All men in the Oneida community realised that this control was a necessary attainment if they would be regarded with favor by the women in the group. Its accomplishment was necessary to their mutual happiness, and they had to learn it. If there is a method which in practice expresses the highest mutual affection and reveals one’s own strength and power, then by all means let mankind know it.
There is no earthly reason why men and women should not study the laws of sex expression as any other science is studied, and it should be a study not only intellectual, but of experience and adjustment. If, as is claimed, the experience of this method must be practised on a higher plane of thought than the purely physical, then certainly it must tend toward a finer companionship and understanding between men and women than the fleeting physical gratification prevailing at present. If there is anything which controverts the traditional uncleanliness previously attached to the sex relation, if there is anything which brings a blending of body and spirit or an ennoblement of the character of the individual, then by all means let us have it in its fullest detail, and let this revolting ignorance and prudery holding sway over men and women’s minds so long be swept away for all time. Let us have light, through discussion, experience, and adjustment.
There are few men who desire to expose the object of their affection to the burden of bearing children faster than her health will permit. They realise a woman’s strength is greatly undermined and her beauty and grace fast ebbing away; but ignorance and tradition have him in their grip. He knows nothing about the means to prevent it, and allows the one he loves best to wither and fade before his eyes.
It is especially necessary for the woman to be free from the mental dread of pregnancy. There is nothing so productive of nervous disorders or so likely to decrease the sexual attraction or magnetation as fear and anxious thought. Perfect confidence in the man’s ability to control himself is essential to the perfection and desired results of these methods. Just as one begins, so can one develop. Young men and women about to enter alliances and desirous to establish a lasting affection and higher bond between themselves can easily put this method into practice and control the sex functions. The more magnetic the individual, the greater the sex attractions between those who love, and the stronger the bond will grow between them, through this “magnetation” method.