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	Body Piercing Forum Tattooing Forum Body Modification Forums - Message Board - ezboard.com
		The Body Modification Forums is a service provided by West Gate Webs, a US based company, headquartered in Pittsfield, MA.
		Be forewarned that some body modification practices can be offensive to some, and let’s keep it professional.
		This is an Advanced Discussion Body Modification Forum for users of 18 years of age or older, or 16 with parental permission.
	p196.ezboard.com /bbodypiercingtattooingandbodymodification (2098 words)

	ModBlog - He needs many vaginas - Body modification and ritual blog sponsored by BMEzine.com
		Wednesday November 7th, 2007 @ 12:19 PM Filed under: Body Modification
		Monday October 29th, 2007 @ 5:00 PM Filed under: Funny, BMEGirls, Body Modification
		ModBlog is a body modification blog featuring some of the best images and stories from the BME archives.
	modblog.bmezine.com /category/body-modification (1343 words)

	Body Modification's Role In The Coming Human-Robot Apocalypse [The Publisher's Ring]
		One of the strange paradoxes of the human is experience is that it's often events steeped in pain or the negation of the body that lead us to transformative religious rapture (or, as the Lizardman put it in his latest column for the less spiritual, "life affirming" experiences).
		Outside of body modification one sees this in extreme trauma in the form of out of body experiences and near death experiences — whether one chooses a spiritual explanation or one more down-to-earth, the central symptom is the same: an affirmation of humanity.
		The experiences of body piercing, especially genital piercing, along with other body modifications is most commonly a sexual act, be it direct (by making sex feel better) or be it indirect (for example, self-beautifying acts as an element of mating behavior — that is, attracting sexual partners).
	www.bmezine.com /news/pubring/20030816.html (3106 words)

	Body Arts \| Body Modification \| Branding In The Flesh \| Piercing \| Mehndi Skin Art
		In the Flesh is an insightful examination of the more extreme body modification subculture, one that invites the reader to re-examine his or her expectations about bodies, body politics, and medical technologies.
		The road of body modification, piercing, and mutilation is untraveled by most people, yet it holds an undeniable fascination for many.
		Riveting color photographs by the foremost three-dimensional body modification artist in the United States provide the perfect visual complement to this examination of the soul as it rises toward freedom.
	www.mehndiskinart.com /Body_Arts_Modification.htm (786 words)

	Anti Essays : Free Essays on Body Modification Essay
		Body modification and adornment is a universal culture.
		Body adornment and modification is a very broad subject, ranging from ceremonial body paint to the amputation of appendages.
		Body modification is the tool that these young adults use to express their individuality.
	www.antiessays.com /free-essays/1128.html (1111 words)

	Body Modification Camden
		A body modification could be part of a ritual, a sign of spirituality, higher consciousness, sexuality or pure aesthetics.
		But she is also one of the few people who has undertaken a further step into body modification.
		But the decoration of bodies dates far back to early African and American tribes, where it was an expression of social status and sexuality.
	www.camdenguide.co.uk /news/bodmod.htm (1094 words)

	Body Modification
		Hard-core Skate culture has always had close links with body modification and decoration bearing elaborate tattoos or piercings, but a new style of body art is re-emerging in US street culture and its a proceedure not for the faint hearted.
		I have yet to hear of an incident that involves death because of a non mainstream body modification'.
		In addition to graduate students researching body modification for their theses, psychologists have initiated new research that re-examines the idea that self-injurious behaviour may actually have a therapeutic effect.
	www.geocities.com /Alice_Roissy/Body.html (2885 words)

	BODY MODIFICATION
		Your body is God's creation to celebrate, not your own private object to manipulate.
		Let your body language proclaim that you are a child of the Father, purchased by the Christ the Son, filled with the Holy Spirit.
		Your body needs to be different, but not in the way that body modification makes it different.
	www.holybible.com /resources/poems/body_modification.htm (2840 words)

	BODY ART BOOKS: PIERCING, TATTOOS, BODY MODIFICATION
		From body painting to piercing to scarification, from tattoos to plastic surgery, from the Bronze Age to the computer age, this film explores and celebrates the stunning diversity of Body Art.
		Body piercing is one of the oldest and most interesting forms of body modification, yet the reasons for piercing the body are as diverse as the cultures they come from.
		Body piercing was often identified with royalty and portrayed courage and virility.
	www.anathemabooks.com /body_mod.shtml (4327 words)

	Body Modification and Spirituality
		While these forms of body modification are considered by those that participate in them to simply be a form of self-expression (Myers, 1992), they are considered by some to be forms of self-mutilative behavior (Strong, 1998).
		It was also hypothesized that individuals that participate in tattooing and body piercing are more likely to participate in forms of body modification that are even less mainstream, but that this participation in less mainstream forms of body modification would correlate negatively with both religiosity and spirituality.
		Secondly, it was also hypothesized that individuals that participate in tattooing and body piercing are more likely to participate in forms of body modification that are even less mainstream, but that this participation in less mainstream forms of body modification would correlate negatively with both religiosity and spirituality.
	www.samford.edu /schools/artsci/scs/martin.html (5053 words)

	Body Modification (Site not responding. Last check: )
		To mold the body into the hourglass shape, the lower sections of the rib cage are pushed inward by the corset.
		It is erroneous to suppose that further body modification is then not possible, however, because the two halves of the rib cage can and will overlap with continued tight lacing.
		Pregnancy in a woman who is or has been practicing body modification is likely to result in significant complications that may endanger the mother’s life as well as potentially harming the child.
	www.victoriaspast.com /Corsets/modification.htm (1123 words)

	Body modification: Devotees of this undergroud style speak out
		Seattle's underground body modification scene stands in contrast to what's going on in Portland and Eugene, where club performances (usually piercings and suspensions) are common.
		To some people outside the body modification world, the acts of being scarred, tattooed and pierced beyond recognition seem to point to a troubled life: a tragic childhood, a lost path, a history of depression and self-loathing.
		In the contemporary world, the Modern Primitives movement (based heavily in body modification) is largely credited to Fakir Musafar (read more about him at www.bodyplay.com), but tattoos and piercings of all kinds have been parts of cultures from Japan to the British Isles.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /lifestyle/116874_bodmod.html (2466 words)

	Skin Deep @ Scarleteen.com - A Body Modification Primer
		Body modification is a tradition as old as civilization itself.
		Tattoos and body piercings can be a great way to express your individuality, but they're permanent, after all, and not without health risks.
		Body piercing is usually done with a sterile hollow needle and special body piercing jewelry made from high-quality metals.
	www.scarleteen.com /body/bodymod.html (1651 words)

	body modification
		modifications to the corporeal form of the nerdulonian known as dorkula
		my first modification was around the tender age of 13-14 and its been uphill (meaning that things have gotten better) since i ascended the plateau of illegality...
		the last thing the body modification community neads is a worse reputation due to some scratcher or hack piercer punching dirty holes in the youth of america..
	www.angelfire.com /geek/nerdulon/bodmod.html (1007 words)

	Rob Hill : Professional Body Modification Artist
		He started off with body jewelry manufacturing in the mid 90's, for a period of 4 years Rob learned the ins and outs of high quality body jewelry.
		There is a lot going on in the body modification world all the time, and he says he wants to be able to offer his clients the benefits.
		And in a short period of 2 years Steel Sensations was voted 3rd best piercing studio by FFW Magazine of 2004 in Calgary, which is a city with over one million people and supporting twenty piercing studios.
	www.rob-hill.com /body_modification/body_index.html (307 words)

	body modification \| Anthropology.net (Site not responding. Last check: )
		I say that this is an unusual case because in many cultures where body modifications are practiced, they become an expression of cultural identity, and in other areas of the world -- such as Europe and the United States -- they take the form of personal expression against the status quo.
		And don't think that this body modifications and cultural aesthetics are unique to far off cultures and civilizations.
		Modification of teeth indicated you were rich, powerful, and you intended to stay within that class.
	anthropology.net /tags/body_modification (689 words)

	Powell's Books - Pagan Fleshworks: The Alchemy of Body Modification by Maureen Mercury
		Acts of body modification are deeply rooted in physical impulses that are obscured in our technological society.
		Body modification is a way of reconnecting to our bodies, to the earth, and to the divine.
		More than 30 riveting color photographs by leading body modification artist Steve Haworth provide the perfect visual complement to this examination of the soul as it rises toward freedom.
	www.powells.com /biblio?PID=26832&cgi=product&isbn=0892818093 (388 words)

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		In TBM, one of the ways to gain access to the body's computer is through a combination of reflex points along the body that correspond to various systems, organs or diseases.
		The therapist will help to reprogram your body's internal computer by a combination of muscle testing, touching specific points on the body corresponding to various body parts or systems, making specific corrections at specified levels of the spine in specific orders.
		When your body's short circuits are rebalanced it your healing forces that God supplied you with will be refocused and your body will move towards balance and healing.
	www.mercola.com /article/mind_body/tbm.htm (761 words)

	2. Modern modification
		Body modification has a long history and is widely practiced, says Neil Whitehead, a professor of anthropology at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
		Anthropologists, he says, "see the body as a landscape that is built on, changed, and reordered according to cultural ideas...
		What's radical about body marking, why it's so present in initiations, is that it leaves the initiate with very little choice.
	whyfiles.org /206tattoo/2.html (556 words)

	Body Modification and Cybernetics
		Body modification is a term to refer to any procedure that changes the form of the body that is not medically necessary.
		Traditional body modifications are tattooing, piercing and ritual scarification.
		Although all cybernetics are body modification, all body modifications are not necessary cybernetics.
	bork.hampshire.edu /~azar/cyber/bodymod.html (2960 words)

	Total Body Modification (TBM) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		TBM is a healing technique is used to find the part of the body that is stressed, determine why it is stressed and correct the problem by restoring balance to the nervous system.
		Sensory nerve fibers carry messages to the brain where they are processed, like a computer, and the brain in turn tells the body what to do by sending information along motor fibers to the body part.
		In addition, NER offers a more advanced approach to mental and emotional healing and incorporates methods that allow a person to be an active participant in his (her) healing process.
	www.bambergercenter.com /total_body_modification_(tbm).htm (536 words)

	Contemporary branding and cutting - Australian Museum's Body Art
		My body adornments are about my inner spirit, love, trust, truth, strength and beauty, which in turn makes up my outward spirit, enabling me to be the strong, brave, loving woman I am.
		Body modification can be viewed as a topographical map of a person's emotional and spiritual history.
		Your whole body can be used to prevent yourself from ever forgetting your mistakes and victories.
	www.amonline.net.au /bodyart/scarring/contemporary.htm (214 words)

	[TagWorld :: Kazsolelady - The Bad Choices in Body Modification....]
		When seeking out a body modification artist, many do not take the time to seek out information that could help or hurt them in re of their choice of indulging in body modification.
		No person under the age of 18 will be premitted to obtain any body modification with out legal representation of their blood relatives that are designated as parent OR guardian, no relative other than that is premitted by law to give, or premit a person under the age of 18 a body modification.
		All body modification artists in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania have to be registered with all the above health requirements, ordinances and state/commonwealth registration requirements.
	www.tagworld.com /KazsOleLady/PostDetail.aspx?id=5df63920-ab14-4f05-9cc6-499b907ea134 (1045 words)

	the Church of Body Modification \|\|\| mind body soul (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Church of Body Modification is an interfaith church whose members practice an assortment of ancient body modification rites which we believe are essential to our spirituality.
		It is our belief that by practicing body modification and by engaging in rituals of body manipulation we strengthen the bond between mind, body, and soul and ensure that we live as spiritually complete and healthy individuals.
		The Church of Body Modification is the spiritual hub in which modified individuals around the world will find strength and procure the respect from society as equal, intelligent, feeling human beings.
	www.uscobm.com /doctrine.asp (734 words)

	Body art information on body art body piercing and other body art
		Body painting is a form of body art that can transform a person into a spirit, a work of art, another gender or even a map of a sacred place.
		This form of body art is decorative only insofar as it allows the body to hold certain kinds of ornaments, which are inserted through the skin in a way that permits healing around the opening.
		The act of piercing body art is often part of a ceremony marking a coming of age, a change in status or the accession to office.
	www.bodyjewelleryshop.com /body_piercing_information/body_art.cfm (766 words)

	Mind Body Thailand - Total Body Modification, Chiropractic Care
		T.B.M. (Total Body Modification) is a technique that is used to find the organ or area of the body that is stressed, determine why it is stressed and correct the problem by restoring balance to the nervous system.
		In TBM, one of the ways to gain access to the body's computer is through a combination of reflex points along the body that correspond to various systems, organs or diseases.
		When your body's short circuits are rebalanced it your healing forces that God supplied you with will be refocused and your body will move towards balance and healing.
	www.mindbodythailand.com /tbm.htm (1295 words)

	Body Modification
		Body modification is piercings in the ears, nose, eyebrow, lip, tongue, belly button, etc. It can also mean scarification, a process where the skin is scarred, in a specific design.
		In branding, the skin is burned, and heals with a specific design.There are implants, such as beads and rods to create designs under the skin, metal spikes in the head, filing of teeth, facial and full-bodied tattoos, split tongues, and stretching of earlobes.
		Branding and scarification are more drastic body modifications, and certain piercings are pretty severe, if you are using a large gauge.
	bodyart.lifetips.com /cat/11125/body-modification/index.html (371 words)

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