CENTER FOR SEX AND CULTURE

 At Center for Sex and Culture. 1349 Mission Street, SF

Doors open at 5:30. The cost is $5 Janus members and reciprocal organizations, $15 all others. You do not need to be a member to attend. Janus programs are open to all attendees 18 years of age and older who have a personal, positive interest in BDSM.

Always find the most current information at the Society of Janus Programs blog: http://soj.org/blogs/programs

About Our Program
In this participatory lecture, join well-known educator Lee Harrington for a class on rituals and D/s relationships.

Rituals are a key part of any D/s relationship, whether we acknowledge them or not. From casual kisses as the door to formal slave poses, ritual objects such as collars to slave contracts, the BDSM world is rife with concepts of ritual- but what is a ritual?

What are the levels of ritualistic interaction we have between one another? Let’s look at rituals for day to day life (including how to get out of work or parent space), sacred time, intense connection, erotic play, solidifying relationships, changes within our relationships, and the taboo subject of the devastating loss of a relationship or its natural end.

From terminology to developing your own code of ethical interaction, this class covers a bevy of styles and types of interpersonal reactions.

Lee Harrington is an eclectic artist, spiritual and erotic educator, gender explorer and published author and editor on human sexuality and spiritual experience- including “Sacred Kink: The Eightfold Paths of BDSM and Beyond,” “Shibari You Can Use: Japanese Rope Bondage and Erotic Macramé” and the “Toybag Guide to Age Play”. He has also worked as an anthology editor on such projects as “Rope, Bondage, and Power.”

Well known for his fun and informative approach to education, he approaches sexuality as yet another art to master, or simply an art to enjoy to its fullest! He has been an active part of the international kink and sex positive communities for over 14 years, and his stories make people laugh while showing you that eroticism can be as serious, sexy, or silly as you make it.

Lee’s writings and photography have appeared in numerous anthologies including “Dark Moon Rising: Pagan BDSM and the Ordeal Path” (also under his previous pen name, Bridgett Harrington), and his image has been seen everywhere from PlayBoy TV to the pages of Skin Two Magazine.

To learn more about Lee visit passionandsoul.com.

The Society of Janus is a not-for-profit, all volunteer, San Francisco-based education and support organization devoted to the art of safe, consensual and non-exploitative BDSM.

The SOJ provides an opportunity to meet others with similar interests in a safe, relaxed atmosphere. Janus is a pansexual organization open to persons of all genders, sexual orientations, roles, and experience levels. Janus also provides a chance to get involved with the greater SF Bay Area BDSM community.