The Gorean Slavery

Code d’ Odalisque is a complete system of consensual erotic slavery. The other modern system popular in BDSM sub-culture is known as “Gorean” or the “Gor” system. This is based upon the fictional works of John Norman, pseudonym of the philosopher Professor John Frederick Lange Jr. Beginning in the 1970s, and drawing upon the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Professor Lange has used fantasy fiction novels to illustrate his philosophy of “ethical naturalism”. From the 1980s onwards groups of people have translated the life described in this male adventure fantasy fiction into a real life sub-culture.

The novels describe a detailed system of slavery in which males are naturally Masters over women. The Gorean system is extracted from the novels. Goreans enact the slave system described in the novels. The system evokes a world of hunter/warriors – the noble barbarian – who, by virtue of his strength, is a Master over female slaves called “kajira”. The philosophy and ethics of the Gor system is Neitzchean – the refinement and nobility of power. A modern primitivism.

Gor is a beautiful system and it suits a certain temperament. There are many points on which it resembles Code d’ Odalisque. Both systems are male dom/ fem sub, for instance. But Code d’ O is a different system that draws upon different inspiration. The underlying philosophy might be described as “enlightened hedonism”, and it appeals to historical models from a later era. Gor takes its aesthetics from the European barbarian era. Code d’ O looks to the more sophisticated, urban slavery of the orient, up to and including the Ottoman Empire.

There is no quarrel or competition between Gor and Code d’ Ode. The systems appeal to different types of people. But it is useful to appreciate the differences between the systems. It helps to compare Gor and Code d’ Ode. The distinctive features of Code d’ Ode are better understood by comparing it to the Gorean system. Gor is tribal, primitivist, glorifying the ‘Order of Nature’ and offers an implicit critique of modern abstraction and alienation. Code d’ Ode is from a later phase of civilization. It is the slavery of the urban sophisticate, bourgeois decadence. This is why, for example, it takes the form of a quasi-legal codification. In this phase of history slavery is regulated to the life of the literate urban trader, a structured corporate world of contracts and rules. Gor is a system for the alpha male. Code d’ Ode is not rooted in such naturalism. It is a system – an indulgence - for educated, successful urban gentlemen.

Qualities of a Slavekeeper

To be a successful Keeper of an odalisque a man needs certain qualities. One does not need to be a “Dom” in the technical sense and nor does one need a lot of experience in the Master/slave or dominant/submissive lifestyle, but there are certain traits that are essential. Not every man can be a Slavekeeper, anymore than every woman can be an odalisque. It requires aptitude and the right approach. Unfortunately, experience has shown that the necessary qualities are often in short supply in the modern man. It is often easier to find a woman suited to the odalisque role than it is to find a man suited to be a Slavemaster. Here are some of the key qualities that a man needs if he is to consider owning an odalisque:

Sanity

A Slavekeeper needs to be sane and stable. It is a sad fact that many guys who trawl the BDSM scene are neither. Guys who have a history of mental illness and related disorders such as delusions of grandeur are disqualified.

Peacefulness

A Slavekeeper must be able to hold his peace. Guys with short tempers or who are prone to bouts of anger or violence are disqualified. A Keeper must have a deep and lasting commitment to the principle of peace in personal relations. Guys with a history of domestic violence don't make the grade.

Sexuality

A Slavekeeper is necessarily a sexual man. He loves sex, needs sex, enjoys sex. He is a phallic being. He must have a deep, wholesome love of sex, and heterosexual sex in particular. Neurotic guys who have serious sexual hang-ups or guys who are repressed homosexuals are disqualified. One owns an odalisque for sexual fulfilment and for no other reason. Guys who are motivated by power rather than sex are disqualified.

Women-lovers

A Slavekeeper must love women. They must enjoy females and the company of females and have a deep respect for the feminine. Macho guys, women-haters and “men's men” are disqualified. 

Maturity

A Slavekeeper must be mature and sensible and have insights into himself. He must have seen a bit of life and know how to behave responsibly and appropriately. Immature fools, loudmouths, jack-asses and dickheads are disqualified. 

Generosity

A Slavekeeper must be generous of nature in all departments of life. He is a generous friend to his friends and is always ready to put others ahead of himself. Selfishness and mean-spiritedness disqualify a man from the Keepers role. 

Patience

A Slavekeeper must be patient. He is not easily frustrated. He sets clear goals and works towards them in a steady manner. Impatience is a sure sign that a guy is not suitable for the Keepers role.

Chivalry

A Slavekeeper must be chivalrous and courteous. He is well-mannered, polite and behaves in a gallant and respectful manner towards women. Guys who are coarse, loud, abusive or rough are disqualified.

Refinement

A Slavekeeper must have a degree of refinement. He has refined tastes. Guys who are all beer, pool and football are unlikely to make good Slavekeepers under Code d' Odalisque. These things are fine in themselves but a Slavekeeper needs a broader and more nuanced range of interests and appreciates some of the finer things in life as well.


This list is not exhaustive, but it does provide a sketch of the traits that are essential. There are other styles of slave play (such as Gorean) for other types of men. Code d' Ode is designed more for the urbane, sophisticated gentleman than for the Conan-the-barbarian type. Read through the above list again and ask yourself honestly - “Is keeping an odalisque really for me?”

Power Exchange in Code d' Odalisque

Question: How is Code d’ Ode different to the rest of BDSM?

Answer: It is part of BDSM, by any definition, but it is a distinct system of consensual slavery. It is different and distinct in many ways. For example, it does nopt include sado-masochism and it is not based – first and foremost - on “power exchange”. It is not about “power exchange”, as such.

Question: Isn’t all consensual slavery about power exchange? Person A surrenders power to Person B. So Code d’ Ode is no different, is it?

Answer: That is true. By definition slavery is a power exchange. Necessarily so. So there is power exchange, of course. But in Code d’ Ode, power exchange is not the point of or the focus of play. It is about pleasure, not power. There is an exchange of power in order to facilitate pleasure and the pursuit of pleasure. The real dynamic is “fantasy projection” – the sharing of sexual fantasy. Power itself is not the enjoyment. And in that regard Code d’ Ode is different to much of what we might call mainstream BDSM, which is about power exchange. People enjoy power. People get off on power. But Code d’ Ode is not about the enjoyment of power – not primarily.

This follows from Code d’ Ode being non-violent, hedonistic and non-sado-masochistic. Because violence, inflicting pain, sado-masochism – these are about power. Power exchange – where it is an end in itself – naturally extends to that exercise of power we call violence. In BDSM people explore power exchange, including dabbling in controlled and consensual violence. Spanking, whipping, torture – these things are about power, obviously. The thrill is in the power. The thrill of wielding it and the thrill of surrendering it. This is why some people argue that BDSM is not essentially sexual. It is not about sex. It is about power.

Play in Code d’ Ode is not primarily about power. Of course, there is power exchange. The slave surrenders power and the Slavekeeper wields it. And that may be enjoyable in itself, but it is not thrill of it. Power exchange – slave to Master – is only a function necessary to the main game: the pursuit of sexual pleasure and sexual exploration. Code d’ Odalisque is hedonistic. It is not about power. It is about pleasure. It is about sex. It uses power – of course. But it is about pleasure. There is the pleasure of power too – we do not deny it! But the focus is upon sexual pleasure and sexual fantasy.

The exact psychology of Code d’ Odalisque is as follows:

Power exchange facilitates fantasy projection. Person A surrenders power to Person B so that fantasy projection may occur. Power exchange is not an end in itself. Power exchange is not the thrill. The thrill is fantasy projection.

That is different than in most BDSM.

Fantasy projection is a different modus operandi. It involves the projection of sexual fantasy – a sexual energy – between Master and slave. There is power exchange, yes, but only in order to allow a situation in which fantasy projection can occur. This is where the female slave becomes an “image” (simulacra) of her Master’s inner “fantasy female”.

Another consequence of this is summed up in the slogan ‘Man is her Master. Cock is her god.’ The slave in Code d’ Odalisque is not centred upon the personality of her Master. She is a sex slave. Cock is her god. In standard BDSM slave-play the slave will often be consumed by the dominant personality of her Master. He will be regarded like a demigod. The slave worships her Master. This is because of the power exchange between them. There is a concentration of power in the Master; he becomes a little god, a guru.

Code d’ Ode has a different emphasis. The odalisque is phallocentric. She obeys her Master, but it is cock she worships. It is an important distinction. There are no personality cults in Code d’ Odalisque. The slave is less wrapped up in the personality of her Master. Her surrender, finally, is to cock, not to him. Accordingly, a Slavemaster in Code d’ Ode need not be an alpha-male with a powerful personality. He need not embody authority and power in himself. Code d’ Ode does not empower the Slavemaster to the same degree as much BDSM power exchange. There is limited power exchange. Beyond that the dynamics of Code d’ Ode is through the projection of sexual fantasy.

The distinction is plain in practice: In “power exchange” a woman will enjoy being tied up and the Master will enjoy tying her up. That is the point of the play. Often there is no sex involved. Often the bondage will extend to controlled violence – paddling, spanking, whipping. All “power exchange”.

In Code d’ Ode, while the tying up might be enjoyable in itself, it is really just a preparation for the main event: the sexual enjoyment of the bound slave. The emphasis is on the sex, not on the bondage. Power exchange is not an end in itself.

Keeping an Odalisque

Keeping an odalisque: some basic preparatory points. These are some basic things to note if you are at the beginning of owning a cockslave. 

*You are Slavekeeper. Your odalisque is slave. Owning a slave is a responsibility and a privilege. A Keeper must keep his slave. You must feed, accommodate and look after your slave. 

*Your odalisque is a captive sex slave. You keep her as a captive. You do so in order to use her for your sexual enjoyment. 

*She cannot be used as a work slave. Her only task is sex. She does not cook or clean. As Keeper, you will need to organize cooking and cleaning both for yourself and for her. 

*Your slave is a secret captive. She is hidden from the world. She is kept in “occlusion”. Treat your slave as a secret. Keep your slave lifestyle a secret. 

*The slave is forbidden to leave the house without express permission. The Keeper should establish rules about this and about her behavior outside the house (sojourn). The less time the slave spends in sojourn the better. The more time she spends in occlusion the better. 

*You control your slave’s clothing. Her natural state is completely naked. She should be allowed appropriate garments but kept “essentially naked.” 

*Because your slave is kept naked or semi-naked you need to provide appropriate heating. 

*Your slave must have access to bath and shower (and spa, where possible). An odalisque should spend a lot of her time washing, relaxing, preening, preparing herself for the use of her Master. 

*Instruct your slave in your preferences regarding her presentation to you. Tell her how you want her to present herself. With her hair up or down? Her pubic hair trimmed or shaven? Etc. 

*The slave should wear an “attar” – that is, a distinctive perfume. Make sure she wears this perfume whenever she is in active service as odalisque. 

*Encourage a “service ethic” in the slave. She should be eager to serve and proud to do her job well. 

*Establish a routine for the slave. Her life should be restrictive and structured. She is a captive, not a freewoman. 

*The slave should be nurtured – this requires that she goes on sojourn for some things. Allow her to go for walks, or swimming, or to piano lessons, or yoga classes, or French lessons, or other activities outside the house, as arranged. The Slavekeeper must pay for these activities. 

*Your odalisque has her own room – her odella. It should be comfortable, heated, private. She spends most of her time as captive in her odella. 

*Adjust your slave’s sleeping so that she lives mostly at night. An odalisque is a creature of the night. Let her sleep until mid to late afternoon. 

*Ensure that all contracts and guidelines are in order before any play begins. Give proper attention to matters of consent, safety and legality. 

*Discuss contraception with your slave from the very beginning. There is a heavy responsibility upon a Slavekeeper to not let his odalisque fall pregnant. 

*Discuss the question of guests with your slave from the very beginning. The default position is that a Keeper may share his slave with other gentlemen. Does the slave agree with this? If so, under what conditions? 

*Teach the slave the basic slave positions. Construct slave play around the slave postures and commands. Let it be formal but not military-style. 

*A Slavekeeper should acquire a suitable sword as emblem of his authority over his slave. An odalisque lives “under the sword”. Where there is no sword a cane can be substituted as a makeshift sword. 

*Require the slave to say certain things in French. Start with using “oui” instead of “yes”. Control her speech. Set rules. 

*Use bondage and confinement (cages etc.) to instill a captive mentality into the slave. 

*Be clear in your own mind about how you want to use your slave. What do you want her to do sexually? How do you want to use her? Be creative. 

A Simple Aptitude Test

The odalisque lifestyle is not suited for every woman, and not even for all sex-crazed cockworshipping women. It is a lifestyle of sexual submission. It is suited only to certain psychological types. True odalisques are rare, but many women are well within the psychological range.

The important thing is that the odalisque lifestyle meets your needs. The important thing is that a woman finds the odalisque lifestyle fulfilling. It must fulfill her needs.

There are many common methods of psychological profiling. One of the most common is based on the theory that human beings have (at least) five basic needs, but that we all have different degrees of these. The five needs are: Security, Love,
Power, Freedom, Fun. Some people have a strong need for power. Some people have a strong need for fun. Some people have a strong need for security. Some people value their freedom above all else.

Obviously, the life of the cockslave is not suitable for someone who values freedom above all else, but a need for security and safety is compatible to the slave role.

Here is a simple test to determine your aptitude to the odalisque lifestyle. It requires that you ASSESS YOUR NEEDS. What are your needs? What motivates you?

Read through the following lists of statements:

SECURITY

I have a strong need for security and safety.
I am quite conservative.
I like set routines.
I like to be comfortable.

POWER

I need a sense of achievement.
I like to be in control.
I like to overcome challenges.
The approval of others is important to me.

FREEDOM

I am an independent person. I value my independence.
I like taking risks.
I don't like to be told what to do.
I like to solve problems by myself.

FUN

I gave a strong need for pleasure.
I am a spontaneous person.
I have a strong sense of play. I am playful.
I like adventure.

BELONGING

I have a strong need to belong (to somewhere or someone).
I like to feel connected to other people.
I like to share. Sharing is an important value for me.

Now arrange these categories in order according to your own needs. Which need is strongest in you? The need for security? The need for love? The need for power? The need for fun?

The test will work better if you also ask someone who knows you well to arrange them in order according to how they think of you.

Spend some time getting them into the right order. From your strongest needs to your weakest needs. What is really important to you?

If you have any aptitude for the odalisque lifestyle then your needs should be roughly in this order:

SECURITY
BELONGING
FUN
POWER
FREEDOM

or

BELONGING
SECURITY
FUN
POWER
FREEDOM

Security, Belonging and Fun are the things that will be important to you. Typically, Security and Belonging are most important. Fun will be third. Freedom and Power will be the things that are least important to the odalisque type.

Women who are sluts (rather than slaves) will be likely to value Fun and Freedom above all things. The slut is sex-loving but the important thing to her is her right to move on. Her love of sex must be in the context of freedom and independence. The feeling of being owned by a man (Belonging) kills her libido.

Women who are whores (rather than sluts or slaves) will be likely to value Security, Power and Freedom ahead of Belonging or Fun. They are interested in sex only as a means to other things.

The odalisque wants (sexual) fun and adventure but she wants it in a secure setting. And she has a strong need to belong. She wants to feel owned. She wants to feel possessed. Freedom and power mean nothing to her. She will happily give away her freedom and power for Security, Belonging and Fun.

The difference between an odalisque and a (typical) wife (a husband/wife relationship) is that a wife values Power much more than Fun. The profile of a (typical) wife will be:

SECURITY
BELONGING
POWER
FREEDOM
FUN

Such women are motivated by the need for security and belonging, just as the odalisque is, but the odalisque is more motivated by (sexual) Fun. The odalisque is happy to give up her Power. But Power is important to the wife type – much more important than fun. The wife role is not essentially sexual. The odalisque role is.

Decor - First Position

17.3. - Decor 

An odalisque shall be trained to stand to the position called "Decor" or "First Position" or sometimes just "First". This is the basic standing position. 

An odalisque shall stand upright and shall not slouch. The slave should stand in a relaxed way, the heel of one foot nestling into or near the arch of the other, as is comfortable. The feet are not in a level military position. 

The slave may move her weight to either foot. The arms should hang naturally, the hands folded right over left over the pubic region. 

Head and eyes should be slightly lowered. It is a demur, modest position. 

The command for this position is a single hand-clap.

Orgasm Torture

Code d’ Odalisque is non-violent. It does not employ methods of sadomasochism. An odalisque is preserved from pain and rough treatment. She is a pleasure slave, treasured and protected.

But this does not mean that she cannot be subjected to certain violent pleasures. Pleasure can be as intense and as extreme as pain. An odalisque can be submitted to extremes of pleasure. She can be tormented, tortured with pleasure. There is no pleasure in violence, but there can be violent measures of pleasure.

Just because Code d’ Ode does not use S &M does not mean it is necessarily mild and vanilla. Play is not necessarily soft. Women who enjoy S & M enjoy the power of pain to take them into deeper zones of submission. These same zones can also be reached through pleasure. There are tools other than pain. There are other ways into the heart of a slave. An odalisque may be submitted to intense, even extreme methods including torture by pleasure or, more specifically, orgasm torture.

The human female orgasm, let us recall, is one of the most violent phenomena in mammilian sexuality. It is usually much deeper and more transforming than the male orgasm. The female climax has great power: this power can be used in the training and enjoyment of cockslaves.

The basic method is simple:

The slave is constrained or positioned suitably and is then subject to prolonged and intense sexual stimulation until she orgasms. This is then repeated until she is exhausted or begs for mercy. 

Sexual stimulation can take any number of forms – digital, phallic, oral - including the use of vibrators and other electronic devices. Or a Keeper may enlist the aid of other gentlemen. Whatever it takes to get her off.

Typically, in this type of play, the slave is given permission to be vocal, to speak, cry, groan, yell in an uninhibited way. Open throated delight. Or, the slave is gagged. Gagged. Bound. Blindfolded. Or this might be an occasion for erotic chant. These are all matters of creative play.

Needless to say, bringing a woman to multiple thunderous orgasms requires some skill and finesse. The Keeper (or Trainer) should know the slave’s responses and – patiently - provoke intense, dramatic, deep, shuddering orgasms in her. He goes to work on her. She surrenders her body to him. He pleasures her until she cums. And cums. And cums.

If she cannot continue climaxing then he pushes her to the highest plateau of pleasure he can, and he keeps her there. Often, after a long duration, she will suddenly crash into climax. Otherwise, he pleasures her to exhaustion.

He should then use the power unleashed by these peaks of pleasure to shatter the slave, destroy her, reduce her to a sobbing, quivering mess. He uses orgasm torture to take her deep into sexual submission. It is a technique of sexual catharsis. The most extreme form of this play takes the form of the slave being reduced to a sobbing, incoherent, shaking, throbbing, blithering, gasping mess. She is reduced to jelly.

A session of orgasm torture should be planned in advance. Prepare the saray. Devices of restraint. See that the slave is rested. Perhaps select the best time of her monthly cycle. Perhaps ply her with wine. Put out the ‘Do not disturb’ sign. Then devote a long, wild night to pleasuring her body to climax as often as you are able. Aim to demolish her. Don’t stop until she is destroyed.

Orgasm torture should be approached as a fine art. Those that enjoy S & M consider the delights of pain an art form. So too the erotic arts in Code d’ Odalisque. Here the slave is passive. She surrenders her body, her flesh, her cunt. Her Keeper (or Trainer) uses whatever means he needs to subject her to intense, debilitating pleasure, forcing her to cum again and again.

Comparative Sitting Positions

The following picture illustrates the basic sitting position for an odalisque under Code d' Odalisque. It is sometimes called "Second Position" or "Lelune" meaning "like a crescent moon" referring to the curve of the woman's back. Notice that her hands are on her knees, fingers outstretched. Her eyes are looking at her fingers.

This position is usually used for instruction purposes or while the slave is waiting. The slave is silent and still.

Compare the Code d' Ode position "Lelune" to the following picture. It illustrates the basic sitting position for female slaves in Gorean slavery. By extension it is commonly used in slave play throughout the BDSM sub-culture. The slave sits on her haunches. Note the position of the hands; on the thighs, palms upwards.

This Gorean position is not used in odalisque slavery. Code d' Odalisque includes a complete system of distinct slave positions. "Lelune" is position two. Slaves who serve under Code d' Odalisque should be instructed and trained in the appropriate slave positions. Perfecting some of these positions is an art form of elegance. Other positions are for sexual access or sexual display.

The Code - Seventh Edition

Code d' Odalisque has undergone several complete revisions since it was first assembled from various separate documents in the 1990s. The latest edition, fully revised, with notations and a wealth of additional useful material gleaned from practical experience is now available.

New in this edition: additional illustrations, corrected errors, extensive annotation and cross-references, general re-organisation, new introduction, added appendices including a complete ritual concerning the elevation of memlooks. And more.


Get your copy here:

Code d' Odalisque - Seventh Edition

The Promise of Pearls

An odalisque, by definition, is not a whore. She is not in the business of offering sex for reward. Any tendency in a slavewoman to seek rewards for her services should be discouraged and trained out of her. But Code d' odalisque does, all the same, make provision for a prize to go to odalisques of distinguished service - a string of black pearls. A Slavekeeper may make a 'Promise of Pearls' to his slave, usually consisting of a series of set "ordeals", and if the slavewoman completes them to her Master's satisfaction, then she is rewarded with a necklace of black pearls which, thereafter, is an emblem of her accomplishments and expertise.  

This is not an obligatory feature of play under the Code, but it provides a useful framework for creative slavekeeping and invokes a certain erotic symbolism that is typical of Code d' Odalisque. A "black pearl" is, in some archaic slang, a description of a woman's vaginal orifice (her "hole"). A string of black pearls therefore carries a corresponding sexual connotation. It signifies, to put it crudely, that a woman who wears a string of black pearls has opened her hole many times. We see this symbolism featuring in the erotica of the 1920s and 30s. 

Some of the relevant articles from the slavecode are reproduced below:

2.14 - Aspiring for pearls 

A Keeper may set his odalisque a program of sexual Ordeals to be endured during her slavery under him and promise her a string of black pearls if she completes them to his satisfaction. An odalisque aspires to wear her Keeper's pearls.

11.13. - The right to challenge an odalisque 

A Keeper may challenge his odalisque with a program of sexual Ordeals for her to endure, and promise her a string of black pearls if she completes them to his satisfaction.

18.1. - Reward for long and faithful service 

An odalisque’s reward for long and faithful service is a string of black pearls.113 Ordinarily, her Keeper will require her to submit to a series of sexual Ordeals and complete them to his satisfaction in order to win her pearls. 

18.5. - A Written Program of Ordeals 

A Keeper may set his program of Ordeals in writing to his slave along with a promise that upon completion of the program she will be awarded a string of pure black pearls as an emblem of her accomplishments. 

18.6. - A Promise of Pearls 

A document setting out a program of Ordeals, as well as the program itself, is formally called a 'Promise of Pearls'. The terms of the contract shall be that the odalisque shall aspire to win her pearls by demonstrations of her sexual prowess and the depths of her service to her Keeper's satisfaction. 

Video - The Odalisque's Life

Miss Angela - Realtor and Odalisque

Code d' Odalisque is flexible. It is possible for women to pursue careers and still enjoy a sex life based in female sexual service. 

Under Code d’ Odalisque there is a fundamental distinction between active play and the state called “sojourn” in which the odalisque may, with her Master’s permission, go out into the world like a freewoman. This arrangement allows for modern women to take on the odalisque role in a part-time capacity and it allows couples (Master and slave) to adapt their lifestyle to part-time play if a full-time undertaking is not possible for whatever reason (usually financial).

We became acquainted recently with Master J. and his slave Miss Angela who have a functioning odalisque lifestyle in which Miss Angela goes on sojourn for four days a week. She is, in fact, a successful junior realtor for a mid-west real estate firm. She is young (31yo) and attractive, well-educated, bright; but she happens to be sexually submissive and loves playing odalisque to her partner. Financially and otherwise they are not in a situation where she can indulge in this lifestyle on a full-time basis. At first they dabbled with slave-play, and then – after discovering the slave code and Code d’ Odalisque – they formalized the arrangement to three days and nights a week. Miss Angela – as per the Code – is officially a slave full-time, but she has permission from her Master to go into the working world on sojourn so that she can continue her career in realty.

This is a good example of what flexible arrangements are possible under the slave Code. The Code seems complex and restrictive (well, yes, it is a slave code, after all!) but in fact it is quite possible to adapt it to most modern lifestyles. When Miss Angela returns home from work she returns to the odalisque role, providing sexual service to her Master. This obviously suits her Master, but it is also a way she can explore and fulfill her own submissive fantasies. It provides them both with a fantasy framework for a rich and exciting sex life. It is necessarily a secret sex life – her work colleagues have no idea of her slave-identity, of course – but she manages to keep her job and her private life neatly separated without much trouble.

Cases such as Miss Angela also underline the fact that Code d’ Odalisque is about an exclusively sexual submission. A woman need not be submissive in other ways in order to be an odalisque. In some female submissive/ male dominant lifestyles females are regarded as fully submissive to men. Often, in fact, they may be deemed inherently inferior creatures. People in such lifestyles revert back to old stereotypical gender roles.

But Code d’ Odalisque offers a further possibility – it allows women to be intelligent, active modern women in the field of business and perhaps in other areas of life while taking a submissive sexual role in the bedroom. An odalisque is only sexually submissive. She is not regarded as submissive or inferior per se. Code d’ Ode does not propose that women, in themselves, are submissive creatures – it only proposes that some women are suited to a submissive role in sex. There is no reason why an assertive out-going businesswoman needs to be sexually aggressive – she can be a successful realtor by day and a submissive sexual servant by night and on the weekends.

The Code is written with full-time play and a complete lifestyle in view, but it is easily adapted to other circumstances. This is a case of developing creative lifestyles. We fully appreciate that many women need to work, or want to work, so the odalisque lifestyle can be adapted to those needs through the device of “sojourn”. There is no need to be one dimensional. The full-time lifestyle is preferred, but if it is not possible then a couple can still indulge in the sensual joys of the Slavekeeper/odalisque relationship outside of their work-a-day lives. 

It was very nice to hear from Master J. and his lovely slavewoman. We would love to hear from others who have creatively adapted Code d' Odalisque to their own circumstances. Please write to: bedroomslaves@yahoo.com. (All correspondence is strictly confiential. And no, the picture above is NOT a picture of Miss Angela!)

Erotic Dance and Physicalisation

12.7. - Erotic Dance

As a normal and regular part of play an odalisque may be made to engage in erotic dance and display for her Keeper.

There are many forms of erotic dance. An odalisque can be trained in any of these traditional styles. The traditional style that best suits the aesthetic of Code d’ Odalisque is the erotic belly dance or an oriental strip-tease dance like the ‘Dance of the Seven Veils.’ There is no need to be overtly “oriental” in style, though. The preferred style is simply any sensual free form dance that makes a display of the slave’s hair. 

In Western society today the dominant form of erotic dance is the striptease. This is historically an adjunct to prostitution. The client is first teased and then he is picked up by prostitutes – the stripper assists the whore. Since an odalisque is very specifically not a whore, and odalisque slavery is not prostitution – odalisques should be protected from prostitution – this type of erotic dance is usually not in keeping with the aesthetics and values of odalisque play. 

The brassy musical-hall dance show has a set format. You can see it at any strip club in any big city. The same dance. The dancer wears stockings etc. – clothing essentially related to the clothing of the prostitutes being serviced by the dance. These days the connection between the striptease and prostitution might not be so clear, but it remains true. Accordingly, this common form of erotic dance tends to clash with the values of Code d’ Odalisque. It is the more oriental and free-form styles of erotic dance that are appropriate.

***

Dance is also a means to PHYSICHALIZATION. A sexual servant needs to be situated – psychologically – in her body. Her body is her tool. It is with her body that she serves. The modern media-saturated woman tends to be too mental, too cerebral. Indeed, modern life makes everyone abstracted and cerebral. We live increasingly virtual lives. An odalisque needs to be grounded in the physical reality of her flesh. She needs to know herself as flesh and blood and bone. She is a physical being. Dance is an excellent method of bringing an odalisque more into her body. Her Keeper or Trainer should instruct her: 

When you dance, don’t think! Feel your body.
Think with your body. Not with your mind.
Stop being a mind. Just be a body. Be physical.
Dance is about being physical.
Celebrate your body, your flesh.
Enjoy being a physical creature.
Don’t be an idea. Be real. Be a thing. Be an object with volume in space. Feel yourself as a physical, spatial, three-dimensional thing.

Abstracted, cerebral people don't experience themselves as spatial bodies- they experience themselves as spaceless minds. An odalisque needs to be brought back into her body. 

The preferred form of dance in Code d’ Odalisque is the free form dance that displays the slave’s hair. A free form dance in which the dancer tosses her hair around, from side to side. She throws her hair around, shows her hair to those watching.

Thus, she dances with her head. Her body follows in free form. This may include any movements she likes or that her Keeper requires. Her dance may be serpentine or tribal or classical or lewd or manic or frenzied or graceful and slow.

There are no set requirements. The Code merely says that the slave will learn erotic dance. This can take many forms. 

Slavekeepers and slaves both should be creative.

A Program of Delights

It is usually better if the use of an odalisque is not haphazard. It is better if the Slavekeeper has a clear idea of what he wants her for and what he wants to do with her. 

In some cases, men have very definite sexual preoccupations, very definite fetishes. They acquire a cockslave in order to explore those fetishes. In other cases, a man’s sexual interests are wide open – they are up for wide-ranging exploration. In either case, it is best if a Slavekeeper has some plan of action. OK. You are now the proud owner of a beautiful, willing cockslave. What do you intend to do with her? This is a question every prospective Slavekeeper should be asked and should ask of themselves. What – exactly – do I intend to do with a compliant cockslave? 

It is a good question, and never as easy to answer as it might seem. If a lovely, sexual woman confessed to being your slave and would willingly do whatever you ask of her, what would you use her for? 

At this point many men can only offer: “Well, I’d fuck her.” Yes, but how? When? Where? In what ways? 

The craft of Slavekeeping needs to be much more creative than that. Odalisque slavery is about creative hedonism. Creativity is the job of the Slavekeeper. The slave is compliant, willing, but it is not her job to come up with creative sex play. That is the job of the Slavekeeper. 

It is often useful for a Slavekeeper to compile a ‘Program of Delights’ – a concise program of the sexual activities in which he would like to indulge with the assistance of his slave. Of course, play will always follow its own path, and it is hard to say where certain interests might lead. It is experimental. Suck it and see. But the Keeper should at least have a list of his fantasies, things he wants to do and wants his slave to do. Odalisque slavery is exclusively sexual. Sex is what an odalisque does. A good Slavekeeper has a rich and diverse program of acts and scenes planned for his odalisque. 

To compile such a program requires a certain amount of introspection. A man needs to look into his own desires. He needs to understand his own weaknesses, his own frailties and fantasies. The things that float his boat. He can then set out a framework for his explorations. In this he needs to be honest about his own depravity. Owning a cockslave may be his one chance in life to explore beyond the usual boundaries. How far will he go? What lusts lurk in the dark corners of his heart? 

There is no need for the slave to see such a Program of Delights. Its purpose is to bring clarity and consistency to the Slavekeeper in his role. But it should be consistent with any specialization the slave may have nominated. Ordeals - as defined and set out in Code d' Odalisque - should be included in advance planning of orgia. 

Odalisques in India

Code d’ Odalisque seeks to establish a viable codification of consensual odalisque slave-play in the modern world. It is important to understand that in this it is not a historical reconstruction. The odalisque was an institution in several historical empires, and especially the classical Ottoman culture, and Code d’ O. looks back to these historical models. But it makes no claims to be an authentic rendering of those models – it is a creative re-imagining of a fictitious past made to suit the tastes and conditions of the present. Specifically, it is a hard-core fully sexualized version of odalisque slavery: it is a sex game for consenting adults. You will find critics of Code d’ O. writing on-line who object to it because, they claim, “odalisque slavery was not like that” and they cite some historical sources. This misses the point. The people who enjoy consensual odalisque slave play in the contemporary world are not historians. They are not interested in what is and is not a faithful rendering of the historical institution. Their interests are sexual, not academic. They are interested in using a re-imagined odalisque slavery as a platform for extended sexual exploration – that’s all.

All the same, the historical models are inherently interesting, and it remains a fact that many – if not most – sophisticated cultures in the past knew vocations (other than prostitution) for women dedicated to providing sexual enjoyment for men. Prostitution is age-old and virtually universal, of course, but many cultures had other institutions aside from prostitution. Most history books will refer to such women as “courtesans” but in fact this is a blanket term covering a wide array of quite different professions. Some of those professions were specifically sexual, and some – like the geisha in Japan – demanded many more skills beyond sex. All of them sought to move the provision of sexual service beyond the sordid transactions of whoredom. Sensible cultures know that marriage cannot cater to all sexual needs in a society. But prostitution is tawdry, prone to crime, and, like gambling, often socially destructive - it draws money out of the domestic economy and leaves wives and mothers struggling to run a household and feed children because the husband has wasted his wages at the whorehouse. Such cultures permit other sexual professions to flourish instead. In slavekeeping cultures this will include a class of female slave specifically devoted to providing sexual service.

In traditional India, especially in the Moghul north, there was the institution of the tawaif. These were women ‘courtesans’ highly trained in the arts of etiquette. Very often they also performed sexual duties. When the British conquered India, however, the institution degenerated into nothing more than prostitution. After the British, regrettably, India has come to be dominated by the puritanism of the sexually repressed Mahatma Gandhi and a strongly conservative social culture. Only slowly is contemporary India rediscovering the extraordinary erotic heritage of its past. This is the people who wrote the kama sutra! This is the people who have the lingam and the yoni as their central religious symbols! There are no people on Earth who should better understand phallic worship than the Indians!

We know of numerous couples in India who have adopted the odalisque lifestyle. But India is a nation of nearly 2 billion people! It has a culture in which women are accustomed to the submissive role and in which men are anxious to demonstrate their virility and sexual prowess. More and more modern Indians are looking to shed the puritanical restrictions of the past and to embrace the sex-positive ideals of modernity. We see this increasingly in Bollywood movies and in the growth of underground ‘swingers’ scenes in cosmopolitan cities like Mumbai. Online, Indians are among the world’s most enthusiastic purveyors of porn. Beneath the veneer of puritan respectability, these are horny people!

We believe that Code d’ Odalisque has a great future in India – especially in the north where the Moghul and Turkoman heritage has a long tradition of ‘courtesans’ dedicated to providing sexual service to men. We understand that the Indian underworld is full of human trafficking and child exploitation and other unsavory practices. Code d’ Ode seeks to create a fully legal, consensual and safe alternative that sex-loving Indians can explore. We’d love to hear from Indians who might be interested in the odalisque lifestyle. Please write to us at: bedroomslaves@yahoo.com

The Phallic Aptitude Test

The Phallic Aptitude test is a very useful tool for Slavetrainers and Slavekeepers, as well as being helpful to prospective odalisques. It is designed to give an accurate indication of a woman's inclinations towards phallic sex. Not all sex is phallic. It is entirely possible for a woman to be very sexual in herself and yet the focus of her sexuality is not the phallus. This is obviously true of lesbians, but it may also be true of heterosexual women. They love sex and yet the male organ is not the immediate object of their desire.

An odalisque, by definition, is a cockslave. A man owns an odalisque in order to dedicate her to phallic service. She is a sexual being, and her sex is deliberately devoted to serving the phallus. It is to be her god. She serves her Master, but she worships his cock. Indeed, this is exactly how she serves her Master - by giving herself to cockworship.

Accordingly, an odalisque must be a woman who has a strong love of phallic sex by nature. Only women who have a natural love of cock are suitable for the odalisque role. Fortunately, cock-love comes naturally to many women. Yet in an odalisque it must be stronger than it is for most. She must be naturally inclined to be obsessive about cock. She loves it. She adores the phallus.

The Phallic Aptitude Indicator consists of a set of seventy questions designed to test the degree and depth of a woman's love of cock. How phallic are you? How focused upon the phallus is your sexuality?

A free copy of the test in PDF format is available by writing to: bedroomslaves@yahoo.com

We also offer analysis of test results. The test is scored by numerical points, but it can also be revealing in more specific ways. Write to us if you are a woman who would like to be tested, or a gentleman who wants to test his girlfriend or wife or a prospective odalisque, or a Slavetrainer who wants a useful guide to training a slave in the arts of cockworship.

All correspondence is, of course, confidental.

Some sample questions:

I am a student of cocks. I love how every cock is different. A different shape, texture, taste, smell. I am intrigued by this.

(a) This is very true of me
(b) This is slightly true of me
(c) This is not very true of me
(d) This is definitely not true of me

I have had erotic dreams about cocks.

(a) This is very true of me
(b) This is slightly true of me
(c) This is not very true of me
(d) This is definitely not true of me

I love watching close-up when a man ejaculates. I love the way a cock erupts like a volcano. I love watching as semen bursts from its cum-hole.

(a) This is very true of me
(b) This is slightly true of me
(c) This is not very true of me
(d) This is definitely not true of me

In the right circumstances or the right relationship I could easily become addicted to cock. I could easily lose control of my passions.

(a) This is very true of me
(b) This is slightly true of me
(c) This is not very true of me
(d) This is definitely not true of me

When I meet a new lover I really want to see what his cock looks like. I can’t wait to see him naked. I want to see his genitals. I want to see his cock.

(a) This is very true of me
(b) This is slightly true of me
(c) This is not very true of me
(d) This is definitely not true of me

I have been fascinated by boy’s penises since I was a young girl. Cocks are amazing, mysterious things to me.

(a) This is very true of me
(b) This is slightly true of me
(c) This is not very true of me
(d) This is definitely not true of me 

I have done stupid things and slept with men I shouldn’t have because I needed cock.

(a) This is very true of me
(b) This is slightly true of me
(c) This is not very true of me
(d) This is definitely not true of me

Yoga for odalisques

Code d' Odalisque is pro-health. Sex and vitality go together. An odalisque is devoted to pleasure and the enjoyment of pleasure depends upon physical vitality. The surest way to sustain or increase libido is to maintain a high level of physical vitality. A regime of physical exercise is therefore an indispensable part of the odalisque's life. She must keep herself beautiful, and she must keep herself physically fit and healthy. Simple forms of light exercise are ideal for this - walking, jogging, cycling, swimming. 

As well, a simple regime of hatha yoga is perfect for keeping an odalisque fit, healthy and flexible. Yoga involves stretching the body. It brings balance to the energies of the body, improves posture and elasticity, deepens breathing, aids relaxation, concentrates the mind, increases stamina and keeps the body supple. A basic routine of hatha yoga asanas (postures) every day will help keep an odalisque in good physical condition to perform her duties. The routine called 'Salute to the Sun' is good for beginners, but other routines are specifically designed for sexual health. 

There are many good introductory books on yoga and yoga classes are usually inexpensive. There is no need to detail yoga practices here. But Slavekeepers and Slavetrainers are encouraged to include some yoga - or a similar system such as "tai chi" - in the daily discipline of an odalisque.

Restriction & Restraint

Night Devotions - an act of cockworship

One of the erotic practices included in Code d’ Odalisque as one of the arts of the odalisque is called “night devotions” or “nightly devotions” or just “devotions”. It is so called because it consists of an act of cockworship. The odalisque engages in a prolonged, slow oral caressing of her Master’s phallus (in worship) – but she does this while he is asleep. It is performed as follows:

The odalisque waits until very late at night (say, 3am) when she is sure her Master is sound asleep. Deep sleep.

She tip-toes to his bed and very, very slowly obtains a position where she can caress his cock without waking him (usually with her head under the covers). 

She caresses his cock with her mouth and tongue very, very slowly and carefully. The objective is to keep the cock erect without waking him up. 

This takes considerable sensitivity and skill. It is hard to do. 

The odalisque fails if she cannot keep his cock erect. 
And she fails if she wakes him up. 
She also fails if she makes him cum.

Rather, she should try to keep him stimulated – very gently – for a long period while he sleeps. 

Ideally, the Master will be brought to the threshold of consciousness and will drift in and out of an awareness of her mouth at work, but he never surfaces into wakefulness. 

Done correctly, it delivers to a man delicious dreams. Gentlemen who have enjoyed being subject to the nightly devotions of a skilled cockslave attest that it is an experience of deep delight. It stirs the blood and the imagination. It is good for a man’s libido. For the man, he wants his hormones stirred while sleeping. Over time this will stimulate his imagination. It is Deep Tease. He will bring erotic images, ideas, motifs, from his subconscious life into real play.

But it is important that he not be woken. The slave must lick, kiss, breath on, play with his penis, stirring it to an erection, with precision gentleness. For the slave, it is a time to be devoted to phallic worship, to enjoy the presence of her god. She should think of it as a communion, an act of submission and devotion.

Like other Code d’ Ode techniques, this method distinguishes between the cock and the man. In this case, the cock is awake while the man is asleep. That is what the odalisque tries to achieve. She wants the cock awake but the man asleep. 

Try the practice of night devotions. Command your slave:

*You will come to my room very late at night or the early morning when you are sure I am in deep sleep.
*You will engage in cockworship without waking me.
*After a while you can finish and leave (without making me cum).
*You will do this every night unless I tell you otherwise.