RT Article
T1 Sex, Erotic Art, and the Repression of Alternative Movements: The Strange Case of an Esoteric Movie Director
JF The journal of CESNUR
VO 1
IS 1
SP 32
OP 42
A1 Introvigne, Massimo 1955-
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1724502530
AB Students of MISA, the Movement for Spiritual Integration into the Absolute, produced in the   early   2000s   several   adult   movies,   some   of   them   featuring   female   urination, whichoffered ammunition  to  critics  calling  for  police  action  against  what  they  considered  a  “pornographic  cult.” Carmen Enache, under the pseudonym Bella Maestrina, directed most of these movies. After the 2004 police  raid  against  MISA  in  Romania,  the  production  of  these  movies  ceased,  although  Enache  still organized  erotic  theatrical  shows  and  in  the  following  decade  started  directing  a  new  kind  of  movies under the pseudonym Aghora Vidya. The movies and shows do not appear to have generated significant income,  nor  did  MISA  use  them  as  a  recruitment  tool.  Based  on  interviews  with  Enache  and  others involved   in   the   movies,   the   article   concludes   that   presenting   a   Tantric   approach   to   sexuality   to consumers  of  pornography  was  not  a  purely  utilitarian  enterprise,  and  those  MISA  students  who participated in it also had specifically esoteric motivations.
K1 Carmen Enache
K1 Gregorian Bivolaru
K1 MISA
K1 Movement for Spiritual Integration into the Absolute
K1 Pornography Studies
K1 Sacred Eroticism
K1 Siddha Yoga
K1 Tantra
DO 10.26338/tjoc.2017.1.1.4