Peter Knutsen wrote:
> Rebecca Rice wrote:
>> Peter Knutsen wrote:
>>
>>> spoiler
>>>
>>>
>>> further down
>>>
>>> almost there
>>>
>>> almost there
>>>
>>> almost there
>>>
>>> almost there
>>>
>>>
>>> One of the novel's bad guys, an Irish-American gangster/lawyer,
>>> utilizes a particular Indo-European (possibly Keltic and/or Greek,
>>> although I'm not sure) mystical tradition, wherein he achieves
>>> long-term psychic domination over a person by having *** with him (or
>>> her).
>>>
>>> What's that called? It's been several years since I read that novel,
>>> and I can't remember the word, although I will almost certainly be
>>> able to recognize it once I see it.
>>
>>
>> I believe the word you want is Tantric. Which I always associate with
>> India, for some reason.
>
> No. I know tantric, and it's not that.
>
Ian Watson used this as a means (possibly) of FTL travel in the late
1970's. More fun than Cheddite.
But, hey, you know tantric? Wanna meet?
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