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definition.
    Telos is the magic you intend to conjure.
    Oh, duh, the intention. Grams totally was not into the
magical buzzwords. I flipped back to my bookmarked page.
    With your focus on your telos, it is time to bring your
life energy to the surface and get your magic back.
    Life energy? Grams taught me to conjure with intention and
spells, not life energy. How does one even conjure with that? But getting my
mojo back was the point. I had to read on.
    This Great Rite is rarely practiced in the modern craft.
It's considered taboo, its methods unorthodox to some covens. But this powerful
form of divinity will bring you a magical bounty and great personal
fulfillment.
    Well sign me up! I happily flipped the page. Then my jaw
dropped.
    There was a black and white sketch, smudged in places, of a
naked woman with long hair sitting against a rock beside a waterfall. Her legs
were slightly bent and open, one hand on her breast and the other exploring her
nether regions. Her head was back, resting on the rock, and her face was a mask
of pure ecstasy.
    I gulped and looked around, embarrassed. I was still
completely alone, so no one could see that I was reading some sort of homemade
porn. I squinted at the background of the picture. The location looked
strikingly similar to Diana's Pool.
    I allowed myself a moment to marvel at the coincidence. It
was a beautiful place, remote and wild, rocks all around a clear, crisp pool of
water. The small but powerful waterfall at one end cascaded into the pool,
churning up the water directly under it.
    With the shock of seeing the illicit illustration wearing
off, I read on.
    Sex magic is powerful magic. It captures your life force
and channels it into your telos; the resulting eruption conjures a spell that
is beyond your wildest imagination. It is the source of spiritual creation.
Just like a man and a woman make love to conceive a child, the act of sex magic
creates an explosive force on the spirit plane, and imbues your magic with
extraordinary power. Sex magic connects the mind to the body, the body to the
spirit, teasing out your magic until your final orgasm.
    I snickered. Forces and eruptions, shuddering and
explosions. This was one horny witch.
    I flipped through a few pages, fidgeting a little bit as the
sun's rays heated my skin.
    Solo Sex Magic. Do you need a partner for sex magic? In a
word, no. Of course, the more partners involved, the stronger the spell, the
better the result. But sex magic works just fine, even for the solitary witch.
    Harrumph. Solitary witch. That stung a bit. I read on.
    For solo practice, take a ritual bath. An outdoor lake or
stream is ideal to tap into the power of the earth, but a man made bathtub will
do. As you bathe, light four candles: one North, one South, one East and one West.
Once you recite your favorite cleansing incantation, you are ready to begin.
You can remain in the water or leave the ritual bath when you are ready to
embark on your journey. Now, chose your telos. This must be a single objective,
what you need your magic to accomplish. As you focus on your telos, consider
the following...
    I flipped the page and gasped. There was a sketched diagram
example of how to practice solo sex magic. My face flared and I glanced around,
making sure I was still alone. Beads of sweat dripped down my back.
    My sexual experiences were limited, not really by choice.
Between The Witchery, my cleaning job, and staying on top of my classes, my
days were pretty damn full. Romance wasn't exactly high priority. I had one
boyfriend before my life got uber complicated, and he took my virginity and
then took a hike. Which was really fine with me. My naive sex-pectations
included wine and candlelight and major orgasms. Instead we fumbled around his
boy-musty dorm room with the lights off, nothing but a four pack Yoohoo in the
fridge. At first it was slightly painful, and then it was over pretty damn
quick. We did it a few times more and while it didn't feel bad , I