Index
Abrantès, Duchess d’
absences, see calculated absences
Adams, Cindy
Adams, John Quincy
advertisements
Aesthetic Rakes
Aga Khan III
aggressive attention
Aging Babies
Agnelli, Gianni
Alberoni, Francesco
Albert, Prince of Monaco
Alcibiades
Alexander I, Czar of Russia
Aly Khan, Prince
American Tobacco Company
Amores, The (Ovid)
Andreas Capellanus
Andreas-Salomé, Lou
anger
Anger, Kenneth
Anne of Austria
Anti-Seducers
aggressive attention of
arguing by
brutes
bumblers
complaining by
crab as symbol of
defensiveness in
as deliberate disenchantment
disengagement from
doormats
examples of
excessive pride in
greed in
impatience in
inattentiveness of
insecurity of
judgmentalism in
moralizers
neediness in
perfectionistic dissatisfaction in
reactors
self-absorption in
self-awareness lacked by
self-consciousness of
suffocators
tightwads
types of
ulterior motives in
ungenerosity of
uses of
vulgarians
windbags
Antonyand Cleopatra
(Shakespeare)
anxiety and discontent, inducement of
Cupid’s arrow as symbol of
deceptive appearances and
exotic stranger as
lost ideals in
missing qualities in
personal criticism in
by politicians
reversal of
strategic withdrawal in
Aphrodite (Venus)
Apollo
Ardent Rakes
arguing
Aristophanes
armed prophets
Arthur, King
Art of Love, The (Ovid)
As You Like It (Shakespeare)
Athene
attention, aggressive
attention, focused
of Charmers
in mirroring
physical lures and
Auguste, Prince of Prussia
authentic animals, charismatic
Bacall, Lauren
Baker, Josephine
calculated surprise by
French mirrored by
banal conversation
Bank, The
Barbey d’Aurevilly, Jules-Amédée
Barney, Natalie
spiritual lures of
Barrymore, John
Bataille, Georges
Bathsheba
Baudelaire, Charles Pierre
strategic withdrawal by
Baudrillard, Jean
Beauties
Beauty Ideal
Belleroche, Maud de
Bernays, Edward
Bjerre, Poul
Blue Angel, The (film)
Blue Angel, The (Mann)
Boccaccio, Giovanni
bold moves
bracing effect of
feminine
humility vs.
indirect approach preceding
infecting with emotions in
opportune moment for
as pleasant surprise
reversal of
signs of readiness for
summer storm as symbol of
theatricality of
vanity and
Bonaparte, Lucien
Bonaparte, Napoleon, see Napoleon I, Emperor
of France
Bonaparte, Pauline
Book of Laughter and Forgetting, The
(Kundera)
Bourdon, David
Bouriscout, Bernard
Brantôme, Seigneur de
breakups
see also disenchantment
Brent, Harrison
Bride of Abydos, The (Byron)
Brummel, George “Beau”
brutes, anti-seductive
Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of
Bulliet. J.
bumblers, anti-seductive
Buñuel, Luis
Buruma, Ian
Bussy-Rabutin, Count
Butler, Samuel
Byron, George Gordon, Lord
disarming weaknesses of
“honest” confessions of
reputation of
taboos transgressed by
“underlook” of
Caesar, Julius
assassination of
calculated absences
in pain mixed with pleasure
in poeticizing oneself
calculated effects
calculated surprises
improvisation vs.
mood changes as
personal character revealed by
in re-seduction
reversal of
roller coaster as symbol of
sudden encounters in
Caligula, Emperor of Rome
Camus, Albert
Canouville, Jules de
Capote, Truman
Carter, Angela
Carter, Jimmy
Casanova, Giovanni Giacomo
anti-seducer encountered by
calculated surprise of
direct approach of
indirect approach of
mirroring by
mixed signals and
role playing of
seductive environment and time created
by
spiritual lures used by
temptation of
victims chosen by
Castiglione, Baldassare
Castro, Fidel
Catherine de Médicis, Queen of France
Catherine II “the Great,” Empress of
Russia
contrast provided by
Potemkin and
Saltykov and
Chalon, Jean
Chambers, Jessie
Chaplin, Charlie
charisma
Charismatics
adventurousness of
as armed prophets
authentic animals
counterreactions to
dangers to
deliverers
demonic performers
drama saints
erotic fatigue and
fervency of
gurus
lamp as symbol of
magnetism of
miraculous prophets
mysteriousness of
Olympian actors
piercing gaze of
prophetic gifts in
purposefulness of
saintliness of
saviors
seductive language of
self-awareness of
successors of
on television
theatricality of
types of
uninhibitedness of
vulnerability of
Charles I, King of England
Charles II, King of England
Charmers
antagonism harmonized by
art of
dangers to
deceptive appearances and
derivation of term
ease and comfort created by
examples of
focused attention of
indulgent attitude of
mirror as symbol of
mirroring by
pleasure provided by
politicians as
self-possession in adversity shown by
sexuality and
subtlety of
timing of
understanding attitude of
as useful to others
Chateaubriand, Francois René, Vicomte
de
ego ideal regression of
Chekhov, Michael
Chevalier, Maurice
Chiang Kai-shek
Childe Harold (Byron)
China
chivalry
Choisy, Abbé de
Chrétien de Troyes
Christian, Linda
Churchill, Pamela, see Harriman, Pamela
Churchill
Churchill, Winston
Clarissa (Richardson)
Claudin, Gustave
Claudius I, Emperor of Rome
Cleopatra
anti-seduction as defense against
clothing of
descriptions of
insecurity fostered by
isolation created by
mixed signals sent by
mood changes of
poeticizing of
sensual appeals of
theatricality of
victims chosen by
voice of
Clift, Montgomery
clinging behavior
Clinton, Bill
clothing
attention to details of
of Dandies
of Sirens
Cohn, Norman
Cold Coquette, The (Byron)
Colette
complaining
confessions, “honest”
con men
Conquerors
Conrad, Earl
Constant, Benjamin
contrasts
Cooper, Gary
Coquettes
Cold
confusion engendered by
dangers to
excitement engendered by
hatred engendered by
Hot and Cold
jealousy incited by
keys to
narcissism of
politicians as
selective withdrawal by
self-sufficiency of
shadow as symbol of
space created by
timing of
Coriolanus (Shakespeare)
courtesans
courtly love
Crébillon
Crébillon fils
criticism, personal
cruelty
of Dandies
of Rakes
in transgressing taboos
Crushed Stars
Cures for Love (Ovid)
Dandies
aesthetic qualities in
ambiguity of
bisexual appeal of
confusion engendered by
cruelty in
dangerousness of
dangers to
excitement engendered by
Feminine
impudence of
keys to
Masculine
mental transvestitism of
nonconformity of
orchid as symbol of
physical image of
politicians as
social seduction by
visual style of
Dandy, The (Baudelaire)
Dangerous Liaisons (Laclos)
dangerousness
of Dandies
of Rakes
of Sirens
D’Annunzio, Gabriele
death risked by
flattery by
march on Fiume led by
public spectacles given by
Darvas
d’Aunet, Léonie
David, King
Davis, Ossie
Dean, James
death, risking of
Decameron, The (Boccaccio)
defensiveness
de Gaulle, Charles
seductive oratory of
“Delight in Disorder” (Herrick)
deliverers, charismatic
demonic performers, charismatic
Demonic Rakes
Denon, Vivant
destiny, sense of
details, attention to
banquet as symbol of
of clothing
gifts in
mesmerizing effect of
reversal of
sensuous effect of
slower pace in
of spectacles
Devil Is a Woman, The
Dewa
Diderot, Denis
Dietrich, Marlene
DiMaggio, Joe
Dio Cassius
Dionysus
Diotima
Disappointed Dreamers
disenchantment
clean quick breaks in
clinging behavior and
deliberate
disillusionment in
embers as symbol of
familiarity in
inertia in
pleasant separations in
see also re-seduction
Disraeli, Benjamin
attention to details by
humor in persuasion by
mirroring by
poeticizing by
victim played by
dissatisfaction, perfectionistic
Don Juan, legend of
Don Juan (Byron)
doormats, anti-seductive
doubts
Drama Queens
drama saints, charismatic
Dream of the Red Chamber, The (Tsao
Hsueh Chin)
Drouet, Juliette
Dryden, John
Dulce y Sabrosa (Picón)
dullness, deliberate
Dumas, Alexander
Duncan, Isadora
Duse, Eleanor
Eastern Love
Easy Street
Eddington, Nora
Edward VII, King of England
ego ideal regression
Einstein, Albert
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
Eisenstein, Sergei
Either/Or (Kierkegaard)
Elizabeth, Empress of Russia
Elizabeth I, Queen of England
Ellington, Duke
empathy
environment, seductive
Casanova’s creation of
crowded conditions in
Japan’s ukiyo (“floating world”)
as
mystical effects in
theatricality of
visual stimuli in
Warhol’s Factory as
envy
Epton, Nina
Eros
erotic fatigue
Escher, M. C.
Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of
Euripides
Europa.
Exodus, Book of
Exotic Fetishists
“Exotic Perfume” (Baudelaire)
Eyes of Youth
Fallaci, Oriana
falling in love
familiarity
in disenchantment
poeticizing oneself vs.
fear
in pain mixed with pleasure
Feminine Dandies
Ferenczi, Sandor
festivals
Fetishistic Stars
Fiume, march on
flattery
Flaubert, Gustave
Floating Genders
“floating world” (ukiyo)
Flowers of Evil, The
(Baudelaire)
Flynn, Errol
physical lures of
Tantrism practiced by
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,
The
Fraser, Flora
French Revolution
Freud, Sigmund
Andreas-Salomé and
on bisexuality
on childhood as golden age
disciples of
on narcissism
on sexual taboos
on spoiled children
on suggestion
on transference
on the uncanny
Friedrich, Konrad
Fröhlich, Rosa (fict.)
Fu Chai, King
Fujiwara no Korechika
Fülöp-Miller, René
Gallese, Duke and Duchess of
Game of Hearts, The:Harriette Wilson’s
Memoirs (Wilson)
Gandhi, Mohandas K.
isolation created by
Garbo, Greta
Garden of Eden
Gautier, Théophile
Genesis, Book of
Genji, Prince (fict.)
George, Don
Gérard, François-Pascal
Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilda
Gillot, Henrik
Gilot, Françoise
Girard, René
Gladstone, William
Gleichen-Russwurm, Alexander von
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang
golden age, childhood as
Gottfried von Strassburg
Grammont, Count de
Grant, Cary
Graves, Robert
Greco, Juliette
greed
anti-seductive
Greek Myths, The (Graves)
Greenfield, Liah
guilt, sense of
in transgression of taboos
Guinevere, Queen
gurus, charismatic
Gwyn, Nell
Hamilton, Lady Emma
Hamilton, Sir William
hard sell
Harriman, Averell
Harriman, Pamela Churchill
Hauptmann, Gerhart
Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Hayworth, Rita
heat, projected
heated glances
Helen of Troy
Hellmann, John
Hera
Hermaphroditus
Hermes (Mercury)
Herrick, Robert
Hibbert, Eloise Talcott
Hindu Art of Love, The (Windsor,
ed.)
Homer
“honest” confessions
honest courtesans
Hot and Cold Coquettes
Hsi Shi
Hugo, Victor
Huxley, Aldous
hypnosis
Ibarruri, Dolores Gómez (La
Pasionaria)
Ibn Hazm
Ideal Lovers
Beauty
in courtly love
dangers to
effort required of
keys to
Madonna/whore as
missing qualities provided by
noble qualities evoked by
patient attentiveness of
politicians as
portrait painter as symbol of
reputation of
Romantic
self-sacrifice of
subtle indications observed by
ideals, lost
Idol Worshipers
Idylle Saphique (Pougy)
Ihara Saikaku
Iliad, The (Homer)
illusions, creation of
appearance of normality in
changing the past in
dreams realized through
of gender
reversal of
role playing in
Shangri-La as symbol of
uncanny effects in
wish fulfillment in
impatience, anti-seductive
improvisation
in proving oneself
imps
inattentiveness
indifference
indirect approach
bland appearance in
bold moves after
deliberate dullness in
disguising one’s feelings in
friendship in
illusion of control in
neutral distance in
reversal of
sexual tension and
spider’s web as symbol of
third parties in
see also soft sell
infantile regression
innocents
“In Praise of Makeup” (Baudelaire)
insecurities
of Anti-Seducers
of countries
flattery aimed at
insinuation, art of
dropping hints in
gestures and looks in
imagination and
passing comments in
pleasure provided by
in politics
retraction with apology in
reversal of
seed as symbol of
slight physical contact in
slips of the tongue in
vagueness in
“Invitation to the Voyage”
(Baudelaire)
irrationality
isolation, creation of
deceptive appearances and
exotic effect in
from family and friends
hint of danger in
on islands
“only you” effect in
from past attachments
Pied Piper as symbol of
by politicians
by religious sects
reversal of
Jackson, Andrew
Jagger, Mick
James I, King of England
reverse parental regression and
Japan
child-rearing practices in
ukiyo (“floating world”) of
see also Tale of Genji, The
(Murasaki)
jealousy
in pain mixed with pleasure
triangles and
Jeffers, Robinson
Joan of Arc
Johnson, Lyndon B.
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
Josephine, Empress of France
languorousness of
selective disclosure by
selective withdrawal by
tears as tactic of
Journal of OurLifein the Highlands
(Queen Victoria)
judgmentalism
in Anti-Seducers
JuliusCaesar (Shakespeare)
Jullian, Philippe
Jung, Carl
Jungian archetypes
Jurgens, Ernest
Kaus, Gina
Keaton, Buster
Kennedy, John F.
adventurousness of
disarming weaknesses of
insinuation used by
isolation as technique of
lost ideals and
missing qualities offered by
mixed signals sent by
poeticizing of
Key, Wilson Bryan
Kierkegaard, Søren
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Kissinger, Henry A.
knights
Kolowrat, Count Sascha
Kou Chien, King
Kriegel, Maurice
Krishnamurti, Jiddu
Kuang Hsu, Emperor
Kundera, Milan
La Bruyère, Jean de
Laclos, Pierre Choderlos de
Ladd, Alan
Lake, Veronica
Lamb, Lady Caroline
Lamotte-Valois, Comtesse de
Lancelot, Sir
Lang, Fritz
language, seductive
affirmation in
ambiguity and vagueness in
arguing vs.
boldness in
changes of perspective in
of Charismatics
clouds as symbol of
diabolic vs. symbolic
emotion vs. reason in
flattery in
flowery language vs.
normal language vs.
oratory
producing an effect with
promises in
of Rakes
repetition in
reversal of
self-absorption vs.
silence vs.
in soft sell
strong emotions roused by
see also writing
Lauzun, Antonin Péguilin, Duke de
Lawner, Lynne
Lawrence. H.
Leadbeater, Charles
Le Gallienne, Richard
Lemaître, Jules
Lenin. I.
Leonardo da Vinci
Lesbos, island of
Lewis, Arthur H.
Lincoln, Abraham
Lonely Leaders
lost ideals
Louis XIV, King of France
Louis XV, King of France
Louis XVIII, King of France
Louÿs, Pierre
Love Happy
lovers’ quarrels
Low, Ivy
Lucian
Lursay, Madame de (fict.)
Machiavelli, Niccolò
Madame Bovary (Flaubert)
Madonna/whore
makeup
Making a Living
Malcolm X
Malet, Elizabeth
Malraux, André
Mandel, Oscar
Mandrell, James
Mann, Heinrich
Mansfield, Katherine
Mao, Madame (Jiang Qing)
Mao Zedong
Margaret of Navarre, Queen
Marguerite de Valois
Marianne (Marivaux)
Marie Antoinette, Queen of France
Marivaux, Pierre
Mark Antony
Marx, Groucho
Mary, Queen of Scots
Masculine Dandies
masochism
mass seduction, see Charismatics;
politicians; soft sell
Maurois, André
Maxwell, Elsa
Mayer, J. P.
Memoirs from Beyond the Grave
(Chateaubriand)
Menken, Adah Isaacs
mental superiority, sense of
Merteuil, Marquise de (fict.)
Mesmer, Franz
Messalina
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Metternich, Prince Klemens von
Michels, Roberto
Middle Ages
courtly love in
religious mystics of
troubadours of
Middleton-Murry, John
Midgette, Allen
Midsummer Night’s Dream, A
(Shakespeare)
Milbanke, Annabella
Miller, Arthur
Ming Huang, Emperor
miraculous prophets, charismatic
mirroring
by Charmers
focused attention in
of gender roles
hunter’s mirror as symbol of
imitation in
indulgence in
of lost ideals
narcissism and
by outsiders
reversal of
of spiritual values
in writing
missing qualities
and choice of victim
Ideal Lovers and
mixed signals
artificial vs. natural
cold vs. hot; see also Coquettes
depth suggested by
in first impressions
gender roles and
good vs. bad
imagination engaged by
inner vs. outward qualities in
paradox in
in politics
reputation and
reversal of
theater curtain as symbol of
Mohammed Riza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran
Molière
Molina, Tirso de
moment, the
abandonntent to
leading into
Mona Lisa (da Vinci)
Mondale, Walter
Monneyron, Frédéric
Monroe, Marilyn
Monsieur Beaucaire
Montez, Lola
Montpensier, Anne Marie Louise
d’Orleans, Duchess de
mood changes
moralizers, anti-seductive
Morin, Edgar
Morosini, Countess
Moscovici, Serge
Moses
Much Ado About Nothing
(Shakespeare)
Murasaki Shikibu
Musil, Robert
Musset, Alfred de
Mussolini, Benito
Mut, Professor (fict.)
Mythic Stars
Napoleon I, Emperor of France
calculated surprise by
as Charismatic
Coquette played by
French re-seduced by
insinuation used by
Josephine and
missing qualities offered by
Talleyrand and
temptations created by
Napoleon III (Louis-Napoleon), Emperor of
France
narcissism
of Coquettes
mirroring and
Narcissus
natural phenomena
Naturals
dangers to
disarming weakness of
examples of
fantasy world created by
imps
independence in
innocents
lamb as symbol of
naivete of
as potentially irritating
psychological traits of
receptiveness of
spoiled children as
sympathy elicited by
undefensive lovers
wonder children
youth and
neediness
Nelson, Viscount Horatio
Nero, Emperor of Rome
New Prudes
New York Times
Nicholas, Grand Duke
Nicholas II, Czar of Russia
Nietzsche, Friedrich
Andreas-Salomé and
Ninon de l’Enclos
Niou, Prince (fict.)
Nisan
Nixon, Richard M.
“No Tomorrow” (Denon)
Novices
Octavia
Octavius
Odyssey, The (Homer)
oedipal regression
Olympian actors, charismatic
Onassis, Aristotle
On Love (Stendhal)
opinion, influencing
oratory, seductive
Orléans, Duchess d’
Orléans, Duke d’
Orlov, Gregory
Orsay, Count d’
Ortega y Gasset, José
Otero, Caroline “La Belle”
heat projected by
Overstreet, H. A.
Ovid
Pahlavi, Mohammed Riza, Shah of Iran
pain, mixing pleasure with
anxiety induced by
bracing effect of
breakups in
calculated absences in
emotional highs and lows in
fear in
guilt in
harshness and kindness in
jealousy in
masochistic yearnings for
precipice as symbol of
reversal of
timing of
Pampered Royals
Paris
Judgment of
Pasionaria, La (Dolores Gómez
Ibarruri)
Patience (Gilbert and Sullivan)
Pawnbroker,The
Pearl, Cora
Pearson, Hesketh
Perón, Evita
poeticizing of
Perón, Juan
persuasion
argument vs. humor in
emotion vs. reason in
Peter I “the Great,” Czar of Russia
Peter III, Czar of Russia
Petronius
Philip III, King of Spain
physical lures
devil-may-care attitude and
disordered look in
flattery and
focused attention and
heated glances in
as leading into the moment
lowering inhibitions by
mental activity lulled by
physical excitation aroused by
projected heat in
raft as symbol of
reversal of
sensual appeal of
shared physical activity in
slight physical contacts in
Picasso, Pablo
art as lure of
poeticizing of
Picón, Jacinto Octavio
Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon,
The
Plato
Plutarch
poeticizing oneself
bit of doubt in
calculated absences in
familiarity vs.
halo as symbol of
idealizing one’s targets in
objects in
reversal of
self-image and
shared experiences in
politicians
anxiety and discontent induced by
as Charmers
as Coquettes
as Dandies
disarming weaknesses of
as Ideal Lovers
insinuation used by
isolation created by
mixed signals sent by
re-seduction by
soft sell by
triangles created by
victims chosen by
war heroes as
see also Charismatics; oratory,
seductive
Pompadour, Jeanne Poisson, Madame de
pop art
Portsmouth, Louise Keroualle, Duchess
of
post-seduction, see disenchantment;
re-seduction
Potemkin, Prince Gregory
Pougy, Liane de
Presley, Elvis
pride, excessive
Private Life of the Marshal Duke of
Richelieu, The
Professors
prostitutes
Proust, Marcel
proving oneself
apparent suicide in
doubts allayed by
improvisation in
passing tests in
persistence in
rescue in
resistance and
reversal of
risking death in
self-sacrifice in
tournament as symbol of
unhesitating action in
by war heroes
prudery
Ptolemy XIV, Pharaoh
Pygmalion
Pygmalion complex
Quicksand (Tanazaki)
rakehells
Rakes
as abandoned to moment
Aesthetic
Ardent
convention defied by
cruelty of
dangerousness of
dangers to
Demonic
derivation of term
erotic vs. political
extremism of
as female fantasy figure
fire as symbol of
keys to
masculine envy engendered by
mirroring by
obstacles overcome by
pleasure offered by
reformation of
Reformed, as victims
reputation of
seductive language of
voices of
Rank, Otto
Rasputin, Grigori Efimovich
physical lures of
spiritual lures of
reactors, anti-seductive
Reagan, Ronald
soft sell of
Recamier, Madame
Rée, Paul
Reformed Rakes or Sirens
regression, erotic
bed as symbol of
ego ideal
infantile
oedipal
rebellion in
reversal of
reverse parental
therapist role in
transference in
unconditional love in
Reichenbach, Harry
Reik, Theodor
reliability
Remarque, Erich Maria
Remembrance of Things Past
(Proust)
Renaissance
reputation
in creation of triangles
of Ideal Lovers
mixed signals and
of Rakes
Rescuers
re-seduction
calculated surprises in
embers as symbol of
fight against inertia in
intermittent drama in
maintaining lightness in
maintaining mystery in
political
reversal of
timing of
resistance
and proving oneself
to temptations
reverse parental regression
Richardson, Samuel
Richelieu, Duke de
Richthofen, Baroness Frieda von
Rilke, Rainer Maria
Ring of the Dove, The: A Treatise on the
Art and Practice of Arab Love (Ibn Hazm)
Robespierre, Maximilien de
Rochester, Earl of
Rohan, Cardinal de
Romantic Ideal
Romanticism
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
seductive oratory of
Rothschild, Baron Elie de
Roués
Sabatier, Apollonie
Sacher-Masoch, Leopold von
Sackville-West, Vita
sadness, air of
Saint-Amand, Imbert de
Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin
Saint-Germain, Count
Salomé, Lou von, see Andreas-Salomé,
Lou
Saltykov, Sergei
Sand, George
Sappho
Satan, androgyny of
Satyricon (Petronius)
saviors, charismatic
Savonarola, Girolamo
Schopenhauer, Arthur
Sedgwick, Edie
seducers
amorality of
appearance of
consistency of
falling in love with
male
other-directedness of
as providers of pleasure
resistance to
seductive language of
sexual element utilized by
strategic planning of
subtle methods of
surrender to will of
theatricality of
warrior’s outlook of
Seducer’s Diary, The
(Kierkegaard)
seduction, derivation of term
Seduction (Baudrillard)
Sei Shonagon
selective disclosure
self-absorption
of And-Seducers
seductive language vs.
self-awareness
self-consciousness
self-distance
self-esteem
self-image
self-loathing
self-sabotage
self-sacrifice
self-sufficiency
Seneca
Sennett, Mack
Sensualists
Sex Sirens
Shahrazad
Shakespeare, William
Shaw, George Bernard
Sheik, The
Shelley, Percy Bysshe
Shi Pei Pu
Shoulder Arms
Shu-Chiung
Sibony, Daniel
Sieburg, Friedrich
Silenus
Simone
Sirens
adornment of
appearance of
dangerousness of
dangers to
differentiation of
keys to
as male fantasy figure
men enslaved by
mood changes of
movement and demeanor of
in Odyssey
pleasure offered by
Reformed, as victims
Sex
Spectacular
theatricality of
voices of
water as symbol of
Slater, Leonard
Socrates
soft sell
components of
examples of
hard sell vs.
origin of
Solanas, Valerie
Sons and Lovers (Lawrence)
Spanish Civil War
spectacles
Spectacular Sirens
spirituality
aura of
mirroring of
spiritual lures
air of discontent in
artistic
cultic rituals as
ennoblement by
in environment
lightness induced by
occult fads in
pagan
religion in
reversal of
sense of destiny in
sexual undertones of
stars in the sky as symbol of
timeless relationship suggested by
timing and
worshipful feelings engendered by
spoiled children
spontaneity, sense of
Staël, Madame de
Stahl, Lesley
Stalin, Joseph
Starkie, Walter
Stars
cinematic creation of
dangers to
distinctive style of
dreamlike quality of
ethereality of
face of
Fetishistic
glimpsed private life of
identification with
idol as symbol of
inner distance of
keys to
Mythic
as objects
obsessive attention to
publicity and
self-distance of
television and
Stendhal
Stewart, Jimmy
“Story of the Butterfly, The”
suffocators, anti-seductive
Sukarno, Kusnasosro
Sukarno; An Autobiography as Told to
Cindy Adams (Adams)
Sun-tzu
Su Shou
suspense, creation of, see calculated
surprises
suspicion
sympathy
Symposium, The (Plato)
taboos, transgression of
cruelty in
forest as symbol of
going to extremes in
incest in
lost self recaptured by
prohibited desires in
reduced outlets for
reversal of
secret sins in
sense of guilt in
shared complicity in
social limits in
value systems in
Tabouis, G. R.
Tale of Genji, The (Murasaki)
Tales from the Thousand and One
Nights
Talleyrand-Périgord, Prince Charles de
Tanazaki, Junichiro
Tantalus
Tantrism
Tarde, Gustave
Tausk, Victor
tayus
tears
television
temptations, creation of
apple in Garden of Eden as symbol of
barriers established in
challenges in
deceptive appearances and
forbidden fruit in
future gains in
opportunity in
reversal of
selective disclosure in
weakness as target in
That Obscure Object of Desire
theatricality
of bold movers
of Charismatics
of environment
of Sirens
spectacles in
Theosophical Society
third parties
in indirect approach
see also jealousy; triangles, creation
of
Thus Spake Zarathustra
(Nietzsche)
Tiberius, Emperor of Rome
tightwads, anti-seductive
time, altered sense of
Casanova’s creation of
timidity
timing:
of Charmers
of Coquettes
dramatic moments in
of pain mixed with pleasure
of re-seducdon
speed and youth in
spiritual lures and
Tito, Josef
Todellas, Don Juan de (fict.)
Tragedy of King Richard III,The
(Shakespeare)
transference
triangles, creation of
aura of desirability from
contrasts in
jealousy engendered by
by politicians
reputation in
reversal of
rivalry stimulated by
trophy as symbol of
vanity and
Tristan and Isolde
troubadours
Trouncer, Margaret
Truman, Harry S.
Tsao Hsueh Chin
Tsu Hsi, Empress Dowager
Tullia d’Aragona
Tuperselai
ukiyo (“floating world”)
ulterior motives
unattainability, apparent
“Uncanny, The” (Freud)
unconditional love
undefensive lovers
Valentino, Rudolph
patient attentiveness of
Valmont, Vicomte de (fict.)
Valois, Mademoiselle de
Vanderbilt, William
vanity
victims
Aging Babies
Beauties
Conquerors
Crushed Stars
Disappointed Dreamers
Drama Queens
Exotic Fetishists
Floating Genders
Idol Worshipers
Lonely Leaders
New Prudes
Novices
Pampered Royals
Professors
Reformed Rakes or Sirens
Rescuers
Roués
Sensualists
victims, choice of
big game as symbol of
deceptive appearances and
evaluating responses in
exciting tension in
imagination and
leisure time in
manly men as
missing qualities and
new types as
one’s own type as
personal reactions in
in politics
repressed types as
reversal of
unhappiness and
vulnerability in
victim strategy
Victoria, Queen of England
Vietnam War
Villarceaux, Marquis de
Virgin of Stamboul,The
Viscontini, Countess Metilda
Vivien, Renée
voices
of Sirens Voltaire
von Sternberg, Josef
vulgarians, anti-seductive
Wadler, Joyce
Wagner, Richard
war heroes
Warhol, Andy
calculated surprise by
Factory as environment of
triangles created by
Washington, George
Wayne, John
WaywardHead and Head, The (Crébillon
fils)
weaknesses, disarming
blemish as symbol of
gender differences in
genuine
“honest” confessions of
of Naturals
occasional glimpses of
pathetic vs.
in playing the victim
of politicians
reversal of
shyness as
suspicion reduced by
sympathy evoked by
tears as
of troubadours
Weber, Max
Webster, Lady Frances
Wedekind, Franz
Weekley, Ernest
Welles, Orson
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of
Welter, Blanca Rosa, see Christian,
Linda
Whitmer, Peter
Wilde, Oscar
Williams, Tennessee
Wilson, Harriette
windbags, anti-seductive
withdrawal, strategic
aggressive pursuit motivated by
anxiety induced by
doubts created by
infantile experiences re-created by
interest in another person as; see also
triangles, creation of
letter-writing in
pomegranate as symbol of
reversal of
role reversal engendered by
selective, by Coquettes
sexless neutrality in
subtlety in
see also calculated absences
Woman and Puppet (Louÿs)
wonder children
Woolf, Virginia
World War I
World War II
writing
guidelines for
mirroring in
in strategic withdrawal
Yang Kuei-Fei
Zeus (Jupiter)
Zhou Enlai