 The First Ingredient is INTENTION Intention is the art of directing our conscious awareness. You focus your power into a single statement of your desire, the way a Tai Chi master directs his energy into the tip of his sword. Intention is core to sex magic. Intention starts with learning how to make a clear declaration of our desire, goal or vision. Usually, intentions are personal and are stated in the present tense. Some examples are: I intend to release the illusion of separation between my beloved and myself. I release all that which no longer serves me and bring in that which does. I intend to earn $100,000 in annual income in exchange for environmentally- friendly work. I am co-creating a New York Times best-selling book. I am manifesting a new set of tires for my truck. You may be tempted to energize all of the above, but we have found that this work is most effective when you prioritize and activate one intention at a time. Further, we have found that our desires are made more powerful when aligned with the intentions of others. To align our
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