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Sex transmutation is simple and easily explained. It means the switching of the
mind from thoughts of physical expression, to thoughts of some other nature.

Sex desire is the most powerful of human desires. When driven by this desire,
men develop keenness of imagination, courage, will-power, persistence, and crea-
tive ability unknown to them at other times. So strong and impelling is the desire
for sexual contact that men freely run the risk of life and reputation to indulge it.
When harnessed, and redirected along other lines, this motivating force main-
tains all of its attributes of keenness of imagination, courage, etc., which maybe
used as powerful creative forces in literature, art, or in any other profession or
calling, including, of course, the accumulation of riches.

The transmutation of sex energy calls for the exercise of will-power, to be sure,
but the reward is worth the effort. The desire for sexual expression is inborn and
natural. The desire cannot, and should not be submerged or eliminated. But it
should be given an outlet through forms of expression which enrich the body,

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mind, and spirit of man. If not given this form of outlet, through transmutation,
it will seek outlets through purely physical channels.

A river may be dammed, and its water controlled for a time, but eventually, it
will force an outlet. The same is true of the emotion of sex. It may be submerged
and controlled for a time, but its very nature causes it to be ever seeking means
of expression. If it is not transmuted into some creative effort it will find a less
worthy outlet.

Fortunate, indeed, is the person who has discovered how to give sex emotion an
outlet through some form of creative effort, for he has, by that discovery, lifted
himself to the status of a genius.

Scientific research has disclosed these significant facts:

1. The men of greatest achievement are men with highly developed sex natures;
men who have learned the art of sex transmutation.

2. The men who have accumulated great fortunes and achieved outstanding rec-
ognition in literature, art, industry, architecture, and the professions, were moti-
vated by the influence of a woman.

The research from which these astounding discoveries were made, went back
through the pages of biography and history for more than two thousand years.
Wherever there was evidence available in connection with the lives of men and