Some questions that are often asked by girls who are considering becoming Aristasians
...Will I have to give up my present life?
No. You have probably heard about Aristasians who are fully seceded and live a wholly Aristasian life. Actually, Aristasians live at various levels of secession. We have a concept of “concentric circles”. In the outermost circle are girls who occasionally participate in Aristasian events or who have an Aristasian persona in Elektraspace. In the innermost circle are girls who are fully 100% committed and live a totally Aristasian life. In between those extremes are various levels, or “ring”. We divide them broadly into four, but in fact these subdivide into many more:
4) The Outer Circle. Girls who are completely living in Telluria but occasionally attend Aristasian events or have an Aristasian persona in Elektraspace.
3) Girls who identify as Aristasians but whose life is primarily in Telluria.
2) Girls who identify as Aristasians and whose life is primarily in Aristasia. They will probably live in an Aristasian household, but still have various activities in Telluria.
1) Fully seceded Aristasians who live wholly in Aristasia.
Each girl is encouraged to find her own level. The idea is not that every one should progress to the innermost ring, but that each should find the level wherat she is happiest. Some girls hate the Pit and will only be happy in the Inner Ring, others have many attachments in Telluria and would not wish to be in the Innermost Ring — or could not. All are welcomed as Aristasians.
The Inner Ring, in any case, is by invitation only. If it is where you need to be, and if you fit in as a good Aristasian, you probably will be invited: but you will certainly not find yourself “herded” into the Sacred Enclosure. It is too precious for that!
...How do I get to be an Aristasian?
Pop along to the Club. Give your Aristasian persona a name. Start taking part. If you are genuinely female, you have then already become an Aristasian on the outermost Circle. For deeper levels, you will need to make personal contact with Aristasian representatives, attend events if possible. But even if you are far from Aristasian colonies, a serious girl can get seriously involved.
...I am not white/of mixed race.
We have had this question several times lately; and it does rather surprise us, and sadden us a little. Clearly those who dislike Aristasia — essentially, those who are horrified to find that a “women's movement” is not part of the liberal consensus, but is royalist, elitist and aristocratic — have done rather well at spattering us, in the eyes of some, with the “fascist” and “racialist” (they leave out the middle bit because they can't spell) mud that they throw at every one who disagrees with them.
It is certainly true that we laugh at the bongo “anti-racialist” industry . We also laugh at bongo “anti-homophobia” and at the “gay” industry in general. Does that mean we are heterosexual? We laugh at bongo “feminsm” and “wimmin's rights”. Does that mean we hate women? We have utter contempt for all the bongo social-engineering industries. And we are also an all-female mixed-race group that includes almost no heterosexuals. If that bothers Johnny Bongo — well good. We enjoy bothering Johnny Bongo.
Aristasians do not identify themselves with any Tellurian race or nation. Aristasia Pura is not only a different nation and a different race, but even a different species. And that is where our ultimate allegiances lie. The idea that we should have an exclusive commitment to one Tellurian race over others is absurd.
We have active Aristasians who are of English, American, Chinese, Jewish, African, Indian and various other origins. Naturally, the closer they are to the Inner Ring the more these origins are subsumed into being Pure Aristasian — and of course, Aristasia has its East and its West, its North and its South, its different ways and peoples. None of them are identical to Tellurian ones and all have certain resemblances.
Anyway, to return to the question, please take no notice of Johnny Bongo and his gormless stereotyping. Whatever your origins, if you are ready for Aristasia, Aristasia is ready for you!
... I am not interested in spanking.
This is another fallacy spread by the mass-media — though in this case not quite as fallacious and rather more our fault! Yes, spanking does take place in Aristasia. For most of us it is not so much an interest as a discipline that we encounter (very) occasionally in our Aristasian lives. The mass-media have picked up this aspect of Aristasian life and exaggerated it greatly and, admittedly, it has also been overemphasised in such Aristasian novels as Children of the Void, because their sales into the niche discipline market allowed them to receive widespread publication.
Actually your problem would be much greater if discipline were your main interest in Aristasia. Aristasia is not a spanking club. It does not welcome girls who are just coming for discipline and such girls are, in any case, likely to be rather disappointed, as they will find that it is a very minor aspect of our lives.
The confusion probably arises from the fact that Aristasia is an all-female group. A mixed group with the same disciplinary practices almost certainly would be inhabited by fetishists and discipline obsessives. Men and spanking do not mix, and any mixed group would be well advised to avoid discipline of the Aristasian type.
Many girls find the healthy discipline, academic and otherwise, of elder sisters, schoolmistresses etc. to be a welcome addition to their lives; but if you wish to avoid it that is perfectly easy in the outer rings: and on the inner rings — well, it is just a matter of behaving yourself! Girls who do not wish to be in a stricter ambience can easily spend an Aristasian lifetime without being spanked.
...My current life is very un-Aristasian.
We have a thing in Aristasia called the Law of Manifestation. Without going into the complexities of all that it means, one of its corollaries is that a girl is expected to behave as a 100% Aristasian while she is in Aristasia. This is the same whether she spends 1% of her time in Aristasia or 100%. Unless you are a bonded Aristasian, or are wanting help in moving your life towards Aristasia, what you do outside that time is your own affair.
...Will I have some sort of a mistress telling me what to do?
Only if you want one. If you come to an Aristasian school, of course there will be schoolmistresses and prefects in charge. You may even be playing one yourself for part of the time. If you become a bonded Aristasian, you are, like all Aristasians, a child of the Empress, and through her are in obedience to the Queen, the District Governess and all under them. You will probably have someone to look after you who will probably set you tasks and impose rules.
This will not happen at first. It will not happen unless you want it to happen. And it will not happen unless you prove yourself good enough to be invited in that far. For girls who wish to remain on the outer rings it will never become an issue.
...What is a bonded Aristasian?
A bonded Aristasian is one who has made a real commitment to Aristasia and accepted Aristasian authority in her life. She will normally be in the second or first of the rings described above. She will often have made a family bond with one or more other Aristasians, so she will have Aristasian sisters, cousins, even possibly a mother or daughter. Since Aristasia is a small world with many bonds, it is said that almost all kinship-bonded Aristasians are at least distantly related to all others.
Many outer-ring Aristasians will live happily in Aristasia and take part in Aristasian events of all kinds without any question of bonding ever arising.
Bonding is an important and beautiful commitment; but if you are a new Aristasian, or just thinking about becoming an Aristasian, it isn't a thing to be considering for a long time yet — if ever.
...Will I have to have multiple personae?
Not unless you want to and find them within yourself. Your standard Aristasian persona will doubtless be a little different from your everyday one. That persona will be accepted as fully Aristasian while you are in Aristasia. In practice it may be only a very slight variation on your usual self.
On the other hand, you may want to experiment with finding new personae, in which case Aristasia is the best — if not the only — place to do it. If you come to school you will find a schoolgirl persona, and perhaps also a schoolmistress or prefect.
Beyond that — well, the only limits are those of your imagination! But if you don't like the idea of multiple personae, no one is going to force you.
...Will I be coerced into sexual activities?
Not a very frequently-asked question (thank Dea!) but an idea that has been put about by a small minority of irresponsible scandal-mongers.
The answer is: Very definitely NO.
The chances of any sort of sexual advance being made in Aristasian company are far lower than those at a bongo dance-club or any lesbian bar.
In Aristasia you are among civilised people.
...Do I have to be lesbian or bisexual?
No. If you were eventually to become a full-time Aristasian, obviously you would not have intimate relations with men. What relations you have with other Aristasians is entirely your own affair (if you'll excuse the pun).
We do not feel the need to define ourselves sexually, and generally speaking we do not do so. Some day you may come to have a special relationship with the one you call "my blonde" or "my brunette"; but what that relationship precisely consists of will be a matter for nobody but you and her.
...Do I have to adopt the Aristasian religion?
No. Aristasia is a whole world, and, as with any world, there are religious people and non-religious people. Not many Aristasians are actualy atheists, and most would believe in Dea. This does not, however necessarily entail the practice of any particular religion.
