Pains, lust, desire, all are primal basic urges and hungers that propell our existence. Just like the eros instinct, the thanatos instinct serves a basic need of survival, of constant self evolution, of a constant need for self betterment. Some of us live in pursuit of these urges. Always seeking the rush of adrenaline from one moment to the next. However, there is a different type of pain, the type that liberates the senses and the soul. How is one to dominate one's primal urges and base desires without first succumbing to them? Many see a dominant as a sadist who thrills in the rush of inflicting wanton unbridled pain on others, who simply relishes in breaking of body and will.

Photography copyrighted to Dominique Lefort - Rennes. "You were shaking and an air full of leaves flowed out of the dark falls of your hair down over the rapids of your knees until I touched you and you grew quiet and raised to me your hands and your eyes and showed me twice my face burning in amber . . ." --- W. S. Mervin, from Kore

Let me define for the difference between the sadist and the dominant. The sadist inflicts pain for the sake of pain itself with no regard for the needs of others but his/her own sake. A dominant might endulge in self pleasure via pain, but the dominant follows a moral code of self responsibility for their acolytes, subserviants, and lovers. There is an unspoken understanding of respect that comes from the sense of trust between the dominant and the acolyte. The acolyte surrenders out of free will to the dominant to learn and to reach a higher state of being. The dominant accepts the responsibility of this unconditional surrender of power and knows the limits of their acolytes. A dominant knows when to stop and how far to take things. The sadist who seeks unwanted self pleasure lacks these things. The pure sadist cares little for the consquences. The pure sadist holds no sense of morality whether dictated by society or by own self. The sadist exists for the sake of pain and fleeting carnal pleasures, emptiness of the soul.

A dominant is not a sadist and a sadist is not a dominant. Any one that says this to my face, will be laughed at. Domination is not about inflicting pain on others for the soul purpose of taking some perverse pleasure. An act without motive or reason, is just a simple drive. Simple drives are left to the realm of the Goddess lesser children, animals. What seperates homo sapiens or like is intellect. Those in society who are driven by sheer drives without intellect are inflicted by some maliase of the mind and soul. Some are lacking something or hiding their inadaquecies behind a false bravado of power.

We all are creatures of emotions, flesh, blood, and basic drives. It is simple biology that guides many of us. All of us are duality of sadistic and masochistic drives whether emotional, physial, or psychological. The difference is that while some are able to control these urges others are not. Some just go to one extreme of this duality turning it into a singular polarity. We all carry that darkness deep in side the recesses of our minds and souls that whispers for release, the seduces to try the forbidden. Many of us keep it hidden; some give into it totally getting lost, while a few are able to find a balance. Those that do have that balance bear the honor of being called of Dominants in the Imajian Landscape. These are Lords and Mistresses. Masters are poseurs who play childish games. To be a Dominante in the Imajian mind is to have a balance and control of those basic drives and to demand respect and authority by the simple of being. It demands the constant self discipline of body, mind, and emotions.

Photography copyrighted to Dominique Lefort - Rennes. "Wild, audacious, rebellious, ...half mad by nature; a creature made to tempt and to be tempted, to seduce and to fall, about whom there was but one certainty, that he was irreclaimable." -- John Murray on Lord Byron

Domination is not a game of breaking an already weak mind. Those that break the weak deserve to be trampled. A true Dominant does not pray on the weak and does not pray on others like a social parasite. It is not about subjecting another to our own will and whims for the sake of it. It's about presence and attitude. You are either born with it or not is the bottom line, no one learns to be a dominant. If you lack the basic inner strength, you can't join the ranks. It is not about wielding a whip and snapping it over a cowering creature that screams in agony. It is about liberating and bringing others to a new level of understanding. For me, I do not consider myself a sadist, but a mentor to those who seek to control the thresh hold of pain. For those who seek to transcendence beyond the physical coils of their own bodies. Those that seek my tutelage will discover that this is not about sex or kinky games. If they want those things, I will direct them to the nearest cheap brothel or so claimed house of pain. For me dominance is about control of one's urges and emotions under extreme duress. Dominance starts with oneself, then it extends to others. Holding a whip over another is not dominance but a cowardly act if you require sheer brutalization. Fear is a false illusion of control. It does not install true loyalty. Even the most oppressed raise up and over throw the so-called tyrants and sadists of the world. Mind you when I use the term sadist I don't just mean physical torment but emotional and psychological. Only the weak resort to such toys of torture. Do not come to me seeking sexual games of dominance or you will get more than you bargain for. Behind this beautiful physique and angelic face, hides a calculating intellectual who has been honed to the tribulations of the flesh.

I teach my acolytes or muses, the art of self-discipline over their base urges and desires. They learn how to separate mind from body. Pain is a tool to reach that means whether inflicted on others who willingly join us or on ourselves. Many societies have rites of passage that involve some form of physical duress. Some call these societies primitive, but they are not. They know what they are doing. They have learned to use pain as a stepping stone to a higher state of being.

Photography copyrighted to Dominique Lefort - Rennes. "... for love is as fierce as death, its jealousy bitter as the grave. Even its sparks are a raging fire, a devouring flame." -- from the Song of Songs

Once more do not come seeking me if you want to be a slave or are seeking some sort of sordid sexual pleasure. I'm a prick when it comes to my tastes and I'm very arrogant. Be warned if you approach me with some fancy notion of being whipped or tied up, you will be turned away. In order to catch my attention, you must have more just a pretty face or beautiful body. What thrills and stimulates me and my Muses are intellect and show of control. If you are in heat, I suggest a cold shower and self-gratification. Do not come knocking on my doors for I will just laugh in your face and send you on your merry way.

Photography copyrighted to Dominique Lefort - Rennes. "Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.'" - Edgar Allan Poe, In Art

My tastes are immaculate, opulent and expensive benefiting one of my rank and good breeding. If you cross the threshold of my private chambers', you will enter a world that will please the senses. My chamber suit is paneled in black silver – gold veined marble. Mirrors are strategically placed to capture the constant flickering of candlelight. Like any Imajian noble man, my bed rets on a modest dais of three tiers. The dais is made of sheer azure marble to contrast with the black of the paneled walls. Unlike, my mother who prefers opaque fabrics for bed curtains, I crave diaphanous fabrics like fine chiffon and tissue silks just like my sisters. I like to be enveloped but also like to watch my surroundings. Goblets of the finest crystal and canters filled with the finest of wines always await a midnight guest. By the large hearth, among the throw rugs and layers of comfortable brocade silks and crepe silk pillows, I can enlighten you with good stimulating conversation or if you are daring to risk, you can have your senses manipulated with scent, tone, and visual sensations. Touch is not needed to seduce another. Only those that lack imagination relay on such base notions of seduction. Seduction is an art, let me teach you.

Concept of the Path of Physical Transcedence and the Dark Muse, Anton, and all related materials are the intellectual propery of Grizell E. Blessing B. (GEBB), © 2001 - 2002.