The Heart of Dominance

A Guide to Practicing Consensual Dominance

By: Anton Fulmen

Narrated by: Anton Fulmen

Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins

Publisher's summary

The Heart of Dominance is a how-to guide to the concepts and skills at the heart of consensual dominance. If you are new to dominance or still figuring out just what it’s all about and what you want it to mean to you, then this book will provide you with a solid foundation from which to start.

If you already practice dominance and are interested in improving your ability to create deep and lasting power dynamics, then you’ll find many advanced concepts and concrete techniques to integrate into your own personal style. If you have an interest in the bedrock principles of inspiring, deepening, maintaining, and enjoying control over a person who dearly, desperately wants you to control them, then this book is for you.

©2016 Anton Fulmen (P)2021 Anton Fulmen

Incredible D/S Primer

This is an incredible primer on the world of D/S that is obviously deeply informed by wisdom, noticing, and listening to the experience of a wide variety of people. What I truly valued about this book was his choice to talk about how once might frame how to think about things instead of telling the reader what to think. This approach really allowed me to resonate with the parts of D/S that fit me and let go of the parts that don't instead of trying to adjust myself to a pre-determined model. He takes the reader on a journey to see D/S as a beautiful emotional journey into deep vulnerability and trust, and how one might foster and grow those traits within a connection.
Couldn't recommend this more!

Very Helpful

I've been in the scene for a long time and struggle with autism. This book helped clarify some social faux pas I've been experiencing. If you found this book on purpose, you won't be disappointed. If you stumbled upon it on accident, buckle up and dive in!

A true gem!!!@

Highly recommend !!
I will definitely be listening to this educational masterpiece in the future !

New to this world, loved this book!

Absolutely recommend this book for anybody considering it.

I greatly appreciate this book's overall approach and look at various aspects of "Dominance". I found this book very informative, expansive, and nuanced. It not only has enriched my understanding and appreciation of many areas of dominance that I was already inherently interested in, but open my eyes to many others I was not aware of. Furthermore, it has helped me better understand some areas of D/s dynamics that I've had initial aversion to.

Beyond strictly the information contained within this book, I also very much appreciated the narration being from the author himself. Having worked through some other audible books with horrendous narration (*cough* Jay Wiseman's SM 101 *cough), I very much enjoyed listening to Anton Fulmen. Admittedly, while he may be a *tad* bit straight and dry from time to time, there were many more times I found the delivery and emphasis of his words to be very helpful in understanding the message. Overall I would give this a 8.5/10 for narration.

A+ for sure, highly recommend.

Perfect

I have read a lot of books over the subject. This one is more of a first book recommendation. It gives you a good base to go off of with scenarios.

Excellent overview

Very mature and well written book. Provided a nice overview of the different roles that exist and how to manage the interpersonal relationship of a d/a relationship.

A must have for ball

I just started getting into bdsm with my significant other because there was just something missing. I’ve always been somewhat interested but didn’t know where to start. This book helped change a lot of my old thought of the matter. Before this book I was clueless and unsure but now I’m intrigued to go further and am more confident in myself and know I belong.

Excellent introduction

Absolutely wonderful introduction to Dominance and submission, focused in instructing from the Dom side and still very useful to read from the sub side of the slash for awareness and to help set your own expectations and desires. STRONGLY recommend.

Good Material But Terrible Narration

I am not sure who allowed this person to narrate the book. I felt like I was being read to by a muppet.

A great overview of Dominance

This is probably going to be my highest recommendation for books on Dominance for those first exploring D/s. It dispells any idea of "one true way" in addition to covering all the basics (and consent) and giving a great overview of different types of dynamics. The audiobook is well recorded, though some of the stories were a little bit confusing to listen to due to the names/pronouns of the characters, but it was easy to get the gist.