Black Tantra defies strict definition. Black isn’t a color, it’s a total absence of light, pure darkness. Broad interpretations accompany this discipline shrouded in taboos and warnings. It’s used by some, especially traditionalists, to describe any tantric practice that includes ejaculation, considering it sinful. Historically however, it involves dark forces, re-absorption of the sperm, virtually or physically into the urethra, through the power of the mind. Some consider it to be anal sex during Tantra, although for altruistic purposes, this same practice is sometimes considered as Dark or Red Tantra. In more radical and sinister forms, Black Tantra is associated with manipulation of kundalini energy through redirection and control by the mind. A gland near the tailbone is often focused on; its function not defined by western physiologists, but sometimes refered to as the Kundalini gland. Visualizations and rituals involving dense energies are employed to attempt transformation of beings into semi-demons and Black Tantra Magicians. Simply put, Black Tantra utilizes subconscious creative power accessed during sexual arousal that is totally disassociated from love and God, the purpose being to manipulate others. Warnings about needing a guide are based on the dangers of such practices. Plastic Gurus and genuine real-life Drukpas in Asia exploit others and their wallets, turning them into psychic slaves through Tantric Sex Vampirism, and various forms of thought control that feeds off the human energy of others. Many have returned from Asia in much worse shape than when they arrived, very ill and carrying a lot of undesirable baggage along.

For those who insist on the nonexistence of anything Divine, their hopelessness can find refuge in celebrations of a Tantric Black Mass (Black Sabbath). It’s kind of like proclaiming, “OK God, if you really do exist, come down here and kick my sorry butt!” When a Tantric Black Mass is carried out with sincerity to gain personal power, it inverts normal tantric practices. The idea is to become liberated from Christian symbolism through defiance, using eroticism to free individuals from superstition. Rituals, restraints and exchange of bodily fluids might include black candles carefully arranged to allow dark energies access to the fun and games. Re-absorption of fluids, combined with manifestation and exchange of evil essences are intended to provide a long night filled with thrills and excitement, and a permanent reservation where it never gets cold. I think of malevolent flavored Black Tantra as anti-Tantra, an oxymoron, a contradiction in terms, since Tantra is illumination accompanied by expansion, liberty, and integration.  Black Magic is a better way to describe a discipline nobody is supposed to reveal or talk about, as if Hollywood movies and certain musical groups haven’t already given us the needed instructions.

In its best manifestations, governed by discipline and integrity, alchemical transmutations can be precipitated by Dark and Black Tantra, but not always controlled. On the path of alchemy, we are all victims and masters, capable of being caught in cosmic crossfire, and prey to some form of astral vampirism. In its worst manifestations, Black Tantra is ‘the Devil’s Tail Tantra’, involving psychic vampirism, hungry ghosts, astral attacks, mind control, brainwashing, and a sidereal swamp of psychosomatic consequences from suggestions planted, and rituals observed. If you like violence and bloody video games, horror films, despair, and taking a chance swimming in some psychic swamp, you don’t have to practice Satan’s version of Black Tantra to experience the dark side if you live near a Blockbuster Video and Game Rental Store.