Gorean Basics

 

this is about Gor..not the evolved version of Gor via SL.

 

I found this little excerpt on a website long ago that I just loved. I'm going to share it with you

 

"Gor is not BDSM. There are no paddles, no nipple clamps. You won't find rubber latex suits, St. Andrew's crosses or floggers. True, a girl can get tied up and beaten with a whip, collared and branded; but you will find no wax dripped on succulent breasts and bellies, no ballgags and intricate Japanese knot work.

 

There are no "Tops" and "bottoms" or "switches" in Gor....so then what exactly is it? Gor is not about limits, safe words, slave contracts, what have you.

 

Gor is, quite simply, an imaginary world conceived in the mind of author John Norman.

 

Norman's idea of utopia was a counter-earth populated by Men who were reminiscent of Conan the Barbarian, Jason the Argonaut, Odysseus and Tarzan.

Men used to being whole in and of themselves. Who lived by a code of rigid honour, truth, strength of will, and the confidence that their words and deeds were acceptable simply because they themselves believed them to be so.

 

And women whose role in life consisted of pleasing these Men in any way, shape or form that Men desired of them.

In fact, women on Gor are for the most part slaves, and seen as property and not persons in their own right. They are livestock...a thing to be owned, much as a horse or hunting hound (neither of which exist on Gor), and are bought, sold, collared, leashed, branded, bred, and counted as cattle...and less valuable than cattle in most cases. A percentage are even raised from birth to be more than usually sexually pleasing.

 

Women, whether working or at rest, are kept in a state of constant arousal, coupled with the knowledge that they can be used by any Man at any time, even a stranger, as that is their sole purpose in life, and even as a cow does not choose who will milk her, not a dog who it will breed to, neither do women have that luxury of choice.

[Men, to be fair, do not see the women as inflatable love dolls, but rather take pride in arousing them to fever pitch and forcing orgasm many times, thus controlling them with their body's own responses and desires"

 

So that's a BIT over exaggerated, but true and funny at the same time. This is not my personal words like I said earlier, but I saw this and had myself a chuckle.. Hope you did as well.

 

In Wikipedia I found this, and it struck a cord of direct truth..

 

"Gor itself was created by a man named John Lange, pen name John Norman, a university professor holding a doctorate in philosophy. In a series of twenty-six books (today 32 books), the first of which was published in 1967, he developed and defined the world of Gor and the cultures which populate it"

 

Gor is the counter-earth. It is a planet on the opposite side of the sun that rides the same axis as earth. It is hidden from earthen technology through the technologies of an alien people, know as the Priest Kings, who according to Goreans are their gods.

 

Though fictional, this land and its peoples carry the influence of their creator and his profession, expressing the writer's thoughts and assertions in a form of allegory in which he explores the existence and purpose of men and women, their relationship to one another and their world, and the development of society and culture.

 

The backdrop for this is a savage counter-Earth, whose people can be likened to many ancient cultures of our own world's past, predominantly those of the Greek-Roman age.

 

They are the descendants of people transported to Gor from Earth's classical times, left to develop their own history down a line diverging from that of our own civilisation's growth.

 

This fictional setting is utilised not only as a medium for storytelling, but also the environment within which the author develops clearly considered philosophical and sociological assertions, demonstrated through the actions of the characters within the stories and their lives on Gor.

 

Barbaric by the standards of contemporary Earth, these people live in a highly developed and refined society of city-states, whose only true "barbarism" is a life contrary to what is acceptable to our own civilisation's current beliefs.

 

Most of the books are narrated by transplanted British professor Tarl Cabot, master swordsman and possibly Norman's alter-ego, as he engages in adventures involving Priest-Kings, Kurii, and humans alike.

 

Books seven, eleven, nineteen, twenty two, and twenty six are narrated by abducted Earth women who are made slaves.

 

Books fourteen, fifteen and sixteen are narrated by male abductee (and initially slave) Jason Marshall.

 

The series features several sentient alien races.

The most important to the books are the insectoid Priest-Kings and the huge sharp-clawed predatory Kurii, both space-farers from foreign star systems.

 

The Priest-Kings rule Gor as somewhat disinterested custodians, leaving humans to their own affairs as long as they abide by certain restrictions on technology.

 

The Kurii are an aggressive, invasive race with advanced technology (but less so than that of the Priest-Kings) who wish to colonize Gor and Earth.

 

The power of the Priest-Kings is diminished after the "Nest War" described in the third book, and for the most part, Priest-Kings and Kurii struggle against each other only by proxy, through their respective human agents and spies.

 

Some critics have commented that these anti-poles — the dispassionate, ultra-rationalist Priest-Kings who find little joy in existence and the Kurii who simply follow their savage instincts and kill in their lack of reflection — are an allegorical appeal to moderate human behaviour.

 

Early entries in the series were mostly plot-driven space opera adventures, with later entries growing more heavily philosophical and sexual.

here are many sub-plots that run the course of several books and tie back to the main plotline in later books. Some of these plots start in the first book, but most are underway in the first ten books.

 

This is Gor in a nutshell

 

For me, and probably for most, the books are horrible to read! John Norman actually copies paragraphs and repeats them at least 5 times in ONE CHAPTER.

 

Gor outlines the basic male and female instinct, stripped of earthen culture, society, and technology.

Men live by the sword.

It is Gorean mythology that men and women in the beginning had a war, and the women lost. The Priest Kings not wanting to destroy the women, made them the slaves of men for all time.

 

No, this does not mean every woman is collared and forced to serve, there are many Free Women, but even though they are not enslaved, that can be forced into slavery at any time for any reason

The more honorable men will only do such if certain laws or ethics are broken by said free Woman.

 

Now.. basic laws and meaning of Gor.

Gor means "Home Stone"

 

Above all the slavery and fun stuff lies a very in depth passion for home, law, and justice.

Men die for the Home Stone, they battle for the Home Stone, it is said a city will crumble when its Home Stone is taken outside of city walls. They are passionate about the love of their stone and Castes.

The philosophy is a deeper form of honor.

 

It is about men who embrace all they are, without fear or hindrance of outside sources, religion, society, reputation.

 

Gorean life and philosophy does not allow a man to hold back who he is, it forces him to max out every capability and skill available to him. Every man is an Ubar within the reach of his sword. Every Gorean male, no matter Caste is taught the use of weapons. Whether they be Warrior, Scribe, Peasant, or Jeweler, they learn how to defend there stead, their homes, their property.

 

The philosophy of Gor is about knowing who you are, knowing every negative and positive trait, teaching yourself to better the bad and focus on the good, knowing what you desire, what you despise, and grasping it, taking it, living it.

 

Gor is about strength... mental, emotional, physical. It is the embracing of all you are, even tears are respected in the mightiest of males, that alone says something. For a man strong enough to cry, yet not be weakened by those emotions is a very powerful man.

 

This goes for women as well. Free Women are forced to hold back their true natures, when women, the full utter woman is a slave to those men.

 

She is his possession, his prize, his owned property, his woman.

Everything she is his, from her physical needs and desires, to her thoughts, her dreams, her hopes, and aspirations. Negative or positive, it is his, he owns her.

And in this she desires him. She needs to be forced to yield all she is to him.

She desires to be owned, claimed, used, raped, punished. forced to please him in any way he wishes.

 

It is in this relationship, between man and woman, Master and slave that true love can blossom in its entirety, it's completeness.

A man can only love that which is completely his, that can hold nothing back, and revels in his Mastery..