my definitions - a useful shared vocabulary

EROTIC ALCHEMY: Everything below.
ALCHEMY: The art & science of transforming substances, situations, or living things... to perfect them.
SPIRITUAL/SACRED: The feelings of connection when we merge with the universal vibrational energetic force that has many names --god/dess, great mystery, universe, nature, etc.-- and permeates all things. The people, places and things where we find and/or create deep meaning.
SACRED SEXUALITY: A distinctive mindset and the actions that stem from it (aka enlightened, mindful or conscious sexuality).
TANTRA: A complex eastern spiritual practice that has many paths and cultural influences
TAOIST SEXUALITY: TraditionalChineseMedicine-based methodology of sex-energy cultivation for overall health and vitality
NEO-TANTRA: The blend of Eastern and Western enlightened-sex philosophies and practices unique to our time and culture. This is what most westerners think of as tantra and what I mean when I use the word 'tantric'. Every practitioner has their own particular flavor, depending on what spices they blend. The basics include awareness, connection, breath, sound, ritual, movement and intention.
SPIRITUAL KINK: My term for some forms of tantric bdsm (aka dark tantra): primarily bondage, sensory deprivation, sensation play and sensual power exchange. All with tantric/energetic/conscious intent.
SEX MAGIC: Consciously raising and directing the power inherent in erotic energy to release or manifest an intention.
EXPANDED ORGASM: A catch-all phrase for the art and science of giving and receiving different kinds of O's
~extended; whole-body; multiple; peak; valley; etc.~
EROTIC TRANCE-SEXUAL MEDITATION: Using eros to access altered states of feeling, awareness and experience
~everyday-mind unplugs from chatter & busy-ness while higher-mind/body plugs into...~
SENSUAL ENERGETICS: The cultivation and circulation of the subtle somatic energies that ignite with eros.
ORGASM MASTERY: The when and why of choice.
SACRED INTIMATE: Implies mutual interaction between provider and client in the sacred sexuality container.
SYMBOLIC LANGUAGE: Some of the language on this site is esoteric/symbolic. In western terms the energy we are working with is electro-chemical and is scientifically measurable and congruent.
THE METHODOLOGY MATRIX: All the juicy elements for the enhancement of erotic awareness and experience. Totally coherent & customizable
EASTERN-ANCIENT: Tantra, Kama Sutra, Taoist Sexuality,
WESTERN-CONTEMPORARY: Conscious BDSM; Sexual Psychology; Emotional Intelligence, Eastern practices that have evolved into unique Western versions; Quodoshka; Contemporary Sexual Shamanism; Slow Sex
THE BODY EROTIC: All of the bodies ::: Physical, Mental, Energetic, Emotional, Spiritual ::: that make up our erotic experience