Wednesday 2 October 2013

The Enchantment of Enchantresses

Bewitching. Fascinating. Entrancing. Spellbinding. Mesmerizing. Hypnotizing.

Enchanting.

All these terms have been used to describe the sensual power that beautiful women possess to captivate men. But each one also involves a common connotation or subliminal message about the origin of that power.

Magic.

The sensual allure of a magical enchantress is a trope taken from centuries‑old fairy tales and corresponding contemporary Disney movies and many sources in between, and indeed is also a minor fetish related to female domination which takes the concept of feminine seduction and adds a magical twist to the affair. It is not so much a fetish about magic as it is a fetish about surrendering to the magical and sexual sorcery of a beautiful enchantress. There is also a direct correlation between this fetish and fetishizing female hypnotists, who have the power to captivate their subjects by the power of their voices alone, analogous to casting a spell over them.