To many of us the word masturbation has a bad taste. It is said to be sinful and make you deaf, lame and blind. Let's be honest and admit that almost all human beings masturbate since the discovery of their sexuality in childhood.

Masturbation is a very good way to overall self-acceptance and respect for your body as an earthly home for your spirit. If you practice physical self-love this way I guarantee you a much greater feeling of satisfaction and calmness of mind then when you use it as a quick way to get rid of tension.

The above mentioned quote of Woody Allen makes me smile, but it contains truth: accepting and enjoying self-stimulation is making love with your inner lover.

After this intro it shouldn't surprise you that many sex magicians suggest you start practicing sex magick with masturbation. It's simply the best way to learn to know your body, to explore your individual reactions and learn how to prolong orgasm. Another reason is that it makes you independent of a partner; it is a powerful sex magick technique in itself. And this explains why most sex magickal acts are auto-erotic.

The best known solo sex magick practice is one person raising magical energy by self-stimulation.

Another possibility is visualizing a god or goddess making love to you while you're masturbating. Gods and goddesses personify important human characteristics and talents/qualities, or aspects of life in their pure form. We can imagine ourselves in sexual union with a deity in case we wish to strengthen or emphasize these qualities in ourselves.

You may need help for a specific goal, for instance from a goddess of love, a god of healing or a god specialized in divination. If this is the case, start the ritual, arouse yourself and invoke the chosen god/goddess. Visualize the deity as vivid as you can with all your senses! Keep on repeating the name of your deity; at the moment of orgasm you channel the energy into your goal (something related to the deity).

You may wish the god's help to improve certain qualities in yourself, let's say intuition. In this case your 'goal' is projected inside yourself: while astrally making love you absorb the divine energy which will help you manifest that same energy yourself. Build up as much energy as you can and climax.

Thank and release the deity before you end the ritual! Working with a god/goddess can be intensely erotic. Deities are free from negative sexual conditioning, they will let go, and they bring along much energy.

Note: each deity has its own personality and they will bring it with during their loveplay. Therefore know who you invite. Working with deities is not something I would advice for beginning sex magicians.

You can go further by invoking a god/goddess into your own body. Here you deliberately surrender your ego. You offer yourself completely for a higher purpose. You can work this deep and intense sex magick as described above. At the end thank and release the deity!

Again: this is not for starting sex magicians. And never, never invoke an entity lower than a god/goddess/archangel into your body!

A technique between solo and duo sex magick is this: one magician fully concentrates on the magical goal, while a supportive partner arouses him/her. After having explored auto-erotic sex magick first, this is a good way to smoothly 'glide' into working with a partner.