Those who've read this blog for a long time have likely noticed that I've never truly settled on a word for the space in which I play. Sometimes I call it my studio, my dungeon, my playspace. I've just never hit upon the word that properly fits the space as I see it, and at the same time is instantly recognizable to everyone who reads the blog.

That is because I view it as a sacred space. Sure it could be considered a studio, a dungeon, a playspace, but those terms are all woefully incomplete, as they do not convey the sacredness of the space. It could be considered a temple, but that word would not be properly recognized and understood by many who read my writings.

I believe that what I do, my bdsm and fetish explorations are sacred, and I believe that the space I do them in is sacred. Those activities and that space is also strikingly joyous and amazingly fulfilling. I find our language too limiting if I am to combine all of these attributes together, the sacred and the profane.

A bdsm scene or ritual is an extremely vulnerable time for the participants. A sacred space is a safe space in which that vulnerability can be manifested. A fetish ritual or scene is extremely intimate and sacred space, through its safety, allows an individual's emotionally protective barriers to fall away so that deep and lasting intimacy can be obtained.

We are all very different. We come from different class backgrounds, different gender identities, and different views of our sexual orientations, often-different cultures. Sacred space must be safe space for everyone, a safe space in which we can set aside our superficial differences and honor those shared activities and rituals by which we reach states of ecstatic bliss.

Sacred space implies a requirement for respect and reverence. Respect and reverence for each other, our time together, and our rituals. BDSM and fetish can be fun in many contexts, in many places, but it can also be so much more than just fun. It can take us to previously only imagined heights of ecstasy and bliss. Those heights require respect and reverence. I believe that my playspace, my sacred space, helps to create those feelings in all those who enter.

A dungeon is just a room with a bunch of bdsm equipment inside. So too can be sacred space. The intention of the people within that room is what makes the difference. Just as intention can make the difference between a scene that's just fun, and a scene that reaches the level of bliss.

I hope that you will come and join me in my sacred space; surely no finer place to suffer and serve has ever been created.