Desire is not what you feel for someone.
It is what you feel about yourself, in their presence.
Most people understand desire as something they feel toward another person. The book argues it is something else: the confirmation, in another's presence, of the specific version of yourself you most want to be. What we call attraction is that confirmation arriving. The channels through which it arrives — visual, emotional, tactile, intellectual — are your personal trigger gradient.
These tools map that gradient, help you describe the self being confirmed, and give language to the patterns you already carry. Free, anonymous, no account. Start anywhere.
The tools
For practitioners
These tools are instruments for personal reflection. They do not constitute psychological, therapeutic, or clinical advice, and no professional relationship is formed by using them. Results describe patterns for self-understanding only. If you are experiencing distress, please seek support from a qualified professional.
The Dark Hierarchy is a five-book work of philosophy and theology — a complete account of desire, authority, and the hierarchical orientation, written from inside the framework it describes. It dismantles the Lacanian model of desire, builds a new one from the ground up, and follows it all the way into daily practice.
374 pages. Currently in submission. Written under the construct Echo Kronborg.