
Prompt: Listen, Mistress… tonight you’re going to crawl, call me ‘Daddy’ and thank me for the privilege, and smile while you do it.

Prompt: Listen, Mistress… tonight you’re going to crawl, call me ‘Daddy’ and thank me for the privilege, and smile while you do it.
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Who Was the World’s First Dominatrix? Pt2
All the following quotes are further extracts from the ‘Flagellation’ entry in Ashbee’s Index of Forbidden Books, which I think place Miss Berkley as most certainly, the First Lady of professional domination.“Her instruments of torture were more numerous than those of any other governess. Her supply of birch was extensive, and kept in water, so that it was always green and pliant: she had shafts with a dozen whip thongs on each of them; a dozen different sizes of cat-o’-nine-tails, some with needle points worked into them; various kinds of thin bending canes; leather straps like coach traces; battledoors, made of thick sole-leather, with inch nails run through to docket, and currycomb tough hides rendered callous by many years flagellation. Holly brushes, furze brushes; a prickly evergreen, called butcher’s bush; and during the summer, a glass and China vases, filled with a constant supply of green nettles, with which she often restored the dead to life.”

Possibly one of the first photos of a ‘dominatrix’ circa 1920-30 of Nativia Richard possibly taken by Studio Biederer/ Ostra in Paris. We have no images of Theresa Berkley.

Suppressed Memoirs & A Renounced Fortune
After her death in 1836, her memoirs, which had long been announced for publication, were held back by the executor of her will, Dr. Vance. And, sadly like so much erotica and sexual material from the period was destroyed. It was rumoured to contain compromising letters from certain members of the establishment, “from the highest aristocracy, both male and female, in the land.” Their contents were so outrageous that it was claimed they could have “threatened the very fabric of society.”(left: Illustration by Aubrey Beardsley, circa 1890, the great Art Nouveau artist whose work embodied Decadence & Desire, and Victorian Morality Mocking, who sadly died at age 25.)
The Society of Arts at the Adelphi (now the Royal Society of Arts) took possession of the Horse in 1837, with a public exhibition promoted by radical publisher George Cannon. An illustration of the apparatus is reproduced in the original 1880s edition of Index of Forbidden Books, however, it is unclear what happened to the device.

So who was the world’s first Prodom – Professional Dominatrix? Let’s define that here as a woman who had perfected her art, had her own chamber with specialist equipment and a generous clientele. Well the word ‘dominatrix’ was not used in its modern sense until the 1960s, where it was 1st coined in erotic pulp fiction and B-movies which brought about its more mainstream use. However, if we put that aside the first documented, established domme, then called a ‘female flagellant’ was the infamous Theresa Berkley… but before we meet her, let’s first set the scene for how the role of today’s dominatrix came into being.

The Making of Victorian Flagellants
This interest in algolagnia (deriving sexual pleasure and stimulation from physical pain) appears to be the result, in part at least, of experiences of flogging at public school. Ronald Pearsall in Night’s Black Angels – The Forms and Faces of Victorian Cruelty (1975) writes,
“The outcome of the public school predilection for flogging, was that in later life … there were considerable numbers of young men anxious and often desperate to recapture the lost sensations, and for them the flagellation brothels thrived.”
The highly respected 19th century British poet Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837 -1909) was well-known to be totally obsessed by corporal punishment. This was a result of his experience at Eton College, a public school (public schools were actually independent private institutions) and a number of his poems make reference to flagellation including this verse,
Royal Rods & Regency Governesses
art collection at her prestigious Decadence event, held at the magnificent Maxwell Manor, last year. Hanging every piece proved a touch too intricate in the timeframe, so we opted for a slideshow instead. The artworks were projected in glorious, larger-than-life scale across the walls of her pristine white boudoir room – creating a display that had everyone hooked.Over the years, I’ve been incredibly fortunate to be painted, illustrated, and captured by a multitude of exceptionally talented and kinky artists. This has allowed me to amass an impressive collection of portraits devoted to myself. Alongside these, I’ve also acquired—or been gifted—a select few other treasured pieces that hold special meaning.Entering Subspace – Altered States
Good BDSM play involves intense physical, sexual, psychological and emotional exchanges, sometimes as a consequence of this the submissive goes into an altered state. This is often referred to as ‘Subspace’. It is a difficult experience to define as it both manifests and is experienced differently by different subs.
What Is Subspace?
Physiological subspace is the euphoric ‘high’ a submissive can enter during an intense scene. It is typically triggered by sustained pain, pleasure, or a combination of both. This triggers the sympathetic nervous system (fight-or-flight response), the body’s natural defense, producing adrenaline, endorphins, dopamine and serotonin. This also happens during intense exercise or extreme sports. They produce an analgesic effect and a feeling of euphoria and exhilaration. This dramatically increases the submissive’s pain tolerance, allowing the scene to reach much higher levels of intensity.
SubDrop
Submissive’s often describe the experience as a floaty, spacey, almost trance-like state—like drifting gently out of your body. These euphoric sensations are one of the reasons many people pursue BDSM; the feeling can be deeply pleasurable and surprisingly addictive. The downside, however, is that the day or days afterward, a submissive may feel emotionally drained, exhausted, sad, or empty. This experience is commonly known as ‘subdrop’, an emotional and physical low experienced by a sub/bottom after an intense scene. It begins anywhere from a few hours to a few days after the endorphin rush fades and can last from several hours to several days.
The result is often described as a heavy, dreamy, meditative floatiness – sometimes called ‘rope drunk,’ ‘bondage bliss,’ or a deeply peaceful trance. This type of subspace feels less like an adrenaline rush and more like melting into a warm, heavy, blissful fog. This shows that subspace is not one single experience, but a spectrum. Whether achieved through intense sensation or profound relaxation, both pathways can produce powerful altered states that many find deeply rewarding.
Psychological Subspace
More complicated is psychological subspace – an altered state where you submit so entirely to another you lose yourself, it is overwhelming and not rational. It is closely connected to the acute feelings of lust and love when in a new relationship. And, can be unhelpful if playing with someone you don’t know well as it can make you vulnerable.