Paradigms of Power: Styles of Master/slave Relationships

Collection of essays that are largely self congratulatory relationship stories with little explanation or context - for example, there are a lot of articles about the leather community, and how Bob likes the regimented style - but no descriptions or history or samples of what that actually means.

This is the perfect book for people who are wanting a peek into the many kinds of M/s relationships that are out there. Essays vary from 1950s lifestyle to Gor, Greek/Roman based relationships and several others. Raven Kaldera has put together a great collection of essays.

Let me put this very simply. Everything Raven Kaldera has produced is good. Some or much of it may not apply to you but he does not cover the basics, he goes straight to the meat of the topic with something useful. In this case, he did not write most of the book. He found people who do this and live this way every day to write about what they do, how they do it and why they do it. It is a little bit heavy on the Leather and Leather variations but some of what people do is very different from that or unique to them. In each chapter there is something new to learn and ideas which may carry over to what you do or what you are thinking about doing.I have been living this way for years and I still learned a lot from the book. It is the absolute best book available for someone who wants to live in a Master/slave relationship and wants to know how others do it before they decide what they want to do. There is literally no other book available like this especially since it is all first hand, this is how WE live writing.If you want to know how people really live this way, this is the first thing you should read. Every other book is about how some individual does it. If you only buy one book about how people live in a Master/slave relationship, this is the one to buy. I have been recommending it to people since it was published. I will continue to do so.

Really lacks depth and detail. The essays are very broad and almost seem made up due to the lack of detail and experiences. No discussion about positives or negatives, struggles, balances, and interplay between the partners.

I really enjoyed this book and how it talked about diffrent M/s styles. It helped me to understand that's in many of these different styles I feel like I would want a M to treat me.

The delivery was quick and shipped in bubble wrap envelope. This book gives in depth sight of various relationship dynamics of M/s relationships using essays from others. Very informative and recommended if you are a newcommer and even advanced into these types of dynamics. Read with an open mind and with understanding you will learn from the book about various paradigms and styles of relationships of the BDSM world.