EPILOGUE

After Sven had spoken there was a lull while the men shuffled and moved around in their seats. The atmosphere seemed to have thickened with sexual tension. Colin felt that Sven's story had almost been anti climatic. He made a mental note that before the next meeting he would ask each participant to give him a brief description of his story so that he could grade them. It would be better to start with the most banal and end with the most arousing or bizarre. 
He'd waited before standing up to give the men a chance to calm down then, taking his time, he slowly stepped into the spotlight. For quite a long time he stood, head bowed, not saying a word almost as if he was praying. It was an old showman's trick to create tension. When the silence can no longer be sustained start speaking and you have the audience in the palm of your hand. When he felt that he had everyone's full attention he began to speak.
“Brothers, from the bottom of my heart I thank you for having made this inaugural meeting of the Circle of the Blessed Perversion such a tremendous success. A success beyond my original expectation. 
I've been moved, saddened, elated and thrilled by your honesty and openness. I know full well what it feels to carry such an emotional burden, one which in normal circumstances cannot be shared with anyone else. My belief that humanity can evolve and finally reach a level where condescension, conformity, hypocrisy and imposed religious belief can be discarded and an individual is able to express the complexity of his or her personality without censure and fear of contempt has been strengthened by this meeting. 
I'm sorry to sound so emotional but tonight is the start of a dream fulfilled.
Whether you believe in reincarnation or not and if you do it is believed that when you come back you are not consciously aware of having been here before, it's an inevitable truth that we inhabit our present, physical body for only a very short, finite period. Some people believe that during this short span on earth we should spend it preparing for the next phase whatever that is and tame or ignore our physical urges especially when it comes to sex. I don't accept this view of our existence and my perception is that we have been given a physical dimension by our maker so that we can and will experience and experiment with all the rich variety of three dimensional sensations and attributes and that we must fulfil this plan or our short stay on this planet will turn out to have been a waste of time.”
He paused as if to give everyone a chance to assimilate his words.
“I know that it is late but a buffet supper and fine wines have been laid out in an adjoining room and I invite you to partake of it. May I suggest that we keep our anonymity for tonight at least by keeping your coil up as I'm sure it will give us a chance to mingle without fear of shame or perhaps embarrassment.
Just one more thing! 
I will be contacting each of you personally to arrange a second meeting which will include new members. A few of you might experience a negative reaction from what you've heard or perhaps because you've opened your secret thoughts to us and feel deeply embarrassed you might want to drop out. It is understandable but please think carefully before you do and ask yourself this...was it not a huge relief being able to unburden one's soul without fear of shame or retribution? 
I fervently hope that each of you will have been strengthened and will want to attend the next meeting. Thank you, brothers!”