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Sinergy -> RE: Kami (10/23/2006 9:47:11 AM)
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ORIGINAL: MasterFireMaam
A collar, certainly. Most are looking to have or give one.
Service, of some sort, certainly. Something that is willingly given in order to please BOTH partners, hopefully.
The finding of "The One" for many (not me).
The formation of "A household" for many (me!).
Master Fire
I have studied Shintoism at times in my life, and the problem I have with the
question the OP asks seems to be the need to find a "Kami" in a subject like BDSM. From my understanding of the Shinto belief in "Kami," it relates more to a spirit or entity which inhabits a place or thing. The Kami is inhabiting the place for it's own purposes, and to a believer in Shintoism, this Kami is respected and revered. If somebody has determined a Kami lives in a specific tree, they will tie a white rope around it to let other people know that this tree has a Kami in it.
When I was a kid I was wandering through a darker part of the woods next to small trickling creek one day and came upon a 4 inch high waterfall running off of moss covered rocks into a small pool. I have seen thousands upon thousands of waterfalls, but something about that one still haunts me to this day. I remember every outline, every rock, every flower, as if it was burned into my brain.
To a believer in Shintoism, they might take this sort of effect upon the viewer as indicating that this waterfall was home to a Kami.
Although I do get a sensation similar to the one I felt about that waterfall when I go into the dungeon at the Lair De Sade in Los Angeles. Although when I am there I am more interested in tying my submissive up with white ropes to the floor joists overhead. I am not sure I am doing this to honor the Kami of the Dungeon, though.
I would imagine that the OP meant, correct me if I am wrong, to ask "What is the spirit or essence of BDSM?"
Just me, could be wrong, but there you go.
Sinergy
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