SlaveCraft: Roadmaps for Erotic Servitude--Principles, Skills and Tools [Paperback]

Guy Baldwin (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1881943143 | ISBN-13: 978-1881943143 | Publication Date: April 2002

Guy Baldwin, author of Ties That Bind, joins forces with a grateful slave to produce this gripping and personal account on the subject of consenual slavery. Philosophical and intense, Slavercraft dares to delve beneath the surface of D/s relationships and gives us an intimate and revealing view from a rare perspective- that of a slave. The authors examine the psychology and spirituality behind the Master/ slave dynamic, and the result is a book that is resourceful, thought provoking and sexually charged. Beautifully written and intriguing, Slavecraft is sure to leave an impact.

Editorial Reviews

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Slavecraft delivers the unexpected impact of a spiritual treatise. -- Mark Thompson, editor of Leatherfolk

Slavecraft is an important book, one that can teach us more about manifesting our core desires in real relationships. -- Patrick Califia, M.A., author

About the Author

Guy Baldwin is a psychotherapist-educator whose clients include many men and women who engage in SM/leather/fetish/erotic play. He is a nationally sought after speaker and repsected writer on these subjects.

Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: Daedalus Pub Co (April 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1881943143
• ISBN-13: 978-1881943143
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #80,274 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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40 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book about Being, October 21, 2003

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Jazz Thomas (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SlaveCraft: Roadmaps for Erotic Servitude--Principles, Skills and Tools (Paperback)

If you're looking for a how-to book, this ain't it! However, if you're looking for a book to contribute to and strengthen your own foundation for slaving, you'll be turning the right pages here. I found this book to be very helpful, surprisingly from both the Master and slave perspectives. (I'm a switch, have a slave (of two years) and am now looking to practice deep submission with a particular Sir.) This book gives a good foundation for BEING slave, rather than DOING slave, and it is my belief that effective and natural DOING must be preceeded by strong and confident BEING. It's refreshing to find a book that comes from this approach, even though there are enough tips and practical "how-to" in this read. It was also nice to read a book about slaving written by a slave, who understands the nuances and character of a slave mindset! (This, rather than being written by Masters or scholars who approach slaving from an outsider's perspective, which all too often seems to be the case.) SlaveCraft does not have all the answers (and, really, what book possibly could), and Baldwin acknowledges that its contents is a narrative drawn from personal experience and practices -- not universal -- with hopes that these will be helpful to others. Pat Califia's postlude gives a nice balance to the book as well, though I prefer the author's writing style easier to absorb on a gut level than Mr. Califa's more cerebral syntax (meaning no disrespect). On the whole, this book gives the reader -- both Master and slave alike -- plenty to consider and digest.

20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The first review is way off base, September 13, 2002

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K. Borter "karen_b" (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SlaveCraft: Roadmaps for Erotic Servitude--Principles, Skills and Tools (Paperback)

This book not only gives great insight with useful tools, it offers the reader the chance to re-think how they are approaching this lifestyle and whether they are approaching it with a 'true' heart ...

Mentorship is useful, but seriously there are a lot of bottoms, submissives and slaves that not only do not have the resourses to find a mentor, but they are too shy to go out and find one.

I would have given this book WAY more then 5 stars but that was the highest possible score.

24 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Interesting but ulitimately unhelpful book, July 26, 2005

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Noir Girl "a kinky queer girl with a book fetish" (East Coast, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SlaveCraft: Roadmaps for Erotic Servitude--Principles, Skills and Tools (Paperback)

Several people suggested I read this book because they found it the best book about being a submissive, especially a service oriented one. While reading this book was interesting, I found almost nothing in it that would help me in my relationship with my mistress.

The goals and ideas Baldwin sets down are not ones that resonate with me. I read the whole book and felt frustrated that I wasn't getting what I wanted out of it. I didn't feel like I understood service submission any better than when I started the book.

Personally, I would suggest the two Miss Abernathy books. Epecially the work book which is full of exercises to do. I don't agree with everything she says, but I agree with most of it and I have found it extremely helpful.