Enlightening Elastomeric Experiences

psychedelic latex equipment:

• Mr. Blowup is a male sexual latex fetishist living together with his wife, and he is especially fascinated by wearing inflatable latex suits, putting himself into inflatable rubber "bodybags" and similar very interesting psychedelic latex devices, and he also collects these things. Unfortunately IMO he explains way too little on his site, and he uses a really unwisely chosen, deterring and partly misleading sado- maso style jargon (although he told me he does no sado- maso), which you may find offending. Otherwise his site is absolutely unique; there are lots of pictures about psychedelics equipment on it and he also mentions at least in a few words that he is especially fascinated by the feelings his objects produce, and not so much how they look like (although he didn't even seem to know that what he does is a form of psychedelics, before I asked him to publish my article).

With this I encourage everybody to e-mail Mr.Blowup and recommend him (e.g. also by a guestbook entry) to change his unnecessarily deterring language and to explain more about the psychedelic purpose of the things on his site, but expect in no case to get an answer from him! I had a serious e-mail dispute with this guy, which soon resulted in that he didn't reply anything by me anymore (and though eventually made me build my own site here). This man is more difficult to discuss with than with Michael Jackson.

Despite his site is definitely worth to be visited (although IMO he doesn't deserve it to click on his advertising banners as long he doesn't change his jargon), because as far I know  it is the only site really dedicated to this special form of psychedelics. His site contains lots of pictures about it, is free of pornography and there are also many links to other latex sites and to companies those produce this kind of  (usually terribly expensive) latex equipment. Despite my serious critics I guess I need to admit that his site is already the best of its kind yet - not because it can't be improved - there simply is nothing in any way comparable on the internet yet.
 

• Eurotrash ­ Mr. Blowup

This is another site with a some really pretty pictures of this guy, his wife and his psychedelic latex equipment. The photo series is quite esthetic and well designed; it makes him look rather cute and human than eerie, and it is also free of anything unnecessarily deterring or sexistic (IMO very family friendly). Most pictures here even have commenting text, but unfortunately also this site explains very little but instead regards him just as a curiosity.

• The Rubber Lovers Contact List

This site contains a huge and continuously growing database/ search engine of rubberist people with descriptions of their rubber related and other interests, hobbies etc. Although most of these people correspond to the typical sexual & sado- maso clichés about latex fetishism, you may also find other people there. There are also many links to manufacturers of latex garments, psychedeli rubberist equipment and other resources.

mail order shops:

There are lots of latex "fetish" mail order companies/ online shops on the internet, but most are overpriced, though I only mention here the few ones those have very low prices or sell extraordinary psychedelic devices. Many of these companies sell also sado- maso/ domina stuff, but don't fear to contact them - you know that there is a much better use for latex than that...
 
• Denber (see here)

an ultra- cheap source for simple, dipped latex garments.
 
• Caught-In-The-Act

This manufacturer of (non- inflatable) latex "bodybags" and vacuum racks has one of the very few sites on the internet which at least partly attempts to illustrate the psychedelic purpose of these devices and that one can realize a secure feeling of harmony in them. (Even for a company that sells such equipment it unfortunately still seems to be very uncommon to explain for unknowing people what such devices are for.)

Many of the things shown on this site (certain breathe control masks etc.) seem to be high intensity stuff and look a bit too flatlinerish to me, though I personally seriously doubt that I ever could like to use them. The company doesn't explain anything about the psychedelic function of these masks, and there is also nothing interesting about inflatables on their site. Despite I include this link here, because at least this is one of the very few explanation sites about rubberist psychedelics technology, and they even slightly allude to that such things are usable for performing kinds of transition rites.

Important:
The company Caught-In-The-Act is not specialized on latex, but makes and sells various kinds of equipment for performing bondage experiments (for suspension escapes, domina games etc.). Some of the pictures on their site therefore look quite eerie and may scare you.

It is therefore important to remind here again that such bondage instruments (even when sometimes used in sexual contexts) in general are not intended for raping people, but in the opposite are mainly made for human beings those yearn to realize the secure feeling of totally entrusting oneself to another person while being sure to be later rescued by it again - e.g. because nowadays in the dangerous real life of materialistic capitalism the experience of being capable to fearlessly entirely entrust oneself to someone else has become such a rare virtue that many people instead want to realize this now in a ritualized way because they don't know anymore how it feels. (Don't miss to read my article about transition rites on this page; I also explained there a lot of about the psychedelic aspects of certain kinds of latex bondage equipment and other related topics.)
 

• Cocoon

This company builds handcrafted inflatable latex suits and other psychedelic devices - unfortunately horribly expensive, and there are also reports that their customer service is not the best.
 
• Dark Side Creations

This Canadian company also offers extremely expensive inflatable latex suits.
 
• Kaysers Latex Company of Australia

This Australian company produces an inflatable full- body trance suit (integrated mittens and feet) for 389 US$ and another inflatable latex suit (integrated gloves and feet, more snug) for only(?) 291 US$. You can also order the same products from the British company Web Market.
 
• Regulation

This British company builds a large, inflatable climb- in latex ball for psychedelic experiences (terrible expensive: 595.95£).

• HautEng

This German language latex fetish company is one of the very few those sell large dipped (factory made) latex garments (and even some psychedelic stuff like inflatable bodybags) for halfway reasonable prices. Particularly they sell full body latex suits for only 99€ and an inflatable latex hood for 49€. Their latex items seem to be made by Shiny Skin and can be ordered in black or red (unfortunately not in violet). They also sell non- spray latex care products "Joydivision - Latex BIO Cleaning Fluid" and "Joydivision - Latex + Rubber Shine Care Fluid", which is important because silicone sprays are a health risk (see here). Due to this small company has not everything on stock (especially no red latex articles), it may take up to a few months until delivery. (I ordered a parcel with 2 suits, the inflatable hood and others in 1. february and got the parcel in the end of march.)

• The Joydivision - Latex + Rubber Shine Care Fluid seems not to build up a permanent solid protective coating on the latex - it only forms an oily feeling glossy layer, which although it may protect latex from ozone etc., easily washes off by any normal soap water and wipes off by contact with cloth etc. On the bottle stands that it is also suitable as a latex garment dressing aid, but should not get in contact with mucous membranes or sore skin. I am not sure if it maladjusts the nerves of my finger tips - they feel a bit strange after contact with it. The manufacturer told me that it consists of 100% silicone oil (its a much more viscous grade than average silicone lubricant spray). Unfortunately this fluid increases the static friction electricity of latex rubber a lot, which tends to overcharge my nervous system during meditation and not only endangers microelectronics but (when rubbed) also generates lots of small electric sparks those produce smellable ozone which is certainly harmful for latex..

tip: Don't apply the latex care fluid with a cloth or sponge - they suck! (pun intended) By using these, 95% of the expensive fluid would drain away into the rag or sponge without any effect. Instead better apply it to the latex with a non- sucking piece of clear PE plastic foil or simply smack the already wet latex areas gently against the dry ones to spread the fluid without wasting most of it.

• RoLatex

This German language company sells dipped latex garments (mostly small things like gloves, stockings and masks) made by Denber for extraordinary cheap prices. Most things can be ordered in black, red or colourless latex. They also sell cheap, unpunched latex hoods for do- it- yourself projects to cut your own holes in.
 
• *RUBBERANGEL* LSL-Moden

This German (and English language) latex garment taylor sells handcrafted inflatable latex cushions (40x40cm, 2 differently coloured sides) in a 2 piece set for only 25€. This shop seems to be also the only vendor of non- toxic ammonia- based latex cement (100ml for 5€) that permits mail order without credit card from within Germany.

• I bought 2 cushions in green metallic with light blue. They are of very supple latex (thus can not hold body weight well), have soft inlet pipes and initially a really strong, fresh latex smell (sort-of mixture of cacao and Harzer cheese?). The cushions are cemented with genuine latex cement, thus for use as resonators they even can be inflated to twice their initial size without seam damage (but only a little hysteresis). The only disadvantage for this use is that their light blue side has a slightly higher steepness than the green side, which makes it inflate larger and thus may cause drift damage by instabilities when kept inflated in higher operating ranges. I am also not sure if I am allergic against the metallic dyed material, because initially during elastAyama with them I once got similar allergic symptoms by their smell(?) like I had during my silicone intoxication (see here). Possibly it was just an ammonia overdose from the very fresh latex or even solvent emission from the odorous air pump I had used with them - in a later meditation (with a modified pump) it didn't happen anymore. But possibly this is rather a problem with messed up prana flows, because later I also had such symptoms in certain situations with other resonators, while staying together with the same resonators for longer made them disappear again.

• The rubber cement comes in a clear, unlabelled PE plastic bottle with a pointed tip that has no additional cap. Since the cement is very dilute, I recommend to sting or drill an as small hole as possible into the tip (don't cut it off!). To shut the hole, wrap a piece of adhesive film around the tip (it will turn into a quite re-usable cap when the cement in it hardens). The white rubber cement has a very mild smell (sulphur + ammonia) and works fine to fix small pinholes or to reinforce material flaws on latex, and it also works well with certain very sticky toy balloon latex. But for cementing long seams of higher quality latex sheets it apparently needs an additional solvent because without solvent it doesn't bond well to such latex rubber and thus can be peeled of easily. (Glue tips see here.)

• Rubber Bob's Rubber Gear for Men

This British latex garment taylor offers handcrafted (not dipped) latex suits for relatively moderate prices (80..89£). He claims even to repair the garments free of charge if anything tears. Besides normal single- colour latex he also offers latex garments in multi- colour printed army camouflage style. As a strict pacifist I despise any militarism, but multi- coloured sheet latex is extremely unusual, thus I hope that also other latex styles will be made in future.

• BodyCult

This German latex garment taylor/ manufacturer makes handcraftedcustom- made sheet latex in any colour or thickness and even with many kinds of multi- coloured patterns on demand. Although their garments seem to be very expensive, their multi- colour and thick custom coloured sheet latex is absolutely unique, because most companies sell only very thin latex sheeting in many different colours, while medium thick latex is typically only red, black or undyed and really thick latex is normally only available in black. (I can well imagine how fantastic e.g. a violet, marble textured inflatable trance suit made of BodyCult sheet latex would look like...)

• Liebesallee

This German language online sexshop sells inflatable latex dolls (the very cute "French Lolita", in 2(?) different hair colours) for the fair price of 169€. The doll can be ordered without credit card by cash on delivery or check. I am not sure how reliable this shop is; half a year ago their online catalogue listed it for 151€ and when I clicked on it, the even lower price of 120.40€ appeared in the ordering form, while the detail photo showed a "Madame" doll. But after I ordered the doll, I successlessly waited half a year for the parcel and never got an e-mail answer. (By a software bug(?) the red haired version is only selectable in the French language shop (placedusexe.com), thus I recommend to ask in the text entry field for it if you want this version from the German shop.) Possibly there was just a databank error; I now re-ordered the doll for the current price. These dolls were once also offered by Concorde for only 120.43€, but unfortunately they don't offer them anymore. I personally don't care much about using inflatable dolls as a banal sex replacement, but since these are made of genuine latex, they likely also function well as human shaped resonator, which is mystically interesting and could become really exciting in tantric partner yoga exercises.
 
• Cyber Shopping X

Here you could order a male inflatable "Super Boy" latex doll for 225.75€, but I am not sure if the male doll is still available or ever will be available again. I read in forums multiple complaints that it was sold out and is not made anymore.

wholesalers/ factories:

These are not retail shops for ordering small quantities, but the factories those produce dipped latex garments etc. and sell lots of them to vendors. Almost all dipped latex garments and such psychedelic devices are made by very few manufacturers; I add them here because most retail stores sell these things extremely overpriced, though if you intend to order larger quantities, you may get much better price conditions from wholesalers than from ordinary shops or other traders, and because these are the genuine manufacturers, they may also be capable to produce things in different colours or other variants for you if you intend to order a large quantity.
 
• Shiny Skin

This manufacturer of dipped latex goods makes various kinds of full- body latex suits as well as inflatable latex masks and inflatable bodybags.
 
• Denber International Rubber Co.

This British manufacturer produces a large variety of simple, dipped latex garments for very low prices. Although they call themselves a wholesaler, everybody can order latex garments here. (Credit card needed, their price list is online, shipping can be expensive. People without credit card may order from RoLatex instead.)

The Denber latex has a smooth, non- sticking surface and a mild and normally pleasant smell, but it reacts with noticeable hysteresis and surface roughness when overloaded. The smell even after elastAyama turns not really unpleasant, but it varies significantly with the chosen colour. The colourless latex smells mainly like mildly scented hand soap or skin care lotion. The black latex smells somewhat coal- like, and this stuff indeed tends to emit some foul antiprana as soon it gets "burned" by sparks of  its own static friction electricity. Possibly the excess soot in the black dye turns into unhealthy carbon disulphide by the sparks, since in some situations I felt indeed a little sick from this rotten egg odour, therefore I recommend to order first only a cheap black test item before you decide to buy expensive equipment for meditation of this black latex. Also the inside of garments smells much stronger than the outside. The red latex has also a very typical smell (a bit like human skin after sleeping in a meadow), but it is not unpleasant. All Denber latex products can also be ordered in thicker latex quality. The standard nose holes of Denber's flat moulded latex masks are too small for safe wearing and therefore urgently should be cut larger before use to prevent lethal accidents.

Here are my experiences with making resonators from some of their garments:
 
• Denber's shoulder long gloves [DE108b] are thinner than average household gloves and are made of very smooth and supple latex. When inflated into the 2nd range, the red gloves turn very transparent, but partially inflated they also behave quite unstable (like inflated condoms) and the hand has various thin areas, thus during elastAyama I didn't dare to stretch the hand much. Also near the rear end the tested specimen had many thin bubbles, therefore I don't recommend to do elastAyama with these, nor to inflate them higher than range 2.0, because they are already of very soft and supple latex, and the increase of steepness by elastAyama thus wouldn't do well to their resonance. Instead they are operated best in 1st range; it's a wonderful experience to bend them around ones own body as a prana conductor and to do resonaKampaña with them; they can create a great variety of different sounds and have a very long decaying low tone as their main resonance, and because they are operated in range 1 for this use (unlike normal cylindrical latex balloons), they fortunately can even live almost forever to accompany your spiritual voyages.

• The hole- less flat moulded latex masks [DE109] can also be converted into resonators. I tried a colourless XL size one; they are quite big and of strong latex, but have weak spots below their nose and their chin and a less severe(?) one at their back, those should urgently be reinforced with rubber cement before inflating (and also before normal use?) to prevent destruction by instabilities. In elastAyama I inflated one in 3rd range to a size of about ø90*120cm; it felt quite tight but could still hold full body weight fairly well (I sat about 45 minutes on it after deflating it slightly). Theoretically by their large initial size these masks could possibly inflate even larger, but due to unequal membrane thickness at the edges and face side I wouldn't dare to try this. By singing at the membrane in this state they respond with a very clear reverberation, but their best resonator use is likely anyway in range 0 to 1 as a small, inflatable pillow. (The hysteresis even added real additional 3cm width to it after deflation - without causing severe wrinkles.)

• Their long latex stockings [DE120] are not so well suited as resonators because they inflate very unstable, but otherwise with some care they can inflate to really giant sizes. I tried black XL ones; they are flat moulded and of very thin latex (almost like disposable medical exam gloves) and the quite small feet are particularly thin (which is certainly very bad for durability when used as a garment). There is a small air vent hole at the rear edge that needs to be sealed with rubber cement before inflation, and there were also some material faults (bubbles and holes) those should be urgently reinforced with rubber cement too. But worst for use as resonators is that the membrane at their rear (calf) side is much thinner than the front (knee) side. With one specimen this was so extreme that it inflated very unstable and immediately formed a thin, transparent bubble at the rear edge that resulted in very severe short term hysteresis and also some long term hysteresis after deflation. (I am not sure if Denber intentionally uses a latex with that high short term hysteresis for stockings to prevent leg ache.) With the 2nd specimen the flaw wasn't so extreme, thus by skilful elastAyama I dared to inflate it fully, which transformed it into a spectacular giant balloon of about ø75cm and about 2.40m length(!). Particularly the foot turned very transparent during this, but I felt that the stocking was still not fully inflated; especially at the top (hip) end it could have inflated way larger, but the limited room length and the lots of sharp edged devices surrounding me in my laboratory prevented this. The resonator held body weight rather badly, and through the narrow standard (ink cartridge) inlet pipe it turned down tremendously slowly, thus after a long meditation I finally carefully removed the clip with a screw driver for quick deflation. (To inflate that huge resonators to full size, a wider inlet pipe and a vacuum cleaner or similar would make sense, because even my big, hand operated piston pump needed multiple hours.) Afterward the latex stocking was very stretched and wrinkled by short term hysteresis, thus I dared to insert my both legs into it and pull it upward similar like a so-called "bondage balloon". It needed quite much force and a bit of Joydivision latex care as lube to do so, and I only managed to pull it up to my lower ribs, but the rolled rim held it in place and it even sealed so well against my body that I managed to inflate it a bit, which noticeable reduced the squeeze with an interesting sensation, it held the air multiple minutes and permitted me to drum on it. The vibrations and the humid, slippery feeling inside were quite interesting. Although I dislike the strong squeeze of this experiment, it was definitely not unbearable, nor did it prevent me from breathing as I had feared. I could now well imagine that I could like to be in an inflatable bodybag for meditation. (After removing and washing this ill- treated latex stocking, most of the hysteresis indeed went away again. Its surface feels a bit rougher now, but it looks way less ruined than I expected.)

It is difficult for me to recommend or not recommend these stockings as resonators, because on the one hand they are quite expensive, have severe material flaws, appear very thin and fragile and can not hold body weight, but on the other hand operated in 1st range they are the longest resonators available and they are of a very soft and pleasant smelling material. I guess the best use as resonator is simply to wrap them around one's body in 1st operating range or to do resonaKampaña  with them. Particularly interesting for this is that you can hear the delay of vibrations travelling from one end of the resonator to the other (no matter if in 1st range or largely inflated) when you hold both ends at both ears while tenderly drumming on it. But operation  higher than the 1st range should better be avoided due to the extreme instabilities.

• Denber's so-called "bondage gauntlets" [DE108c] make wonderful resonators. They are mitten- like, 60cm long gloves with round pouches instead of fingered hands. Unlike the long stockings, these flat moulded items are constructed as almost perfect long balloons of reasonable strong latex (much stronger than the shoulder long gloves) and with very few material flaws, thus in elastAyama they can be safely inflated quite huge. I inflated a black one to about ø50*170cm while I was still carefully lying upon it with my body weight. (Generally cylindrical latex inflatables tend to turn unstable when repeatedly inflated into a high 2nd or 3rd operating range, thus these resonators can likely not survive such extreme conditions for long.) Inflated that large, in resonaKampaña they make an incredible low, loudly audible and long droning tone when held freely. After turning it down, a bit of hysteresis damage has remained and increased its size. As resonators the "bondage gauntlets" are great for resonaKampaña, for wrapping them around one's body and for carefully lying upon them when operated in 1st range. It is a wonderful energetic experience to lie with your spine directly upon one of these long resonators (its pouch under the nape of the neck, other end under the muladhara chakra) and apply it as a prana conductor to let it guide the prana upward the kundalinih. (Important here is not to operate the resonator higher than range 1.0 to avoid instabilities and hysteresis damage.)

• I also have inflated a pair of Denber's red, overthick latex socks [DE163] to stretch them larger (despite of size XL they seem to be designed for small women feet only). The edge at the foot sole is slightly thinner and had few material flaws, but despite this they inflate very well - they inflate quite big, can hold body weight and even turn transparent despite their thickness.

• Latexa

This Danish manufacturer(?) of dipped latex garments also has an online shop, but their stuff appears overpriced and mainly (or entirely??) seems to consist of re-labelled Denber and Shiny Skin products. The website looks really badly maintained and its English part is a mess of Danish and English words. In a shop I once saw an overpriced latex suit in a box labelled "Latexa", which photo looked identical to a Shiny Skin suit.

do-it-yourself latex links:

• RUBBERHANS - HOME

This fantastic site is the only known site which explains how to build latex/ rubber garments. There are very detailed instructions and explanations about the handicraft on the site, and also a collection of various general informations about latex and rubber (even including extensive health care warnings) is there. Despite that this site is centered on typical erotical latex garments and does not particularly cover psychedelic latex equipment (nor any inflatables), it is a must to read for anybody who is interested in building things of latex or rubber sheets. The site is in English and German - unfortunately the English version of it appears to be still incomplete and the site is badly maintained (many dead internal links) and gets updated only very infrequently.

• Janus/Latex & Rubber Program

This article contains a little history and many tips about latex garments, their care and repair. Although some details may be inaccurate (e.g. the explanation of dipped latex?), it is worth to be read. E.g. it is claimed that latex is endangered to rot by long contact with certain plastics [genuinely caused by oil- like PVC plasticizers?] and that nylon parts (zips, threads etc.) in latex garments would disintegrate over time by contact with the rubber [genuinely rather by the solvent of wrong rubber glues/ cements??]. But the tip to store latex garments in large Tupperware boxes may be questionable, because although they certainly protect from ozone and folding, they also prevent remaining humidity from vapouring out which could easily destroy latex within few weeks when by accident it is not perfectly dried after wash. (Note: The article was written by a domina (Mistress Cassandra) and though mentions various sado- maso stuff that you may find confusing.)
 
• Liquid-Latex

This company produces a non- toxic room temperature vulcanizing latex fluid that can be applied like body painting paint, and when it dries it turns into solid rubber; though it can be used to produce artistical latex garments. I personally would never come in mind to use it on my own body (one sacrifices all body hairs, and I would fear to damage my skin nervous system with it, which would be spiritually fatal for me), but possibly this substance can also be used as a non- toxic latex cement to cement latex rubber sheets together for building own inflatable latex equipment. (Has anybody experiences with this? I am looking for a method for firmly cementing latex sheets which is as little toxic as possible.) At least this substance can certainly be used as a stretchable paint and coating to paint mystical symbols, ornaments and other decorations onto latex objects.

• BodyCult (see here)

Here you can order custom- made sheet latex in any colour or thickness and even with many kinds of multi- coloured patterns.

• Ramsdale

This interesting site contains much information about latex doll modification. Although it is mainly focussed on converting inflatable latex sex dolls into non- inflatable dolls by adding a mechanical, poseable skeleton, the technical info on this site is also helpful for creating, repair or modification of latex inflatables in general.

• Lilith Papillon - Breast Forms, Latex

On this page is detailedly explained, how a travesty costume with gel filled artificial breasts can be produced using a room temperature vulcanizing latex fluid and a plaster mould. I'm not interested at all in things like false tits, but the method of producing them sounds interesting.

• ClosetMonster's Corner

This is another travesty/ fetishist site about making latex masks and even making an entire female trans- gender suit from liquid latex.

• The Monstermakers

This is a company that produces a liquid and paints for making latex foam- rubber masks like known from hollywood special makeup effects. (I don't assume that this material is of much use for us.)

supply to build resonators:

• Symphony Plastics Retail (Tuffy)

This company makes absolutely the best latex rubber gloves to build resonators for meditation from. Their Tender Tuffy gloves are of very noble, purely natural, cotton flock coated latex, are nicely stretchable with extremely low hysteresis and low material fault count, the size 10 ones have quite big fingers, and the most fascinating thing of them is that they usually have absolutely no stinging solvent or chemical scents. Their smell is not at all comparable with any tyre- like awful odours; instead it is extremely mild and natural- organic; it is lightly sulphureous, but mainly smells like some kind aromatic herbs (I hope their is no THC (marihuana) included ;-) ) or is even a bit comparable with the smell of a human body's skin after sleeping in a meadow. For building resonators for higher spiritual purposes these Tuffy gloves are of absolutely 1st choice.

(I read that the Aztecs in their temples once even burned (non- vulcanized) natural latex as a kind of incense; when that stuff smelled only remotely like this, then I can well imagine why. :-) Manufacturers of psychedelic latex equipment or latex garments should urgently check what ingredients are used in the Tuffy formula; no other rubber smells so mild and organic, and most smell worse.)

Tender Tuffy gloves seem to be sold in other countries also under different brand names. E.g. a German version of them has the brand name: "Der Qualitätshandschuh mit der Rose" (="The quality glove with the rose"), while the company name "Tuffy" is not mentioned on these packages.

Unfortunately even the quality of Tuffy gloves is not always perfect; ones of different production series seem to vary quite much in their smell. Apparently due to changing raw latex suppliers they can smell more or less bitter, and I even got at least one pair (small, pink) which emits a petrol- like solvent component. My older Tuffy glove resonators never smelled this way; I hope that the company hasn't changed their ingredients in a way that they now always add some kinds of toxic solvents to produce cheaper.
 

• Marigold Industrial: Home Page

This company produces a great variety of rubber gloves (including very thick and long ones) and especially they made the most wonderful hot water bottles of very noble natural latex those were perfectly suited for resonators (see here). On their site you can also find a bit of rubber glove history, but unfortunately there is no hint at all that they still make hot water bottles nor any other products besides gloves; if this is true, then it would be a real pity because such bottles of genuine noble latex have become something very rare since nowadays most other companies instead use toxic and bad smelling rubber chemicals or have entirely stopped producing rubber ones.

I found out that a German drugstore chain of the name Budnikowsky still sells these wonderful Marigold hot water bottles (a version with detachable cloth envelope) in various colours for about 6.75€ (?), and they replied that they can still order these bottles and that there are no hints that they were out of production.
 

• Rubber Angel (see here)

Here you can order a 2 piece set of inflatable latex cushions for only 25€. They also sell non- toxic rubber cement.
 
• Epos-Sport

This German language mail order shop offers inexpensive latex ball bladders (orange, clover leaf shaped) made by CAWILA; unfortunately they emit a tyre- like petrolish antiprana and are cheap in quality too. The "soccer ball" bladders (2.40€) are made of medium thick latex but have irregular thickness with many material flaws, thin membrane zones at their edges and extremely thin zones near the bottom tip those could easily split by drift damage, thus I doubt that they could survive higher 2nd range operation for longer without adding a reinforcement patch. The quite small "handball" bladders (3.10€) otherwise are of incredible strong latex (>2mm?) with even stronger edges and can be pumped up hard like rubber balls, but also these have very irregular membrane thickness and noticeable thinner zones near their valve. Shipping is very expensive (about 13€ due to cash on delivery), thus if you really want them, you should better order many. (The parcel I received from them was crushed and halfway open (or just opened by postman to fetch the bill??), thus the contents almost fell out of it.)

• Denber (see here)

a cheap source for simple, dipped latex garments, those can also be converted into resonators (see here).

rubber history links:

• Achievements of Primitive Societies

This article includes a very interesting chapter about the methods and astonishingly high developed capabilities of American Indian cultures to create rubber objects from natural latex. (To vulcanize, they apparently applied special plant saps instead of sulphur.)
 
• NATIVE AMERICAN SCIENCE

In this interesting article you can find various brief descriptions about American Indians application of rubber - including the fascinating fact that they even already knew to vulcanize latex with sulphur (!) long times before Charles Goodyear.
 
• Charles Goodyear and the Strange Story of Rubber

This is a nice and quite long article about that fascinated rubber experimenter who in spite of debts devoted himself so entirely to the development of this material, that by his enthusiasm he was called "The Invincible Rubber Man". By accident he finally discovered the sulphur vulcanization and though introduced the modern use of latex rubber. Despite he died in poverty by debts in prison, because as much he enjoyed to experiment and find more uses for his so- called "Gum- Elastic", as little he felt motivated to care about making personal profits with his invention. (Goodyear was a quite altruistic Christian believer, and to let the mankind benefit from his great invention was apparently much more important for this man than personal wealth.)
 
• Welcome to Business Heroes - Charles Goodyear
• Charles Goodyear

These are other articles about him.

• Rubberworld - A Mongrel Media exhibit for the Eden Project

This small but  fantastic site about a rubber exhibition contains tons of brief but interesting infos about latex history and chemistry (visit the "Rubberworld labels" page). E.g. you read there about future ideas of special rubber garments for kids designed to fit a 2 years old child and grow with them to make them still fit with 7 years :-) and about John Kemp's book "The Psychosomatic Use of Rubber" (see here) from 1956, in which he recommends the daily wear of rubber garments.

• Red Rock Resole - All About Rubber

This text contains a brief timeline about the history of rubber (mainly focussed on shoe soles).

(latex related) ancient culture links (Olmecs etc.):

• Olmec Indians

This long description of their culture only mentions solid rubber ball games but doesn't tell details about the Olmec use of latex.
 
• The Olmecs - Religion and Ritual [link is broken]

Here stands a bit about the Olmec shamanic religion (jaguar gods etc.), but unfortunately nothing about their use of latex. (Archeologists claim that they had not written language, though they don't seem to know very much about their religion.)
 
• KAM Africans in Pre Columbian America

This text is about Olmecs and their connections to their cultures (but no latex details).
 
• The Olmecs, Mexico's Mother Culture

short text, also explaining the word "Olmec" (no latex details).
 
• Empires Past: Aztecs: Trade, Economy and Merchants

another short text about Aztec culture and their trade. (no latex details)

children toys links:

• Amosandra and Other Dolls Made from Rubber - Suite101.com

This fascinating article explains that from the mid-1800s until the 1960s children toy dolls were made from latex rubber. Even inflatable (!) rubber toy dolls (created in 1930th by a company Butler Brothers) are mentioned here. It's such a pity that nowadays yet nobody dares to make inflatable latex cuddly toys for children anymore. I think it is really time to found a company and manufacture new inflatable cuddly toys of this fantastic bioenergetic harmony material.
 
• My Dear Dolly Antique Dolls, Bears + Toys

On this dolls collectors site you can find many pictures of antique rubber toy dolls.

• Stretch Armstrong - Yesterdayland Memories

Here you can read about a class of so- called "stretch dolls" those were made of latex in 1970th in USA by Kenner toys and Mego. These toys were 12 inch large, marketed as stretchable action figures and were made from a latex skin inflated with condensed corn syrup gel to slow down their motion. Unfortunately gel additives sometimes damaged the latex over time and made the toy burst into a very sticky mess, or at least it crystallized into a brittle sugar and toffee block after few years that caused them to leak and crack apart when stretched or bent. Also kids tended to ill- treated their little latex friends horribly, though only very of these wonderful toys survived. In 1993(?) a new release of Stretch Armstrong dolls came out, and WWF wrestler dolls (now filled with powder). I have written some long articles with theories why such latex toys tended to disintegrate etc. and the "Stretch Armstrong toy refurbish & modification FAQ" (about gel removal, repair, making stretch toys inflatable, etc.), which can be found on the message board of Yesterdayland.

Currently available was only a smaller latex stretch doll of the name "The Crocodile Hunter - Steve Irwin Stretch Doll" (see here and here); he has no realistic hands, but looks cute. Unfortunately they seem to be sold out everywhere (because also their gel hardened after only 3 years?), thus I had to buy mine through eBay. (You may also find other rubber stretch toys at eBay - search for "stretch armstrong" in toys.) Another, rather disgusting modern stretch product are the "Electronic Stretch Screamer" toy monsters, those are not only torture glorifying (scream when pulled), but according to customer reports also break and burst terribly easy (see here and here). Also a new Stretch Armstrong action movie with Jackie Chan is being made, thus I hope that when it comes out in the cinema, also a new version of the toy will be released (hopefully also where I live).

• Imperial Toy - Creatures Of The World

This company still makes a series of colourful designed small rubber stretch toys labelled "Creatures Of The World". The toys are of soft and quite sticky rubber, which behaves much like noble latex but has an unusual, very wax- like smell. Inside they are filled with tiny (sand- like) plastic beads, but with some skill they can also be converted into inflatables.

latex art links:

• Welcome to the Inflatable Museum!

This site features an art project with inflatable latex trance suits and a (tent- like) "inflatable room" made entirely of the mystical material.
• The Digital Grotto: VISUALEYEZ - The Rubber Suit

On this page are more pictures from one of the above art project: 2 artists ("inflatonauts") in inflated latex trance suits walk through a street.

other latex/ rubber related links:

• International Rubber Research and Development Board (IRRDB)

On this technical rubber research site you can find much information about history and physical and chemical properties of rubber and rubber tree info. (I am not sure if there is also a public discussion forum anywhere hidden on this site.)

• Crosslinking - Stealing Vulcan's Fire

This article is mainly about the chemical and physical backgrounds of latex vulcanization and other crosslinked polymers, but there is also some (incorrect?) history of Charles Goodyear in it.

• Complete Guide to Balloons and Ballooning

This is an about 1.7MB large, very comprehensive FAQ about toy balloons and balloon twist art. It contains beside others many valuable informations about latex, latex care and elastomer physics in general and is worth to read for everybody who is seriously interested in latex. In the FAQ are also many interesting case descriptions of that particular effect of intuitive fascination that toy balloons typically have not only on children, but on many kinds of people.
 
• AlternativeDr.com - Sulfurcs

Here is a brief description of the medical applications of sulphur. Sulphur is a key ingredient of vulcanized latex rubber, which makes it very interesting to know that its applications on the skin are widely used in therapies to heal eczema and all kinds of itchy and sore skin problems (also see here).

news- & discussion groups related to this site:

• the post-Olmec discussion board

the official discussion board for this site - about the use of latex for meditation, drugfree psychedelic experiences and spiritual development and much more... (HTML based)

Forums about meditation, consciousness and drugfree psychedelics technologies:

• alt.meditation
• alt.consciousness
• alt.yoga (about yoga- related topics)

 
• SpiritWeb

This is a quite large information archive and HTML discussion system about all kinds of things related to spiritual, metaphysical and esoteric topics. Here you can also find material about many different forms of meditation, including various yoga paths, kundalinih information and much more. Also a charge- free membership registration (user name & password) is possible - e.g. to add an own internet site of related topics to their search engine.  (I am registered member too.)

Forums related to latex fetishism:

(Warning: These are mostly about sexual stuff (and may include sado- maso topics) because there is no separated latex scene for psychedelics technology yet.)
 

• The International Association of Rubberists (IAR)

This HTML discussion board is likely the most important information exchange place of the sexual latex/ rubber fetishist scene of this planet; also much information about psychedelic latex equipment is provided here, as well as some texts about psychological aspects of the fascination for latex. Everybody of an age of at least 18 years can participate; a formal, quite anonymous membership registration (user name & password) is required to post articles here, but it is free of charge. Unfortunately by the nature of this planet's rubberist scene there is also much talk about sado- maso related topics, though don't join if you at all cost want to avoid to get in contact with things like this. (Myself (Aerial) despite dared to become IAR member - to be enabled to clear up these people that there exists also a completely different side of latex, and because the IAR is that place where all kinds of latex fascinated people on this planet are possibly advised to look first when they try to search for equal minded people and information about their fascination.)
 
• alt.sex.fetish.latex
• japan.fetish.rubber

These are newsgroups dedicated to sexual latex fetishism.
• alt.sex.fetish.balloons

This one is about sexual and sensual things with (latex) toy balloons.
• alt.personals.fetish
• alt.sex.fetish
• alt.sex.fetish.fashion
• alt.fetish

These newsgroups are about various forms of sexual fetishism - including latex. (Users of psychedelic latex equipment may also be found in the newsgroup uk.people.bdsm, but this one is mainly about sado- maso and domina games, though don't enter it when you feel offended by such topics! Generally there is quite much other (off- topic) sexual stuff (pornography site ads etc.) posted by some fools into Usenet newsgroups about fetishism, though don't worry when you first think to be at the wrong place.)

hint: Not all Usenet news servers provide all newsgroups. If you have problems to access some of these newsgroups, then you possibly need to get news from a different news provider. If technical reasons prevent direct Usenet access or if you want to search for old newsgroup articles, try the Google Groups newsgroup archive instead. For access to actual news I recommend NewsRanger, because they provide free read and write access (through a WWW page) even to a lot of less known Usenet newsgroups those are missing on most other Usenet servers. (For HTML based discussion forums no Usenet server access is necessary.)

• Latex Refugium (an IAR- like, HTML based discussion board about sexual latex fetishism in German)

• Yahoo! Groups : inflatableclothing
• Yahoo! Groups : inflatableclothinglovers
• Yahoo! Groups : womenininflatablesuits
• Yahoo! Groups : inflatablefetishistsconnection

These are discussion boards about inflatable latex suits (with picture albums).

• Yahoo! Groups : latexlovedoll

This one is about sex dolls of latex (with photos of the various dolls). Here you can see the large "Letha Weapons" latex doll giantly overinflated to almost maximum size! (Many photos and explanations available - she is really huge and looks fascinating  - see thread named "LWEP".)
• Yahoo! Groups : lovedollcreations

This interesting hobbyist group is about modification, repair and building own sex dolls. Although it is mostly about non- inflatable silicone and foam rubber constructions, also some DIY tips about latex inflatables may be available here.
• Yahoo! Groups : inflateddolls
• Yahoo! Groups : inflatablelovedolls

Here also infos and photos of sex dolls can be found. Especially the latter also contains many latex doll pictures.
• Doll Forum

This is another nice forum with information about sex dolls, including latex inflatable ones.
 
• Yahoo! Groups : LoonerZ

This interesting group is about so-called balloon fetishists, i.e. people those do sensual or sexual things with latex balloons (and often other inflatables). Some of these people do similar things like resonator meditation, but unfortunately others in this group (so-called "poppers") are only interested in intentionally bursting/ destroying balloons or latex inflatables, which I find quite disgusting because it is such a blind and senseless waste of bioenergetic life force to mindlessly destroy the mystical harmony material.
• Yahoo! Groups : balloontalkofallkindsclub

This is another group about balloons, which features some fetishists and unfortunately also many "poppers".
• Yahoo! Groups : nonpopperballoonfetishes
• Yahoo! Groups : balloonloversclubs1and2

These balloon fetish groups are fortunately for "non- poppers" only, i.e. no bursting allowed.

note: A general problem with sex- or such fetishism related Yahoo! Groups seems to be that they (at least in former times) often get shut down by Yahoo's censorship (because people posted porno photos there?). After this, the groups often re- appear later under a slightly different name, but typically all old messages get lost by this. The Yahoo Groups main page has a a search engine to search for currently existing groups.
 
• the rubber sex dolls bulletin board

This is another latex sex doll discussion board (a rather vulgar one).

Other latex/ rubber related forums:

• PolySort Rubber Discussion Group

Here was a HTML based general discussion group about rubber related topics. Especially when you have physical or chemical questions about rubber/ latex and its production, conservation etc., then this may be a good place to ask. (Now they have unfortunately changed their news system into something that needs a password authorization for access; I don't know if they still allow everybody to participate.)

other drugfree psychedelics links:

mind machines:

Mind machines (sometimes called "brain machines") are technical devices for reaching alterated states of mind; they are (yet) the most well- known and officially researched form of modern drugfree psychedelics.

• MIND GEAR

This is a company which produces electronic mind machines. On this site are various informations and a FAQ about the most common forms of electronic mind machines.
 
• Alpha-Learning

This company sells electronic mind machines especially for increasing the effectiveness of learning, and they also offer extremely expensive training courses applying these devices. There are lots of interesting (but possibly exaggerated) reports and case studies about their devices on this site.

The opto- acoustical form of mind machines praised here is indeed a quite effective technology, but despite this the ones sold here (and especially the courses) are possible extremely overpriced; other companies sell similar products much cheaper. The Chinese police even already did a raid against the Alpha- Learning company central in Hong Kong, with the accusation that this company would rip off people with false medical claims (like that their devices and courses would cure brain damages and could immediately increase IQ and reading speed etc.) and because some people instead got epileptic attacks by exposing themselves to the rhythmical light flashes of their mind machines.

(But it must never be forgotten that when Chinese police fights against something, it is often genuinely done for political reasons to simply suppress and eliminate critics and potential dangers of their dictatorship (like known from the case of the prohibition of the Falun- Gong religion). Theoretically even a well functioning technology that indeed makes people "too intelligent" (and though sovereignously thinking) could be classified by the government as a potential danger, because a dictatorship stays only easy to rule as long as people are kept stupid.)
 

• The Lab - brain machines

a brief FAQ about opto- acoustical mind machines.
 
• www.biofeedback-health.com

a site about mind machines, biofeedback, floatation tanks and other drugfree psychedelic devices.

floatation tanks:

A floatation tank (or Samadhi tank) is a large, dark, air- conditioned box filled with salt water of body temperature, in which a person can float completely decoupled (insulated) against any disturbing signals from outside for a long time to make it possible to easily reach a deep meditation state. The effect of this technology is much similar to the one of inflatable latex "bodybags" and latex suits.
 
• http://www.floatation.com

This is a link site from companies those build floatation tanks. There are also various FAQ- like informations about the tanks and their use on their sites.

yoga and meditation:

• Serpent Fire: Kundalini and Spiritual Crisis by SilverDrake

This is a brief essay about the process of enlightenment (the awakening of the kundalinih), which also covers the "physio- kundalinih" theory about bodily vibrations, with those resonator based psychedelics technologies interact. (Also see here.)
 
• Biokybernetik / The International PcE Network

This is the homepage of the famous Wiener Biokybernetik Institut, a biofeedback and kundalinih research center which provides the likely largest internet resource of scientifical knowledge about enlightenment. You can find here a database with an incredible variety of detailed scientific information on the neurological basics of kundalinih and many other enlightenment aspects. When you want to learn more scientifical details about the kundalinih than you found on my site, then this is definitely a good place to start.

The IPN also sells a special biofeedback device (the PcE-Trainer) which can measure the DC voltage amount of both brain hemispheres to train the kundalinih activation. Like most medical devices it is rather expensive (over 500$); especially the electrode cables (different types are necessary for different kinds of training) appear very overpriced to me, although IPN already calls it a "low cost" biofeedback solution. The PcE-Trainer is portable, has 2 LCD number displays for measuring 2 channels and is powered by 2 separate 9V block batteries.  Like with psychedelic latex suits, special products sold in small quantities tend to be expensive and vice versa. I don't know how much the manufacturer needs the profit for research and new product development and if the device costs much because it is handcrafted, but possibly it is just the only such product on the market and though he can set a monopoly price.

I am not sure, but a similar device could likely be built as a do- it- yourself project by every halfway skilled electronics hobbyist simply from 2 digital multimeters those are nowadays sold as a mass product in electronic component stores for only about 6€ each. I guess the multimeters would only need a high impedance mV DC range (nowadays state of the art) and the rest would be a (shielded?) case and a self- made harness of shielded cables and some electrodes those are likely available at medical supply for rather moderate prices. (If I find time to build such a thing, I will report about it on the EEE site. If anybody else has built one, please tell me about it.)

other links:

• Dr. Lin's Multiple Orgasm Research Center

For spiritual development orgasms should be avoided, because they lead to exhaustion and maladjust the nervous system badly in a way that massively disturbs the necessary signal transfer for the connection to cosmic consciousness, therefore I personally don't do orgasmic sexuality; without these maladjustments it is possible to live in a much greater, steady stream of perpetual joy which we yogi call ananda.

But for all rubberists etc. those want to stay happy and healthy in spite of doing orgasmic sex, I can only recommend this great site; it provides lots of scientific information about the bodily working principles behind orgasm, how more pleasant and multiple orgasms can be achieved and - the most important part - how damages caused by too much exhaustion can be avoided. Despite that some of the technical metaphors Dr. Lin uses in his descriptions are a bit clumsy (things like "vaginal sexual magnetism inducts bioelectric energy into the penis" etc.), his general understanding of the human body seems to be quite precise and has many similarities to my own. (He researches about orgasm, I research about technologies to ease enlightenment, but both phenomenons have many physiological elements common and in both are resonance and oscillation phenomenons very important those interact with various operating points of the nervous system.)
 

• The Cold Theory

On this page are some interesting explanations about the physiological effects of silicone oil intoxication. I went through a hellish intoxication after breathe experiments with silicone swimcaps (see here). Despite this site is rather about breast implant problems an I am not sure if the chemicals of swimcaps are at least remotely similar to medical silicone oil, the here described phenomenons may be related to my symptoms.
 
• Rupert Sheldrake Online

Here you can find informations about the physical principle of morphic fields, those are an important key element for the understanding of many consciousness physical effects.

If you intend to link Enlightening Elastomeric Experiences to your own homepage etc., check the meta- information page of this site here.
 
 

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