Reading List

Some of our practices were passed to us by the late Fakir Musafar, who was also a member of Edgewalkers. His writings, including Body Play magazine, are a good starting point for the curious.

Recommended Reading:
  • A Brief History of the Evolution of Body Adornment in Western Culture : Ancient Origins and Today - Blake Andrew Perlingieri
  • Ancient Marks: The Sacred Origins of Tattoos and Body Markings - Chris Rainier
  • Body Play: State of Grace or Sickness - Fakir Musafar
  • Bodies of Subversion: A Secret History of Women and Tattoo - Margot Mifflin
  • Bodies Under Siege - Armando Favazza
  • Circus of the Scars - Jan T. Gregor
  • In the Flesh: The Cultural Politics of Body Modification - Victoria Pitts
  • Modern Primitives - V. Vale, Andrea Juno
  • Modcon: The Secret World of Extreme Body Modification - Shannon Larratt
  • Running The Gauntlet - Jim Ward
  • Spirit + Flesh - Fakir Musafar
  • Spiritual Tattoo: A Cultural History of Tattooing, Piercing, Scarification, Branding, and Implants - John A Rush
Film/video:
  • Dances Sacred & Profane
  • Modify

Edgewalkers is also collecting stories from our members. If you would like to submit a link or share a story with us about your experiences with Edgewalkers or other body based rituals, you can send us an email.

"If it's consensual and expected, it's not pain, just an intense sensation"

Fakir Musafar
Edgewalkers
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