Chapter Five
Count Felipe de la Roche was a student of s*x magick. He believed that the special energies surrounding arousal and orgasm tapped into the underlying magickal energies of the universe. Research in the great alchemical and thaumatalurgical libraries of Europe had allowed him to piece together elements of the puzzle. The Philosopher’s Stone, the semi-mythical creation that would turn base metals into gold, was real after all, but its transformational power source was tantric —erotic —in origin. That power source, Count Felipe believed, would not only unlock the secrets of the elements, but provide mystical access to power, wealth, and wisdom. Like many students of That Which Man Was Not Meant To Know, he ended up with a fate he did not anticipate; unlike many such students, his
