Good job, Simone! Great to see an Incubus in your Supernatural Ravishment Repertoire for a change. I liked this because of its surreality--it was very dream-like, which fits neatly into traditional, historical incubus/succubus lore. The narrative--as far as the sex and sensations go--is sizzling hot (no pun intended given the infernal protagonist)--the young woman beautiful, entranced, and in a state of total surrender to her darkest desires. The gothic touches--the cottage, creeping vines, lightning, thunder, and driving rain--add to the horrific, yet exhilarating dream state she's in. I say "dream state," since such an encounter can be a dark, sacrilegious, yearning deep from her unconscious--a summoning of an immortal, demonic entity with whom she can experience not only a perverse joy, but the autonomy--the agency--of individuality and personal liberty; of achieving transcendence via desecration and diving into the most forbidden practices. It brings to mind Aleister Crowley's breaking free of his restrictive religious upbringing with his over-the-top embrace of and engagement in wild sexual practices, both recreational and ritual--to achieve a new level of spiritual attainment via the shattering of taboo. Same principle underlies Hindu and Buddhist Tantric doctrine. Probably a far deeper level of interpretation of the tale than you intended, but when it comes to occult stuff, or anything horror or metaphysical/mystical--I'm right there! Anyway, another great piece. Incidentally, to put on my "esoteric lore nerd" hat, in accounts of "witches' sabbaths" which have come down (recorded by inquisitors, witchfinders general, and other sexually frustrated--and envious--men), demonic sex was far from ecstatic--the "witches" always reported the "demonic member" to be ice cold, and the congress fraught with mortal terror. But those guys were just a bunch of horny killjoys who made up criminal charges against the pretty, defenseless young women of whatever town they found themselves in, who refused their lecherous advances, and got burned alive because of it. Prudes are very troublesome in so many ways!
Thank you John. I am always intrigued by deeper interpretations of my tales as they often make me think of elements that, in retrospect, I was subconsciously aware of whilst I was writing them but had not made a deliberate effort to incorporate. I like my demons to have a slightly human side or at least a character so I will probably not use the 'ice cold member' reference (although I'll file it away in the back of my mind). Talking about sexually frustrated, envious men, you might like No More Virgins https://simonefrancis.substack.com/p/no-more-virgins It is a bit more tongue in cheek that a lot of my Supernatural Ravishment Repertoire (love that phrase). I like the idea of 'congress fraught with mortal terror' as this is a theme in a lot of my writing - women who are strong enough to expose themselves dangerous situations to achieve what they want.
Good job, Simone! Great to see an Incubus in your Supernatural Ravishment Repertoire for a change. I liked this because of its surreality--it was very dream-like, which fits neatly into traditional, historical incubus/succubus lore. The narrative--as far as the sex and sensations go--is sizzling hot (no pun intended given the infernal protagonist)--the young woman beautiful, entranced, and in a state of total surrender to her darkest desires. The gothic touches--the cottage, creeping vines, lightning, thunder, and driving rain--add to the horrific, yet exhilarating dream state she's in. I say "dream state," since such an encounter can be a dark, sacrilegious, yearning deep from her unconscious--a summoning of an immortal, demonic entity with whom she can experience not only a perverse joy, but the autonomy--the agency--of individuality and personal liberty; of achieving transcendence via desecration and diving into the most forbidden practices. It brings to mind Aleister Crowley's breaking free of his restrictive religious upbringing with his over-the-top embrace of and engagement in wild sexual practices, both recreational and ritual--to achieve a new level of spiritual attainment via the shattering of taboo. Same principle underlies Hindu and Buddhist Tantric doctrine. Probably a far deeper level of interpretation of the tale than you intended, but when it comes to occult stuff, or anything horror or metaphysical/mystical--I'm right there! Anyway, another great piece. Incidentally, to put on my "esoteric lore nerd" hat, in accounts of "witches' sabbaths" which have come down (recorded by inquisitors, witchfinders general, and other sexually frustrated--and envious--men), demonic sex was far from ecstatic--the "witches" always reported the "demonic member" to be ice cold, and the congress fraught with mortal terror. But those guys were just a bunch of horny killjoys who made up criminal charges against the pretty, defenseless young women of whatever town they found themselves in, who refused their lecherous advances, and got burned alive because of it. Prudes are very troublesome in so many ways!
Thank you John. I am always intrigued by deeper interpretations of my tales as they often make me think of elements that, in retrospect, I was subconsciously aware of whilst I was writing them but had not made a deliberate effort to incorporate. I like my demons to have a slightly human side or at least a character so I will probably not use the 'ice cold member' reference (although I'll file it away in the back of my mind). Talking about sexually frustrated, envious men, you might like No More Virgins https://simonefrancis.substack.com/p/no-more-virgins It is a bit more tongue in cheek that a lot of my Supernatural Ravishment Repertoire (love that phrase). I like the idea of 'congress fraught with mortal terror' as this is a theme in a lot of my writing - women who are strong enough to expose themselves dangerous situations to achieve what they want.