LAW 1: NEVER OUTSHINE THE MASTER
Always make those above you feel comfortably superior. In your desire to please or impress them, do not go too far in displaying your talents or you might accomplish the opposite—inspire fear and insecurity. Make your masters appear more brilliant than they are and you will attain the heights of power.
LAW 2:
Many of your targets will be like kings and queens, particularly those who are easily bored. Once the seduction is over they will not only have trouble idealizing you, they may also turn to another man or woman whose unfamiliarity seems exciting and poetic. Needing other people to divert them, they often satisfy this need through variety. Do not play into the hands of these bored royals by complaining, becoming self-pitying, or demanding privileges. That would only further their natural disenchantment once the seduction is over. Instead, make them see that you are not the person they thought you were. Make it a delightful game to play new roles, to surprise them, to be an endless source of entertainment. It is almost impossible to resist a person who provides pleasure with no strings attached. When they are with you, keep the spirit light and playful. Play up the parts of your character they find delightful, but never let them feel they know you too well. In the end you will control the dynamic, and a haughty king or queen will become your abject slave.
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Kısacası, Birgili, Muhammediye Tarikatı’nda tam da Weber’in dinin akılcılaş(tırıl)ması (ya da disenchantment anlamında sıryitimi) ile ilişkilendirdiği zahidler türünden biridir. Birgili’nin İslâm anlayışında, mükâşefe ile keşfedilecek bir şey kalmadığından esrara yer yoktur; İslâm, bir sıryitimine uğramıştır. Birgili’nin Weber’in zahidlerini hatırlatan bir diğer özelliği de dünyadan kaçmaktan ziyade dünya mesaisine verdiği önemdir. Fakirliği bir fazilet olarak sunan İznikî’nin aksine, Birgili, özellikle bu konuda yazdığı kısa bir risalede, “hayra sarf etmek maksadıyla mal edinmenin faziletini” anlatıp şükreden zenginin sabreden fakirden üstün olduğunu belirtir.
Seduction is a kind of spell, an enchantment. When you seduce, you are not quite your normal self; your presence is heightened, you are playing more than one role, you are strategically concealing your tics and insecurities. You have deliberately created mystery and suspense to make the victim experience a real-life drama. Under your spell, the
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The Seductive Characters
1-The Siren:
A man is often secretly oppressed by the role he has to play—by always having to be responsible, in control, and rational. The Siren is the ultimate male fantasy figure because she offers a total release from the limitations of his life. In her presence, which is always heightened and sexually charged,