Body Modifications

"Wilhelm Stekel believed that fetishism was not only a religion but a form of true asceticism in that it avoids so-called 'normal' sexual intercourse." from here

Tight-lacing
with corset designer Pearl, which leads back to Fakir Musafar.

A photographer and "father of the modern primitive movement" that explore spirituality though the body, which bring us back to needle and suspension play: Fakir Musafar, "Perfect Gentleman, Self Portrait", 1959, Edition 25

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