The Master’s Manual: A Handbook Of Erotic Dominance

The Master's Manual The Master's Manual A Handbook of Erotic Dominance By Jack Rinella Edited by Joseph W. Bean Daedalus Publishing 2807 W. Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90042 This trade paperback is published by Daedalus Publishing 2807 W. Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90026 www.daedaluspublishing .com © 1995 by Jack Rinella . 2nd Edition 2006 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted , in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical , photocopying , recording , or otherwise, without the express prior permission of the author. Second Edition : 2006 ISBN : 1-881943-03-8 Library of Congress Card Catalog Number: 93-7 4629 Cover Design by Don Mooring Manufactured in the United States of America To Tom Brennan, whom I love very much and who ' s always been willing to listen. TABLE OF CONTENTS Editor's Note Chapter 1 An Introduction 2 What Is Leather? 3 The Making Of A Master 4 What We Really Need Is An Education 5 Reflections On A Scene 6 Why SM? 7 The Goals Of Leathersex 8 Why Am I Doing That to Him? de Sade's Not Into The Leather Scene 9 Ideas For A Master's Manual 10 11 A Natural Sense Of Balance 12 Leather Lit. 101 Sometimes Master, Sometimes Slave 13 14 The Question Of Equality 15 Making It More Than Interesting 16 It's A Matter Of Trust 17 The Thin Layer Of Civilization 18 Power 19 Slavery-Now That Says It All! 20 How To Be Your Master's Best Boy 21 Reality Therapy 22 Rope, Whips, And Other Dangers 23 Scenes That Go Wrong 24 What's In A Top's Toy Bag? 25 Serious Leather And Large Toys 26 Dungeons And Playrooms 9 11 17 21 25 29 33 37 41 45 51 55 59 65 69 73 77 81 85 93 97 101 107 113 117 123 127 Chapter 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 All Tied Up And Everywhere To Go Now Here's A Topic! Spare The Rod, Spoil The Slave? Those Two Points Of Pleasure It's Not The Clothespins Pain And The Leather Lifestyle Finding A Boy Contracts And Commitments Verbal Abuse So, What Are You Into? I Went To The Opera Instead Fucking So, You're A Top What Do We Do Next About The Author 131 135 139 145 149 153 157 165 173 177 183 187 191 195 199 EDITOR'S NOTE Editing this book has not been a grand give and take or a battle between the author and the beast (editor) as work on first books often is . It has been no battle at all. The author has presented his ideas and opinions honestly and in unambiguous language. My job has been to dot Is and cross Ts so that the author's thinking is conveyed to you clearly and without distraction . That, in and of itself, can be a tedious job, but not with this subject matter. I am glad I undertook the editing of The Master's Manual. Reading Jack Rinella this closely has been a learning experience, a thought-provoking and engaging challenge. Like any text on a subject so likely to be controversial, this book is a very personal document. The sense and substance of every one of these 40 pieces isunless I have erred in judgement or understanding-still entirely Jack's . His book bundles up his thinking and realistically reflects his mind. It proves that his is one of the voices we ought to hear in the on-going conversation in which we, the active leatherfolk of the 1990s, are working out our self-definitions, mapping out the territories of our lives , and staking out the frontiers of desire and experience we intend to explore. The Masters Manual stands as a significant contribution to the process of recording and determining who we are and what we are becoming . Any participation in that process-even one as slight as adjusting Rinella's punctuation-is valuable, and gives the participant a certain sense of fulfillment. Here, says the effect, you were a cog or a gear in the great machinery of becoming which is