I appreciate your personal perspective on the topic. Agreed that not all Poly people are swingers. But all Swingers are a form of Poly. Poly is the very “Big Umbrella” as you more or less pointed out. I attended a workshop many moons ago which had a literal, laminated “map” of all the many, many variations of Polyamory. Swinging was indeed just one corner of the Poly community. I also agree with you about the “clubbing” side of Swinging, and that is the cornerstone of this lesson, to differentiate expected behaviors between these two “clubbing” communities. Hopefully Swingers reading this will absorb the vast differences between proper behavior in a BDSM club versus what they are used to in an ordinary Swinger’s club.

It seems to me that Swingers promote themselves as “poly” without the “amory.” But at the end of the day, it’s “polyamory” and in my opinion you can’t just hack out the concept of “many loves”.

BDSM people and Swingers often have one thing in common that differentiates them from more private poly people: club culture. Both like to have events where they can get access to play spaces and / or people that they normally wouldn’t. That is a much more public kind of poly, and not all poly people are Swingers.

Very well said, and yes we have seen very similar instances at Rennaissance Faires and related events many times. At a certain point in the last few decades we even began to see vendors SELLING Leather Restraints & Collars! 😀

Please follow the explicitly detailed suggestions in this very lesson above. It literally tells you how and where to find a partner. The Crow Academy does not ever “hook people up.” Success in this depends on YOU getting out there and doing the work. Be aware that you should be nicely groomed and present yourself the very best you can.

Very well said and quite true. In the course of the formula described in this lesson, it is equally imperative – a “given” even – that the Dominant is seeking to be at their very best. The Dominant should inherently be working towards their own blissful “Flow State” drawing upon all the inspiration they can from and for their wonderful Submissive.

Hello Robert. I sent you the following information but have not heard back. Posting it here for you and others to read and hopefully respect…
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Hi Robert. The common error in this and all similar lines of thinking is the UTTER MYTH that somehow organized BDSM came into existence in the 1970’s from the gay leatherman community. Simply put, Hard NO.

BDSM is literally THOUSANDS of years older than that. 1000’s. You can dive into that factoid here amongst other places: https://arcaneadvice.com/all-lessons-a-z/the-global-history-of-bdsm-since-3000-b-c/

How this “BDSM Started in the 1970’s!!” silliness started is beyond me, and is shrouded in ignorance. What happened in the 1970’s is that the gay leather community codified a handful of specific Leatherman etiquette which they perpetuated Within Their Community. Full stop. Think of it like someone telling you that the Goths of the 1970’s “Started The Whole Style of Wearing Black Clothes!” You would laugh if someone said something that silly. Did the Goths take that style and seriously run with it? Yes. Did they invent the practice of wearing black clothing? No.

BDSM, as a consensual practice for attaining physiological bliss, is very, very old. It is therefore a GIVEN than to maintain such a practice between consenting adults – whether in ancient Egypt, Rome, Sumeria, or within Native American tribes – NATURALLY contained these same “pillars” although the term “Pillar” may not have been concurrent. The mechanics of successful BDSM require these simple elements: Trust, Honesty, and Communication, and as such it is guaranteed these elements were present, even if not codified into a formal system. The very language itself might have been lacking. For example, did you know that 2000 years ago the word “IMAGINATION” did not exist? So for all of us here in the modern world, that we can speak these 3 or 4 words – trust, honesty, communication, respect – is merely using the language we have to describe these excellent, ANCIENT concepts.

My recommendation is that you definitely dig into the utterly fascinating ancient history of BDSM, and rather than look for specific English Words, look for the actual concepts In Action, regardless of the words describing these concepts. 🙂