The Deep Psychology of BDSM and Kink

Jungian and Archetypal Perspectives on the Soul’s Transgressive Necessities

By: Douglas Thomas

Narrated by: E.M. Burton, Bianca Drew

This fascinating volume investigates how the concept of soul is connected to BDSM and kink, exploring the world of alternative sexualities through the psychology of C. G. Jung and James Hillman as listeners are guided on a provocative, lively journey through darker aspects of the sexual imagination.

This book unveils surprising points of correspondence between the tortured fantasy-images of Jung's The Red Book and the modern world of BDSM and describes from Hillman's psychology a soul-centered perspective that affirms the psychological value of fantasy-images animating our human lives. The book considers the collective archetypal sources of historical trauma which have provided inspiration to some of the more disquieting aspects of BDSM and details how the deep psychology of BDSM creates a space to engage these practices. Kinksters and BDSM practitioners will discover a psychological language that clarifies and affirms why these activities and relationships can be so intimate, pleasurable, and transformative.

Psychotherapists and enthusiasts of Jungian and archetypal psychology will find fresh insights that support the practice of BDSM as a form of individuation.

Contains mature themes.

©2024 Douglas Thomas (P)2024 Tantor

understanding

A very informative book on what most people find to be
an uncomfortable subject to discuss.

Depth Psychology perspective on non-vanilla sexual practices.

This book is enlightening, fascinating, and fully encompassing. It is also an exemplary work of scholarship. Definitely read it if you want to deeply understand the transgressive necessities of the soul—and body.

Loved it

This was exactly what I wanted in a primer on theory. It is a thorough, academic discussion of what is happening at the psychological level in play.

Demystified a taboo with elegance and grace.

Very easy to listen and comprehend a topic that has come out of the shadows in recent years.

BDSM and Kink Psychology!

This book is over dramatize and it is very difficult to gain a full understanding of what BDSM and Kink Psychology is truly about. Many of the chapters speak from gay aspect of men and not the overall BDSM Community. The majority of the book is presented from a gay man’s aspect.