Dear Raven and Joshua: Questions and Answers About Master/Slave Relationships [Paperback]

Joshua Tenpenny (Author), Raven Kaldera (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 11, 2009

The world of consenting Master/slave relationships often seems murky and mysterious from an outsider's perspective, and there are few models for those who are tentatively venturing into it. When it's not just a fantasy any more, reality often turns out to be so different from fantasy that would-be owners and slaves don't know how to make it work in a sustainable way. This book is as far from fantasy as it gets. Written by a real-life Master/slave couple who counsel people in power-dynamic relationships, Dear Raven and Joshua answers real questions about real problems encountered in daily living with M/s. Whether you're playing part-time with a BDSM lifestyle, live in a leather household, or are attempting a 24/7 total power exchange, you'll find this book is a trouble-shooting resource you won't want to pass up.

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Alfred Press (August 11, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0578034603
• ISBN-13: 978-0578034607
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,342,561 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Raven Kaldera is a Northern-Tradition Pagan shaman, herbalist, astrologer, transgendered intersexual activist, homesteader, and founding member of the First Kingdom Church of Asphodel. He is also a teacher of BDSM spirituality, and an educator and presenter on many topics. He has written (or co-authored) all the books here and continues to add to the pile.

Raven's "hub" website, with links to all his other specific websites, is here:

http://www.ravenkaldera.org

and his shamanism website is here:

http://www.northernshamanism.org

'Tis an ill wind that blows no minds!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A breath of fresh air, September 14, 2009

By 

David Stein (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dear Raven and Joshua: Questions and Answers About Master/Slave Relationships (Paperback)

"Ask Raven and Joshua" is one of the most honest, realistic, and useful works on consensual Mastery/slavery that i've read. Based on their own experience, rather than theories or fantasies, it also draws on the experience of their many friends and acquaintances in the M/s scene. It also shows their willingness to do the hard thinking and problem solving that this challenging relationship needs if it is to succeed.

The Q&A format enables them to cover an extraordinary range of concerns (an index would have helped). The book is consistently readable and credible, as down to earth as the working farm the authors live on. What comes across is the everyday life together of a complicated man and his devoted servant, lover, and helpmate, not a fantasy scenario that is only trotted out at leather events or on weekends. Their relationship is a work in progress guided by love, humility (on both sides), honor, and a sense of humor.

Kudos to both Raven and Joshua, and thanks for sharing so much of their lives with readers.