Scottish, Cambridge-educated, writer, lifestyle figure, creative professional, cosmopolitan, and in BDSM, definitely on the *very* dark side, though more towards control and degradation than sadism and abuse, but courteous in public and a careful observer of safety and other protocols. Active in the lifestyle for more than a decade, mostly in Asia, but now living in France close to Geneva. I regularly participate in public BDSM events in Europe and the US, and have somehow ended up as a mentor/guru in the local community, though more by luck than judgment. Born in the same town and educated at the same college as Aleister Crowley, and damn proud of it. Graduate of the school of some severe emotional hard knocks, but hey, everyone has their own shit to deal with. Have had many Asian subs in my past, and very open to multiple ethnicities. Some keywords: humiliation, dehumanization, conditioning, animal slavery, confinement.