Neo-Tantric Uses of Sex to Explode Yourself into a New Being

Rosemary (Tantra) Bensko
5 min readDec 16, 2020
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Tantric sex has been used as a powerful tool meant for (among other things that may surprise you) the transformation of the psyche and body since ancient times. According to the claims of this form of yoga, we have at our disposal a pleasurable way to evolve ourselves through masturbation, Tantric massage, and exchange of sexual energies between people, with or without engaging in intercourse. According to the Tantras (a set of ancient encyclopedic books on many topics), our bodies have been designed with special pathways of electromagnetic energies through which sexual energies can be directed.

Sacred sexual practices are specific, elaborate, passed down through the generations, sometimes in secret, often without being allowed to be written down. Some secret societies use Tantra at their upper levels. Tantric magick supposedly helps accomplish goals and manifest what people want.

However, much deeper than magick is the non-egoistic focus on evolving the self. Much of Asian culture used to be organized around Tantric tools for enlightenment, though New Age Neo-Tantra leaves out the history about how it was also about war, sacrifice, control over Dakinis, and energy vampirism.

Now, the practice is hushed for the most part, gone underground in the East and has gotten popular in the West but…

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Rosemary (Tantra) Bensko

Gold-medal-winning psychological suspense novelist, writing Instructor, manuscript editor living in Berkeley.