La petite mort
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| - | '''The little death''' is a translation from the [[French language|French]] "la petite mort", a popular reference for a [[orgasm|sexual orgasm]]. The term has generally been interpreted to describe the postorgasmic [[faint]]ing spells<ref>The Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 21, 1952, No. 2. Int. J. Psycho-Anal., 34:353</ref> some lovers suffer from. Also it can refer to the spiritual release that comes with orgasm, or a short period of transcendence, an expenditure or spending of life force. | + | '''The little death''' is a translation from the [[French language|French]] "la petite mort", a popular reference for a [[orgasm|sexual orgasm]]. The term has generally been interpreted to describe the postorgasmic [[faint]]ing spells some lovers suffer from. Also it can refer to the spiritual release that comes with orgasm, or a short period of transcendence, an expenditure or spending of life force. |
| Speculations to its origin include current connotations of the phrase, including | Speculations to its origin include current connotations of the phrase, including | ||
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The little death is a translation from the French "la petite mort", a popular reference for a sexual orgasm. The term has generally been interpreted to describe the postorgasmic fainting spells some lovers suffer from. Also it can refer to the spiritual release that comes with orgasm, or a short period of transcendence, an expenditure or spending of life force.
Speculations to its origin include current connotations of the phrase, including to sleep
- Greco-Roman belief that the oversecretion of bodily fluids would "dry out" one of the believed four humours, leading to death
- Islam's reference to sleep
Popular culture
- The Little Death[1] is a disco/electro band from Toronto.
- There is a London based band called Little Death [2]
- +44 wrote a song called "Little Death." It appears on their debut album When Your Heart Stops Beating.
- Erin McKeown sings a song called "La Petite Mort." It appears on her 2000 album Distillation.
- Lemony Snicket lists "la petite morte" as an example of a French phrase in The Carnivorous Carnival.
- Stars perform a song titled "Petite Mort" on the Petite Mort single.
- Ammonia produced a song called "Little Death" on their 1995 album Mint 400, featuring sexually explicit background noises.
- W.A.S.P. wrote the song "Little Death" in on their 1997 album Kill Fuck Die.
- The Odds have a song called "The Little Death" on their 1993 album Bedbugs.
- Goldfrapp have a song called "Little Death" an unreleased song from there debut Felt Mountain.
- Kalev, an upcoming London-based rock band, have a song named "Slight Death of You", which was released in May 2007.
- The Album of the most famous German rapper King Orgasmus One calls his next album "la petite mort".
- A cartoon character named Mort is featured in the Phil Foglio erotic comic book Xxxenophile.
References
1. The Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 21, 1952, No. 2. Int. J. Psycho-Anal., 34:353
Further reading
- Psychobiology of altered states of consciousness, Psychological Bulletin 2005, Vol. 131, No. 1, 98-127
- Orgasmic aura originates from the right hemisphere, Neurology 2002;58:302-304
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