The Art of Seduction (95 page)

Tabouis, G. R., 399-401

Sieburg, Friedrich, 337

spontaneity, sense of, 241

Tale of Genji, The
(Murasaki), xxiv,

Silenus, 56, 191

Staël, Madame de, 187-88, 343, 344

25, 61, 63-65, 140-41, 172,

Simone, 23

Stahl, Lesley, 450-51

269-71, 287

Sirens, xix, 3, 5-16, 26, 28, 152, 155,

Stalin, Joseph, 88-89, 108

Tales from the Thousand and One

184

Starkie, Walter, 22-23

Nights,
222-26, 244-47

466
•
Index

Talleyrand-Périgord, Prince Charles

contrasts in, 201-2

evaluating responses in, 171-72

de, 38-39

jealousy engendered by, 197-98

exciting tension in, 171, 173

Tanazaki, Junichiro, 356

by politicians, 201-2

imagination and, 172

Tantalus, 231

reputation in, 195, 200-201

leisure time in, 173

Tantrism, 410

reversal of, 202

manly men as, 12, 172

Tarde, Gustave, 83

rivalry stimulated by, 200

missing qualities and, 171, 173-74

Tausk, Victor, 198, 199

trophy as symbol of, 202

new types as, 170, 172

tayus,
436

vanity and, 200, 201

one's own type as, 149

tears, 69, 70, 76, 78, 285, 291-92,

Tristan and Isolde, 12, 190-92,

personal reactions in, 167, 170,

311, 373

354-55, 357

171, 172, 290, 397

television, 114, 115, 123-24, 125,

troubadours, xx, 36-37, 291, 325,

in politics, 174

450-51

331

repressed types as, 173-74

temptations, creation of, 229-38, 425

Trouncer, Margaret, 187-88

reversal of, 175

apple in Garden of Eden as symbol

Truman, Harry S., 99, 118, 123, 124,

unhappiness and, 167, 172

of, 237

128

vulnerability in, 170-71

barriers established in, 233-34, 236

Tsao Hsueh Chin, 270-72

victim strategy, 287-89, 292

challenges in, 236-37

Tsu Hsi, Empress Dowager, 267-69

Victoria, Queen of England, 51,

deceptive appearances and, 234

Tullia d'Aragona, 12, 38, 40, 173,

83-85, 143, 145, 210, 236,

forbidden fruit in, 231-34, 237,

182, 330-32

274-75, 284

244

Tuperselai, 397-98

Vietnam War, 374-75

future gains in, 235-36

Villarceaux, Marquis de, 425-26

opportunity in, 237

ukiyo
("floating world"), 435-37

Virgin of Stamboul, The,
452-53

reversal of, 238

ulterior motives, 21, 142-43

Viscontini, Countess Metilda, 377

selective disclosure in, 14-15, 237

unattainability, apparent, 192, 201,

Vivien, Renée, 317, 362-63

weakness as target in, 229, 234-37

321

voices, 22-23, 34, 115, 259, 261,

That Obscure Object of Desire,
373

"Uncanny, The" (Freud), 301-2

268, 297, 351, 395

theatricality, xx, xxiii, 267-69,

unconditional love, 336-37, 340

of Sirens, 7, 9, 10, 13-14

421-23

undefensive lovers, 57, 63-65

Voltaire, 34

of bold movers, 411-12

von Sternberg, Josef, 121-22, 373

of Charismatics, 100

Valentino, Rudolph, 43-44, 52,

vulgarians, anti-seductive, 135-36

of environment, 431, 433-34, 436,

356-57

439

patient attentiveness of, 38, 43, 44,

Wadler, Joyce, 297

of Sirens, 7, 8, 9

50, 273-74

Wagner, Richard, 100

spectacles in, 265, 267-69, 275,

Valmont, Vicomte de (fict.), 25,

war heroes, 327-29, 446-48

301, 447

169-71, 287-89, 290, 407-9,

Warhol, Andy, 33-34, 49, 52, 71-73,

Theosophical Society, 109

412

78, 126, 128, 192

third parties, 273

Valois, Mademoiselle de, 19-20

calculated surprise by, 248

in indirect approach, 177, 183

Vanderbilt, William, 396

Factory as environment of, 437-38

see also
jealousy; triangles, creation

vanity, 71, 74, 79, 81, 135, 171, 195,

triangles created by, 200

of

199, 200, 210, 226, 235, 259,

Washington, George, 99

Thus Spake Zarathustra
(Nietzsche), 46

314, 408-9, 426

Wayne, John, 51, 125

Tiberius, Emperor of Rome, 317

victims, 147-60

Wayward Head and Head, The
(Crébiltightwads, anti-seductive, 134-35

Aging Babies, 156-57

lon fils), 138-40, 402

time, altered sense of, 431-39

Beauties, 156

weaknesses, disarming, 285-93

Casanova's creation of, 435,

Conquerors, 153-54

blemish as symbol of, 292

438-39

Crushed Stars, 152-53

gender differences in, 291

timidity, 410, 426

Disappointed Dreamers, 150-51

genuine, 290

timing:

Drama Queens, 155

"honest" confessions of, 284, 285,

of Charmers, 90-91, 92, 93

Exotic Fetishists, 154-55

287-88, 289

of Coquettes, 78

Floating Genders, 160

of Naturals, 53, 56, 59

dramatic moments in, 435

Idol Worshipers, 158

occasional glimpses of, 290, 291

of pain mixed with pleasure, 379

Lonely Leaders, 159

pathetic vs., 290, 293

of re-seduction, 428

New Prudes, 151-52

in playing the victim, 285, 287-89,

speed and youth in, 435

Novices, 153

292

spiritual lures and, 365

Pampered Royals, 151

of politicians, 292

Tito, Josef, 77

Professors, 155-56

reversal of, 293

Todellas, Don Juan de (fict.), 231-34

Reformed Rakes or Sirens, 150

shyness as, 285, 290, 291

Tragedy of King Richard III, The

Rescuers, 157

suspicion reduced by, 289, 290

(Shakespeare), 314, 316

Roués, 157-58

sympathy evoked by, 285, 292, 293

transference, 335-36

Sensualists, 159

tears as, 285, 291-92

triangles, creation of, 195-202

victims, choice of, 12, 40, 167-75

of troubadours, 291

aura of desirability from, 195,

big game as symbol of, 174

Weber, Max, 97-98, 106

199-201, 202

deceptive appearances and, 173

Webster, Lady Frances, 352, 357

Index
• 467

Wedekind, Franz, 46

doubts created by, 383, 389, 390

wonder children, 57, 61-63

Weekley, Ernest, 423-24

infantile experiences re-created by,

Woolf, Virginia, 34

Welles, Orson, 313, 314

388-91

World War I, 22-23, 58, 59, 107,

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke

interest in another person as, 383,

327-29, 396

of, 188, 343-44

387, 390, 392, 419;
see also
triWorld War II, 86, 100, 114, 115, Welter, Blanca Rosa,
see
Christian,

angles, creation of

217,253, 328

Linda

letter-writing in, 385-86, 387,

writing, 251, 254, 255-58, 288

Whitmer, Peter, 107

388, 389

guidelines for, 257-58

Wilde, Oscar, 49, 188, 189-90, 192,

pomegranate as symbol of, 391

mirroring in, 257

193, 234

reversal of, 392

in strategic withdrawal, 385—86,

Williams, Tennessee, 72

role reversal engendered by, 391

387, 388, 389

Wilson, Harriette, 48-49

selective, by Coquettes, 67, 70-71,

windbags, anti-seductive, 135, 145

73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 390

Yang Kuei-Fei, 76, 174, 270, 272-73,

withdrawal, strategic, 383-90, 418,

sexless neutrality in, 389-90

274

424

subtlety in, 389

aggressive pursuit motivated by,

see also
calculated absences

Zeus (Jupiter), xxiii, 9, 57, 58,

387, 389, 390

Woman and Puppet
(Louÿs),

182-83, 256-58, 287-88

anxiety induced by, 388-89, 390, 391

371-74

Zhou Enlai, 88-90, 93

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• Cover
  
• Contents
  
• Preface
  
• Part One: The Seductive Character
  
• The Siren
  
• The Rake
  
• The Ideal Lover
  
• The Dandy
  
• The Natural
  
• The Coquette
  
• The Charmer
  
• The Charismatic
  
• The Star
  
• The Anti-Seducer
  
• The Seducer's Victims - The 18 Types
  
• Part Two: The Seductive Process
  
• Phase One: Separation - Stirring Interest and Desire
  
• 1 Choose the Right Victim
  
• 2 Create a False Sense of Security-Approach Indirectly
  
• 3 Send Mixed Signals
  
• 4 Appear to Be an Object of Desire - Create Triangles
  
• 5 Create a Need - Stir Anxiety and Discontent
  
• 6 Master the Art of Insinuation
  
• 7 Enter Their Spirit
  
• 8 Create Temptation
  
• Phase Two: Lead Astray - Creating Pleasure and Confusion
  
• 9 Keep Them in Suspense - What Comes Next?
  
• 10 Use the Demonic Power of Words to Sow Confusion
  
• 11 Pay Attention to Details
  
• 12 Poeticize Your Presence
  
• 13 Disarm Through Strategic Weakness and Vulnerability
  
• 14 Confuse Desire and Reality - The Perfect Illusion
  
• 15 Isolate the Victim
  
• Phase Three: The Precipice - Deepening the Effect Through Extreme Measures
  
• 16 Prove Yourself
  
• 17 Effect a Regression
  
• 18 Stir Up the Transgressive and Taboo
  
• 19 Use Spiritual Lures
  
• 20 Mix Pleasure with Pain
  
• Phase Four: Moving In for the Kill
  
• 21 Give Them Space to Fall - The Pursuer Is Pursued
  
• 22 Use Physical Lures
  
• 23 Master the Art of the Bold Move
  
• 24 Beware the Aftereffects
  
• Appendix A: Seductive Environment/Seductive Time
  
• Appendix B: Soft Seduction: How to Sell Anything to the Masses
  
• Selected Bibliography
  
• Index