Where there is light, there is shadow… and where there is shadow, there must be light. If there is one central psychological paradox that flummoxes most humans, it is this: our greatest virtues and our worst flaws are inextricably connected. They are two sides of the same coin. Archetypes are universal images that according to psychologist Carl Jung, form […]
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Art of Seduction Part III: The Power of Exclusivity
Value is in the Eye of the Beholder Today you can purchase a colorful bouquet of tulips from any florist or urban bodega for about the cost of two movie tickets, but in 16th Europe, a handful of tulips could be given in exchange for a house. A huge house. When the first bulbs arrived the […]
The Art of Seduction Part II: Isolation
This is a continuation of a three-part series titled “How to Seduce A Man: 3 Principles Every Woman Must Know”. If you haven’t already, please begin with Part I. I can remember the bonding that began the moment I arrived to the departure location for Le Diner en Blanc. It was just outside of Brooklyn’s Barclays from where […]
The Art of Seduction: 3 Tactics Every Woman Should Know (Part I)
What an Exclusive Pop-Up Party Taught Me About Seduction When I received a simple invitation to Le Diner en Blanc via text, I had one hand on my laptop, the other on a fork, and my mind completely in the clouds. That is to say, when I absentmindedly agreed, I had no idea what I was in […]
The Secret to Feminine Power: What the World’s Most Irresistible Women Know
From Josephine Baker, to Jacqueline Kennedy, Cleopatra and even Erykah Badu… Throughout history, we find a dazzling pantheon of seductive women who refused to behave and wait patiently for a hero. These women, seductresses as we’ve come to call them, instinctively recognize their innate power and exercise it with aplomb. They break barriers and hearts, […]
What Beyonce’s ‘Lemonade’ Reveals About Seduction & The (Secret) Power of Women
Beyonce’s visual album Lemonade is a smorgasbord of decadent imagery flush with stunning cultural references, from a gloriously terpsichorean Serena Williams to the Egyptian queen Nefertiti. But as a seduction devotee, the evocation of Oshun emerges as one of the film’s most beautiful, “teachable” moments. Oshun, an archetypal symbol for the feminine principle, serves as a meaningful guide. Through her […]
The One Quality That Makes A Woman Totally Irresistable
Every culture has a goddess of love. Whether she go by the name of Venus, Aphrodite, Ochun, Ishtar, Aditi, Xochiquetzal, Hathor, Freya, Erzuli, Mami Wati, or Yemanja—in every ancient culture we find a mighty woman who is celebrated and revered for her erotic charge and creative power. The process of gestation and childbirth began as […]
The Greatest Seductresses of All Time
I’ve been curating a list of the greatest seductresses of all time for several months now, and today I finally published it. To view the gallery, click here or scroll below. The final list contains 103 irresistible women whose exploits span thousands of years. From Cleopatra to Amal Clooney, some names will ring a historical bell, while others […]