Story time! I sanctified people during a squirt baptism at Burning Man? What? Why? Oh, check out the almost-embarassing punchline at the end 😭
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🪢 The Hermit doesn’t need someone to get all tied up. And to suspend themselves in the air? They can do that too. Learn about self-tie shibari through the lens of card 9, with illumination from rope enthusiast Joyful!
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Sources:
Tie rope: About (Sunga Konji)
What is Shibari? - History and Origin of Shibari (Alexander Night)
Self-tying (Shibari Study)
Shibari Self-Tying For Beginners: What You Should Know (Shibari Study)
Why You Should Self Tie In Shibari Rope Play (Lustery)
Shibari Self-Bondage: Building Trust with the Ancient Japanese Practice of Knots and Ropes (Akut)
How to Tie Yourself up With Rope (WikiHow)
How to Practice Shibari Alone (Shibari News)
Tying and Flying (Self Suspension)
🧛♀️ What’s in the portal between softness and (consensual) violence? Listen to Hannah Levy so openly divulge about the intimacy of biting, negotiation, vulnerability, and (surprise!) vampires!
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Want more of our guest, Hannah Levy?
Hannah's personal writing can be found at @hnnhlvy and hannaheve.substack.com, and you can browse The Rebis at @the__rebis and therebis.com!
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Sources:
How to (Safely) Bite Your Partner (Lascivity)
Biting Kink: A Form of Sensation Play in BDSM (MSOUL)
How To Passionately Bite Your Partner During Sex (Safely) (Bad Girls Bible)
Bite Me (Odaxelagnia) (Free the Kink)
Biting Kink (The Kink Life)
😈 Why would anyone want to be a brat? Explore playful resistance with the Chariot and listen to Lyndsay Jane’s powerful, magical testimony of how kink can connect with our liberation work as we explore rebellion and revolution through the lens of kinky brattiness.
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Want more of our guest, Lyndsay Jane?
Check out their recent music release on Spotify
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Sources:
Brat BDSM: What It Means To Be A Brat And How To Explore It Safely (Bad Girls Bible)
A beginner's guide to being a 'brat' in BDSM (Mashable)
Why brats are often misunderstood, what they are, and what they are NOT (Reddit)
Kinktionary: Brat (FetLife)
Brat BDSM: Everything You Want to Know About Brats (Erica Lust)
A Guide to BDSM Brats and Brat Taming (Bound Together)
What is a brat: another face of the submissive BDSM roles (Obedience App)
BDSM Brats: When Being Annoying Is…Kinky? (Grindr)
What Is A Brat Kink? And No, It Has Nothing To Do With Charli XCX (Betches)
Bratty Submissives (The Aftercare Lounge)
Unleash Your Inner Brat (Pure Romance)
🌹 What is the self, the other, and the magical in between? This week, Kinky Tarot links up with the Lovers to explore the care and spiciness of edging! An actual angel, Samar Jade (The Ensoulment Doula) shares poignant musings on embodied intimacy, edging, and getting creative with intimacy as a parent ✨
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Want more of our guest, the Ensoulment Doula?
Learn more about them and their work on their website and on Instagram
Get inspiration for telling your story in Crafting Your Personal Lore on August 10, 2025 on Zoom
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Sources:
What Is Edging? Sex Experts Explain the Popular Kink (Pop Sugar)
Everything you need to know about edging in sex (Medical News Today)
What is Edging? The Art of Building Up to Extremely Intense Orgasms (Vice)
Edging: Meaning, Techniques, and Why You Should Try It (Quinn)
What is Edging in Sex? (WebMD)
How do I get my partner to do THAT? And where can I find someone to teach me how to do THIS? Join Maria and the Hierophant as they explore teacher kinks, seeking kinky teachers, and Maria’s partner’s neurodivergent kink journey. You’ll find one of Maria’s little sex surprises if you listen close enough…
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Sources:
Scene Ideas for BDSM Play: Teacher/Professor and Student (House of Dasein)
Why Teachers Are Hot (Thought.is)
A Lust for Learning (College Stats)
A Beginner’s Guide for How to Be Kinky in a Relationship (Hold the Vision Therapy)
4 Tips For Proudly Introducing Kink Into Your Relationship, According to a Sexologist (Well and Good)
How to Introduce Kink Into Your Relationship (Paging Dr. NerdLove)
How to Introduce Your Partner to Kink (Black Love)
Ignite the Spark of Curiosity (Free the Kink)
Emperor Daddy’s not so bad. Or are they?
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Sources:
How to Be a Dom: A Complete Guide (Kinky Events)
How to Start Exploring Dominant and Submissive Relationship (Somatica Institute)
The Modern BDSM Glossary (Restrained Grace)
Encyclopedia of Kink & BDSM (Kynk 101)
Kink 101: A Beginner's Guide to Safe and Sensual BDSM Practices (Doreen Obrien)
Take off your shoes (and socks), we’re back with KINKY TAROT and we’re all about the feet. Empress Mirage joins us for our first interview and it’s so, so juicy.
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“Embarrassment” and “sexy” rarely go together, but it makes perfect sense to some kinksters! Join Maria as she digs deep into how the High Priestess’s vulnerability can inspire us to confront difficult feelings for an ultimate goal of pleasure.
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Aggressive and Humiliating Sexual Play: Occurrence Rates and Discordance Between the Sexes (National Library of Medicine)
Erotic Humiliation and Degradation (Deviance and Desire)
Why we enjoy being humiliated during sex (Mashable)
128 BDSM Humiliation & Degradation Kink Ideas (Bad Girls Bible)
Why Are Some People Aroused By Sexual Humiliation? (Sex and Psychology)
If Hearing How Disgusting You Are Turns You On, You’ve Got A Humiliation Kink (Elle India)
Maria explores impact play through the lens of the Magician’s arsenal of paddles and saddles. Think safewords, think science, think soreness.
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Mainstream, neurotypical narratives often paint the world of consent in black and white. But what about the rest of us? This episode we explore the question of whether there is a universally correct way to express consent.
Magical links
How to ace sex: Why enthusiastic consent doesn’t cut it by Lily Zheng
Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski
Ace by Angela Chen
What the hell do tarot and kink have to do with each other? Why does this podcast even exist? And who is it for? Listen for the answers to these questions!
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