Saint's Sacrament - Sins of the Father (35 page)

“We would like for everyone to give a warm welcome to Dr.
Lyndon, from the University of Arizona. We also have Dr. Hernández from the Plush Group. He travelled all the way from Canada to join us this evening. Last but not least, we have Dr. Aknaten, a sex therapist out of California, originally from New York. Tonight we will be discussing topics of an adult nature. Also…” Dr. Beechnut glanced at Saint before he continued.

Oh, here we go…

He smirked.

“Uh, also, I did let everyone
know in advance before attending, we will not be filtering any of the information this evening. Each speaker has their own flare and may say things you aren’t accustomed to, but all three are wonderful teachers and I believe you can gain a lot from each and every one of them. So, please, let’s give a nice warm welcome to our speakers tonight.” The crowd lit up in applause.

Saint sat for two hours listening to both people before him. He often found himself nodding in agreement, smiling at their jokes and truly enjoying the fellowship. He felt in his element. Dr. Hernandez was a Hispanic man, standing about
five foot six. He spoke with a slight accent. His salt and pepper hair and noble appearance didn’t match his alpha like stance. Saint got a real kick out of the man as he moved and hopped about the stage, explaining male ejaculation with humor and bravado.

The next speaker, Dr. Lyndon, a tall woman, pale as snow with long, lush red hair and bright green eyes
, truly tickled his fancy. She was captivating—from the way she effortlessly entranced the audience to the way she made the most mundane details come alive with colorful language. He’d never heard of her before and though he didn’t attend as many sex therapy conferences since his career had ventured in another direction, he’d missed the opportunity to meet this woman that was taking his trained profession by storm. Of all things, she discussed in depth the pornography industry. She went into the pros and cons of such material, the various types of porn, and how it could be used to help individuals as well as couples for various sexual conditions. She soon came to her closing statements, and it would be Saint’s turn next. He’d been saved for last. Saint was used to this and he knew why—because of his style of delivery. He had to be the last…man…standing. He’d been sent to the back of the bus, put in the wobbly chair of the class in the dark corner until the bell rang. He was the caged animal intended to be the showstopper, and in just mere moments, he’d be unleashed upon the innocent bystanders.

“Thank you so much, Dr. Lyndon
,” Dr. Beechnut stated as he watched the woman take her seat. Saint shook her hand as she sat down and whispered in her ear, “That was a great presentation, Dr. Lyndon. You really broke down the female ejaculation quite beautifully. Many ask about that in regards to pornography, and I particularly enjoyed your cited examples of couple therapies using healthy film instruction.”

“Thank you so much, Dr. Aknaten
,” she whispered back, nodding. She patted his hand, a big smile on her attractive face. When he felt her touch, his pulse raced while he drowned in a new awakening. The woman was absolutely dynamic. Her intelligence regarding their shared field excited him to the point that he made a mental note to contact her later regarding a new book he was writing, dealing specifically with the female sexual response. He knew her input would be invaluable.

“…
and Dr. Saint Aknaten will speak to us this evening about lovemaking techniques, G-Spot massage and erotic touch as well as the spiritual and physical aspects of these subjects.” Saint smiled and got to his feet. He looked out into the crowd, waiting for the applause to dissipate.

“Than
k you all for the warm welcome.” His voice echoed throughout the room, low, deep and commanding.

The acoustics in here are superb
.

“
It is great to be here this evening at the University of New Mexico to speak to all of you students from around the country, and Canada, too. All the speakers have come, this evening, not only to teach you, but also to learn.” He peered out into the audience, most bodies cloaked in shadows. “To become informed, enlightened, and to take this information back into our respective fields of expertise and share it as we see fit.” He paused and traced his finger up and down the edge of the lectern.

“As
was stated, my name is Dr. Saint Aknaten and I will be speaking about lovemaking techniques tonight. Many of you know that despite my media appearances that occasionally evolve into off-topic banter that have nothing to do with what we are discussing this evening, sex therapy is my trade. It is my original vocational framework. It is the field I chose, and would choose over and over again. It is a study I was drawn to and knew that in many regards it was my calling.” He paused to glance at the corner of the room where a side door opened, allowing a stream of light. “I haven’t been a practicing sex therapist in quite some time, meaning, I no longer do client or patient therapy regularly due to my new occupational obligations. However, to keep my license current as well as to stay abreast of current events, I do attend seminars from time to time, and on some occasions, I speak at events such as this.” He waved an open palm in front of the audience.

“
While I was in New York City, which is where I lived before I moved to L.A., I noticed that people around the country, around the world, viewed sex differently. As many of you know, New York is a melting pot. There are people of all races, ethnicities and cultures there. I grew up around that, and am a product of mixed parentage. I am biracial. When the descriptor biracial is mentioned, most people think: half black, half white. But I am half Korean and half Egyptian. My formidable years were spent in the South Bronx in the late 1970s; I was born there and lived there until the mid-1980s. As many of you know, a child’s sexual awareness, their personality and how they view themselves regarding their sexuality that some novices wish to believe they don’t have at that age, is being wired. From the time of birth, up until the age of six, that child’s sexual preference, desires, all of that, is already inside of them. It simply will not manifest until later in life.” He lifted his glass, took a small slip of water and placed it back down. “Now, in reference to geographic location, culture, and so forth, there are rules, ideas, and self-imposed expectations and regulations as to what is acceptable sexual behavior and what is not.

“
The Eastern cultures get the gold star on sexual exploration in reference to its sole purpose, outside of procreation. No other culture has the rich history of making the now unfairly tagged as perverted, beautiful. Tantra Sex, Chakra orientation and sensuality, Kama Sutra, all of that comes from Eastern cultures. These were derived before the coming of Christ, before religion set its heavy foot upon intimate connection and soul transfer, which, in fact, is what good sex is all about. It is about bringing one person’s soul into another, and feeling each other—being there, being connected.” He tapped his fingertips together. “Then, many other cultures were discovered to have thrown their hats in the ring. Ancient caves with intricately painted sexual activity on their walls were found in Africa, particularly, Egypt. These depict many similar sentiments found in the Eastern culture teachings that I just mentioned. There are drawings of cunnilingus, orgies, fellatio, and anal sex, and just about anything you can imagine. There were even depictions of incest. It was seen in a different light at that time, believed to be instrumental in keeping a strong bloodline. We now of course know that acts of incest, whether consensual or not, are physically as well as morally debilitating and corrupt.

“
In parts of Europe, such as Rome, Italy, the mega capital for the rise and fall of Christianity, evidence was found of destroyed home-made books, drawings, and statues, depicting sexual relationships between man and woman, and sometimes man and boy, an apprentice. These relationships were looked upon as normal, not abnormal—further proof that human beings have not become hornier or more perverted over time as many believe. No matter what you throw at our sexuality, our original programming will always manifest in one way or another. This, of course, is not in support of pedophilia! I bring up that man and boy relationship to demonstrate that these thoughts, these notions, were not only prevalent, but deemed as acceptable in some societies, as was my example of incest. Further proof that television, music, and all the other things in our society considered as having influence on the way we are—are really not so, and these excuses are not always true,. Sometimes, it is much deeper than that. We’ve been sexual deviants, vile perverts, loving procreators, lesbians, homosexuals, freaks and sensual lovers for a long ass time!” Soft rolls of laughter echoed throughout the auditorium.

“
Now, let’s look at modern day. Let’s look at New York, where I was born and raised. The sex therapy profession has always been filled with eccentrics who brought their own flavor into the classroom, the doctor’s office and even the boardroom. I learned from these men and women. They were rougher around the edges, their message just as clear, but they were able to reach their clients by adapting to the people that were coming to see them, people who needed help and sought it. You have to…meet people where they are at. I can’t speak to everyone the same way and be effective, if effectiveness is truly my goal. It’s not a stereotype, it’s the truth. New Yorkers are tough people. I’ve been around the world, and because of many hardships the immigrants experienced, and their stories of life and survival in New York, this process builds strength, character and ruggedness you don’t see in many other places in this country. All of these different cultures seemed nothing alike, but they had that one thing in common,” he said, his eyes narrowed. “The will to survive! Decades passed, and then you got people like me, one of the results of such a melting pot, of the survival of the fittest, so to speak. I grew up with educated parents, but I was still street.

“I was raised in a poverty stricken area, and ended up with a sense of
subsistence at all costs, as well as the intellectual capacity, thanks to my parents, to understand that, just because I was born into this, doesn’t mean it is who I am! It doesn’t define me. I’ve taken all of this, and more, into my profession. I set up an office and encouraged people to come. They came once word got out that I was abrasive, but my methods worked. They worked because I learned from the best. I’ll get more into that in a second, but people felt comfortable, once and for all, with an
uncomfortable
topic—that being, sexual hurt. This topic includes deviancy, sexual assault, sexual non-performance, over-sexualization such as addiction to pornography and intercourse, emotion driven promiscuity and a myriad other issues you will encounter in your path to helping people. I got the patient where they needed to be. People who were now brave enough to say, ‘There is something going on in here,’” he tapped the side of his forehead, “‘that is causing me problems down here.’” He looked at his groin, causing a soft hush of laughter.

“
I became an intern and had a wonderful mentor, the infamous Dr. Chai.” The room erupted in applause. Saint had been hand taught by a world-renowned master sex therapist. Everyone knew who Dr. Chai was and though he’d passed away over five years earlier, dying peacefully in his sleep, the man’s teachings stood the test of time. He’d taken a special interest in Saint, letting him know he had a gift. He encouraged him, stating his delivery method would hit a core audience that was currently being overlooked. Saint had a new, improved way to treat and assist the masses. The sessions he witnessed, he fine-tuned, and this system became his calling card. People who went to him knew what they were getting into, but Saint was one of the best, and had clients that drove over four and a half hours sometimes to see him.

“From there, I opened a small practice and had everyone from waitresses to CEOs of
Fortune 500 companies in my office. My mission was to treat all of my patients with respect, but also to deliver the truth. I plan to do the same with all of you tonight. This evening, pretend that you are a patient. I want this to be an exchange of information. I want us to go back and forth and feed off of one another’s vibe. I will speak to you, but I will address what I know so many of you truly want to find out. Things you can take back to your future patients, clients, family practices, you name it. Things you can apply to your
own
sex lives. You are here to learn.” He pushed his hands in his pockets and looked out at them, a big smile on his face. “Like I said, many of you know who I am, and what I write and discuss, but tonight, I’m focusing strictly on sex education. Almost everyone alive right now in the world has a penis or vagina and in some rare cases, such as a hermaphrodite, both. Almost everyone ever born, alive or deceased, has or had sexual desires. Almost everyone, regardless of race, age, religious beliefs and culture, has a need to be loved, and for that love to be expressed through touch.

“
That is what I want to focus on this evening. The power of touch, to express love…I want to talk about it. I want to discuss,” he began to move away from the podium with slow, deliberate steps, “what love is, what it looks like…what it tastes like, smells like, sounds like and feels like. I want to talk to you about the connection between love and sex and intimacy.” He paused.

“
So,” he clapped his hands together one time, “let’s begin. Lovemaking, yes…how to make love properly.” He kept his gaze on the audience. “I think we, as men, until we are shown the error of our ways, do not enjoy the experience of sexual intimacy until the very end of the occurrence. I must begin with us, because you must always identify the problem in a situation before you can find an effective solution. I am discussing primarily heterosexual relationships with these examples, but they can be applied to
all
relationships. There is always a more dominant person in a relationship, whether it is a lesbian couple, a gay couple, a transsexual with a man or woman, you name it. So whoever is the more sexually dominant partner tends to be more sexually selfish. This is not always the case, but more times than not, it is reflected. Okay, back on track…” He lightly swiped his thumb across his nose. “So, we are programmed to be selfish in this regard. Jokes are made about it, as if it is acceptable behavior. It’s not.” He shook his head. “Sexual neglect is a form of relational abuse. Let me repeat that.” He took notice of several people in the front rows staring with knitted eyebrows and thoughtful expressions.