Being evil takes work. It is the devil of me that prescribes my thoughts today.
Forbidding something is the fastest way to ensure that it be done: tell a child that *this* room is off-limits; place a sign over the big red button saying ‘Do Not Touch’; tell your submissive that she absolutely, positively, must not think about how it would feel to be chained (yes, chained) to the bed with smaller silver chains connecting the more sensitive parts of her body.
We are fascinated with that which we should not have. Having grown up Catholic, I am particularly taken with the idea of sin. Because my entire perspective on life has always been relatively separatistic, I managed to avoid the ‘Catholic guilt’ syndrome that has afflicted so many of my fellow disaffected brethren; my interests in sin are more academic rather than spiritually driven.
To me, there is a very distinct division between what is wrong and what is sinful. And between what is right and what is virtuous. I think that the wrong found in both sin and virtue is not in their state of being, but in their excess. Too much lust and your life is consumed by that single desire; too much envy and you are eaten alive from within. Too much self-sacrifice, and there is little left for you to exist for. Too much zeal and you lose your sense of self.
With this in mind, I am going to show that living a sinful life has its rewards. This is a view I am not entirely alone on; society now associates so many enjoyable, yet relatively mundane, aspects of life as sinful: that double-chocolate german cake was sinfully delicious.
My checklist in this endeavor will be the seven deadly sins. Their origins aren’t strictly biblical, but in the late 6th century, Pope Gregory the Great revised the Greek theologian Evagrius’s list of eight into the current seven we have today. If a Pope has prescribed them as particularly menacing, that is good enough for me.
Keeping in mind that my goal is not to enjoy each sin to extreme excess (which is not particularly healthy), but to sample each interpreted sin in a manner that is both memorable and personal. And fucking insidious as possible; I want it in my blood.
Care to be evil with me?
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D’jaevle, Shown
very wise and devlish words! i admit to being one of those who gravitates most towards that which is forbidden. i agree with you about sins in excess…a sampling is just perfect!
rubyprincess
Why yes, as a matter of fact I’d love to be evil with you, D’jaevle.
This is a really interesting topic, I can’t wait to see what you do with it.
Interesting to think of where I stand on the list of sins….I have lust covered. Gluttony can be an issue from time to time. I am not really greedy (except when it comes to sex but I’m grouping that with lust). Sloth depends on whether you consider hours online as wasteful. I am okay with wrath, never been an angry or hateful sort. I am less envious then most. Pride, let’s just say guilty.
More intriguing to see where you stand and where you’re going.
I just tagged you. Sorry about that ….
You’re not sorry, though.
In fact, I’d go so far as to say that you take illicit pleasure in the act.
You are, to use a term I coined this weekend, a TFB. A Total Fucking Brat.
…and I adore you for it. Alright. Consider me tagged, but still in the wild. Post forthcoming.
*smirks* Well … I didn’t write TRULY sorry, did I??
Sweet Devil on a zweiback, you have a sexy as hell voice.
Talk to me like the rain and let me listen, D’j.
Interesting post.
Count me in!
There is no living a truly hedonistic lifestyle without, at the very least, a light sprinkling of sin. Like you, my Catholic upbringing didn’t allow for that, so as an adult, I figure we both have a lot of years to make up for!
XXXOOO