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In the spirit of the nationally known Butchmanns SM Academy of Palm Springs and Tucson Arizona, APEX is proud to announce the formation of the APEX Academy Butchmanns Tradition weekend intensives of leather heart and spirit. The Nationally recognized event, hosted by APEX four times a year brings together some of the premier leather leaders in the country to celebrate and develop collective heart and spirit we all share as Leatherfolk in the community.
Courses are held for various demographic groups throughout the year at APEX, located in the metropolitan Phoenix Area. Demographic groups include All male, All female and our most popular course, the Pansexual weekend intensives. Basic and advanced courses are offered. See our Calendar Page for schedules and registration details. With each demographic group we encourage and support non-judgmental acceptance of individual sexual expression. Please see below for what to expect at an Academy weekend.
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Butchmanns SM academy was founded in 1994 in Thermal, California, as a Gay Male SM training academy, by Master Steve of Butchmanns. The core founding instructors include Master Steve, Slave Master Mike McDade and Master Skip Chasey. Additional core and guest instructors include a variety of well known Master and slave leather folk in the community. Please see instructor bios for more details. APEX ACADEMY Butchmanns Tradition weekend INTENSIVES includes hands on training in basic and advanced SM practices and rituals. The emphasis of activities are on personal transformation and growth in the individuals. The four pillars of the academy training course include Cathartic flogging, ritual temporary piercing, honoring the call to serve and be served and transformational mummification. Other topics, based on the interests of the group include bondage, electricity, clips and clamps, CBT among others. The weekends include in-depth roundtables including Master/slave dynamics and personal development, protocols, spirituality, and exploration of relationship roles in Leather. The Academy is a safe, sane and consensual atmosphere that encourages freedom of expression and an individuals pursuit of being real.
For more information and details about the Butchmanns Experience, including registration forms, fees, and accommodations please visit the Butchmanns website.
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| Pansexual Academy -- Hosted at Desert Dominion (Tucson, AZ) |
May 29th, 30th and 31st |
| Men's Only Academy -- Hosted at APEX (Phoenix, AZ) |
July 17th, 18th and 19th |
| Womens' Only Academy -- Hosted at APEX (Phoenix, AZ) |
August 7th, 8th and 9th |
| Pansexual Academy -- Hosted at APEX (Phoenix, AZ) |
September 25th, 26th and 27th |
... is an individual born with a spiritual sense of presence and connectedness. No one can make an individual a Master except that individual his or herself — in their own growth process, becoming centered and growing into a state of connectedness in the universe. A Master is an individual who feels incomplete without the love and service of an individual with heart of slave.
A Master may or may not be involved with SM. A Master has a "special connectedness" in the journey of spirit, that they allow the slave's heart of to "share". Many Masters do this sharing without knowledge and direction, without purpose or goal, and sadly — sometimes without trust in their own intuitive spiritual nature. It is also easy to confuse the sexual and spiritual aspects of Mastery — though these are closely related and overlap in the most intricate manner. A Master without this connectedness can do best by loving and nurturing the heart of slave, but provides at best a poor signpost of direction.
SM activities can be one tool to allow a slave to completely let go of any limits or blocks in becoming connected with their heart of slave. SM without love inhibits the spiritual growth of the heart of slave — and is simply brutality. Pain without direction becomes a "lost journey" for the heart of slave.
The most advanced and spiritually connected man of Mastery whom I have ever met is a man named SlaveMaster. He has developed his training process to a rare and exceptional quality. I strongly encourage any unattached man who has heart of slave to consider applying to him for direction and training. His articles have appeared in The Leather Journal and other magazines, and his website is www.bornslaves.com.
— Taken from a talk given by Master Steve to OCLA.
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... is an individual born with a slave spirit. No one can make an individual have this spirit; nothing can be done to create this state in an individual's being. No one trying hard or wishing for this sense of spirit can develop it within themselves, and no Master can cause it to occur. A slave is an extraordinary human being who is born with this slave spirit — as much as they are born to breathe, or to have gifted talents like design or music.
A slave is extraordinary, rare — and most often confused until they discover their slave spirit heart. Most slaves wander through life feeling unfulfilled — as if they have a "dark hole" in their spirit — a hole that can be temporarily filled with an abundance of sex, work, addictive behavior or other whole-life-consuming factors.
slaves often have a sense of the spiritual (some become clergy), but feel this sense of spiritual awareness to be disconnected from their desire for a Mastery/slavery relationship. A slave has a right to feel joy and pride in their slavery and in service to a Master.
In their confusion, many slaves interpret Dominance as Mastery; SM as completion; or fetish focus as the fulfillment of the "dark hole" in their spirit. Many can find enough fulfillment in these areas to develop a sense of "wholeness" (often a quiet longing exists; although for what, the slave doesn't know).
Heart of slave can be actualized only when the spiritual journey occurs that connects this "dark hole" in the spirit, first to the whole spirit, and then to the universe. It is a process of a painful and trusting leap of faith that causes this connectedness to occur — a truly spiritual journey. Heart of slave can only be complete in service to a Master and it is within this service that the spiritual journey occurs. slavery is not about a "hard dick or clit experience," although hard dicks and clits happen and are enjoyed.
slavery is the completion of a spirit in search of "connectedness" in the universe.
— Taken from a talk given by Master Steve to OCLA
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