That is a dangerous question to answer. Some Traditions believe that sex helps raises magical energy but there is also some that believe that sex and masturbation can decrease the magical energy. There is also some that believe you lose your powers completely.
I have found through personal experience over the years that people who use sex in their majik usualy self destruct sooner or later. Endorphines flood the brain and all good judgement goes out the window and they dont even know it because they feel so good. Until they wake up in jail or something. I dont think it is good for peoples mental health. It dehumanizes and animalizes individuals and takes away their ability to be intimate with a partner. That is why in many cases you will see these practices associated with the word cult. You have to completely leave your old life behind in order to be reprogrammed because its not widley accepted in the real world.
Depends. If you're having sex for the sure pleasure of sex, not really. You'll probably keep your energy to yourself. If you're opening yourself for it, then yes you are affected. Our energies intermingle with the other person and we pick up traces of them in our system. If you're with someone who pracitices cleansing techniques, you probably won't feel it too much. But being intimate with someone who still carries around bits of dark energies can "infect" yours. Either way, if you're unsure take a cleansing bath. It'll get rid of all the residue. At least that was how it was presented to me.
It's a double edged sword. Yes, sex can drain you personally of energy, leaving you feeling "high" afterwards but also drained, taking long periods of time to recover. It is also, as some of the others have said, a way to "share" your energy with another, blending so to speak, and in most cases, thier energy can replenish your now lost energy, though don't expect to use it the same way you would normally use your own. Just as Sundrop mentioned, you've actually intermingled your energy with thiers and it's a now uncontrolable mixture... giving you that virtual "high" afterwards.
One thing you must be wary of is being drained. Some people are natural givers while others are takers... meaning that if you are with someone who is a taker (leech), you may find yourself completely drained of your energy, leaving you exhausted and even confused. This isn't really a malicious act, but more of wrong place, wrong time, wrong person type scenario. And if you happen to the taker, please be careful of your partner's energy. Hope that helps.
First sex in Magick is used to raise energy! What ever energy the person is useing or feeling at the time! If your doing it for revenge then your going to raise negitive energy! If your doing it out of love and mutual pleasure you'll raise positive energy!
Second society teaches us that sex is bad but from a pagan stand point we respect it! It's natural, in the very order of creation, and in most religious belief systems!
Abstinence is used in spirituality to separate ones self from the physical constraints of our world! It's good for that purpose but we are creatures of balance! Two much or two little of either physical or spiritual can lead to more harm then good!
