NSFW EP 432 Masks, Shadows & Sex Like LSD | Athos Khan

<p>Fair warning — this one is not safe for work. It&#39;s also not safe for anyone who wants to keep pretending that what happens in the bedroom has nothing to do with who you are everywhere else.</p><p>——</p><p>Athos Khan is a board-certified physician, Jungian-influenced philosopher, and author of several books on kink, intimacy, and the deeper psychology underneath both. He&#39;s been kinky since the beginning — and he&#39;s spent the last several years writing and thinking about why that matters far beyond the bedroom.</p><p><br></p><p>We go deep on things most people are too uncomfortable to say out loud. Why the West stripped the meaning out of sex and what that&#39;s actually costing us. Jung&#39;s conception of libido as a generative force — not just a rush to orgasm. Why great sex is dangerous, what your fantasies are actually pointing at symbolically, and why the shadow doesn&#39;t disappear just because you ignore it.</p><p><br></p><p>We also talk about what it means to orient all of this toward good — even when what you&#39;re doing looks, from the outside, like it has no business being called that.</p><p><br></p><p>If you&#39;ve ever felt like your sexuality was bigger than you knew how to hold, this episode might be the framework you didn&#39;t know you were looking for.</p><p><br></p><p>——</p><p><br></p><p>Connect with Athos:</p><p><a href="https://substack.com/@deeperkink" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Substack</a></p><p><a href="www.youtube.com/@integrativebdsm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">YouTube</a></p><p>Books — available on Amazon: </p><p><a href="https://amzn.to/4eYJUCj" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Love is a Kink</a> | <a href="https://amzn.to/4b95Ppb" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">The Architecture of Intimacy</a> | <a href="https://amzn.to/4wnhkS5" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Structuring Desire</a></p><p><br></p><p>——</p><p><br></p><p>You might also enjoy these related conversations:</p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/5LirIOwHFJeJASdbZEZq9g?si=htVI5DcyT3q1QnYaV2232A" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">The Deep Psychology of BDSM &amp; Kink w/ Dr. Douglas Thomas</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/6LZS5480saXFvtd5bfDLDU?si=gKVGjDYPTt-YNWMBmlnhBg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">EP 415 — Living an UNtamed Life by Following Your Truth | Kati Bird</a></p><p><br></p><p>——</p><p><br></p><p>Men ––<a href="https://www.manuncivi