Seduction

One of the most fascinating things I've experienced is the interaction between two people. How small gestures and words can bring a person to their knees or make their day.

Thousands of years ago, power was mostly gained through physical violence and maintained with brute strength. There was little need for subtlety- a king or emperor had to be merciless. Only a very select few had power, but no one suffered under this scheme of things more than women. They had no way to compete, no weapon they could use to make a man do what they wanted- politically, socially, or even in the home.

Of course men has one weakness: their insatiable desire for sex. A woman could always toy with this desire, but once she gave in to sex the man was back in control; and if she withheld sex, he could simply look for it elsewhere- or exert force. What good was a power that was so temporary and frail? Some women have no choice but to give in to this condition. There were some, though, whose hunger for power was too great, and who, over the years through much cleverness and creativity, invented a way of turning the dynamic around, creating a more lasting and effective form of power.


People are constantly trying to influence us, to tell us what to do, and just as often we tune them out, resisting their attempts at persuasion. There is a moment in our lives, however, when we all act differently- when we are in love. We fall under a mystic spell. Our mind are usually preoccupied with our own concerns; now they become filled with thoughts of loved ones. We grow emotional, lose the ability to think straight, act in foolish ways, that we could never do otherwise. If this goes on long enough something insides us gives way: we surrender to the will of the loved one, and to our desire to possess them.

Seducers are people who understand the tremendous power contained in such moments of surrender. They study and analyze what happens when people are in love, study the psychological components of the process. What spurs the imagination, what casts a spells, what works. By instinct and through practice they master the art of making people fall in love. People need to understand that love is much more effective to create than lust. A person in love is emotional, pliable, and easily misled. A person in lust is harder to control, and once satisfied, they may easily leave you.

It is pointless to argue against such power, to imagine that you are not interested at it, or that it is evil and ugly. The harder you try to resist the lure of seduction as an idea, as a form of power, the more you will find yourself fascinated. The reason is simple: most of us have known the power of having someone fall in love with us. Our everyday actions, gestures, the things we say, all have positive effects on this person; we may not completely understand what we have done right, but this feeling of power is intoxicating. It gives us a boost of confidence, which makes us more seductive. These moments of power are fleeting, but they stay in the memory with great intensity. We want them back. Nobody likes to feel shy, or timid or unable to reach to people.