Violet Wand
One of the safer electrical devices used in S&M play is the violet wand. Violet wands are definitely one of the most desirable toys available. They are incredibly versatile, providing many different levels of intensity, technique and sensations. They can provide an incredible range of sensations, from lush tingles to sharp shocks to simulating the feelings of burning and cutting. You will be limited only by your imagination. Statistically, violet wands are the safest electrical sex toy next to vibrators, and you can do a whole lot more with them. They pretty much feel like a jolt of static electricity and the spark jumps to your skin. But violet wands are adjustable, so it can go from erotic tingles that feel like you are in an alka-seltzer bath, with the sparks fizzing lushly over your skin, all the way up to sharp shocks. There is a wide range of physical sensations you can achieve, depending on the setting, technique used and accessories, so they can feel like soft bubbles or like a knife cutting. Violet wand electricity is of sufficiently high frequency that it does not affect the human body, in the same way that high frequencies of sound cannot be heard. This high frequency, combined with other factors such as the specific "resistance" of human skin (eletrical resistance as measured in ohms per meter), make it possible to play with violet wand electricity.
What most people know about using violet wands is merely the tip of the iceberg! Not only can you use them to touch directly to someone (Direct Application), but there is also Indirect Application as well as Reverse application. And there are an infinite number of effects that you can achieve by combining those three basics.
Direct Application:
As with all toys, test its effects on yourself before you begin, so you become accustomed to its ranges and effects and comfortable with controlling it. Violet wands can create sensations that range from gentle tingles and barely felt vibrations, to sharp shocks. Unless you want the violet charge to arc to certain areas of the body, remove all metal jewelry in contact with the skin of your subject. Leave metal where you desire a more intense sensation to occur. Nipple clamps, piercing rings, chains and anything metal will draw the charge to it, and conduct the charge more intensely into the skin. Apply the charge directly to your subject, experimenting with control settings, different electrodes, and distance from the skin to achieve different sensations. The farther you hold the electrode from your partner's skin, the sharper the shock will be felt. You can also experiment with different attachments to insert directly into the violet wand. To increase resistance, and thus spark 'bite', dust a little talcum powder onto the area(s) you will be playing with. Manufactured objects that fit into the wand can be used to achieve different sensations.
Indirect Application:
One of the wonderful characteristics of violetwands that can be used to great effect, is their ability to conduct their charge through one person to another. The charge can pass entirely through a human body, even more than one, because humans are primarily made of water which is 3-4% salt. This can be highly conductive to electricity. Applying the violet wand directly to someone, have them touch someone else. The charge is transmitted through the first person and to the second. Playing a lovely diffusion of neon purple rays over someone's reddened skin, and having them rake their fingers to transmit the charge over a second person's skin is only one of the ways this can be affected. Any body contact, from touching, spanking, or stroking will transmit the charge to the second person. Tongues get a bit numb when they are used in this way, but the sensations of being on the receiving end of an electrically charged tongue can be incredible.
A most fascinating way of employing this trait of violetwands while playing, is in acting as the conductor of the charge yourself. If you hold the wand's electrode firmly in one hand, you can use your other hand to touch your play partner to transmit the charge to them. Your fingertips will emanate sparks as you contact your subject (though not in the same strength as they come directly from the wand). when you are part of the circuit, the charge passes through you and you will not feel it. Your play partner will definitely feel it, however, as your fingertips, your tongue, even your toes, can be used to transmit the violetwand rays. If you have metal on your body however, such as a watch, piercings, or rings, you may feel the charge being attracted to the metal where it comes in contact with you, depending upon the settings you choose. To take this effect another step further, if you pick up a conductive toy such as a mylar flogger or a Wartenberg pinwheel while you are holding to the violetwand's electrode. You can then use the toy as an extension of yourself and transmit the charge of violet rays. In this way you are part of the circuit and any backlash of flogger tails will not effect you. The possibilities here are limitless..aluminum combs, knives, metal slappers, ball chain, chain mail..anything conductive can be held in your hand to transmit the charge to your play partner through you. Chill your chain mail, ball chain flogger, or shock whip. Use it with Indirect application for cold metal PLUS hot sparks.
Reverse Application:
Use a body contact pad and attach it to your partner rather than yourself. Either have them lie down, stand, or sit on the body contact pad, or duct tape it to their body so that there is a good contact between the pad and their skin. You can also duct tape the mushroom electrode into your subject's hand if you don't want to bother with a body contact probe. Then turn on the wand. Your partner will be electrified from the inside out! When you touch your subject with a metal object such as a mylar flogger or wartenberg wheel, the charge of the violet wand will arc through their body and shock them from the ..inside... This method gives you the best freedom of movement with a violet wand. To take this a few steps further, wire the body contact pad into your metal rack, cross, or the chains that your subject is bound with. You will be able to torment them with electricity from ALL directions, when you play with your mylar floggers, fingernail talons or pinwheels. A fascinating way of employing the violet wand with a body contact pad is during knifeplay. Hold the electrode in one hand or use a body contact pad to become part of the circuit. Pick up a knife or a metal letter opener in your other hand. When used on a partner, the sensation will feel like cutting. These are only some of the techniques that can be used, and with a little imagination, the possibilities are nearly limitless.
* always play safe *
