The journal: Cages
Guides to buying, placing and caring for BDSM furniture, and longer reads on the archetypes and dynamics behind it.
What do people get wrong about cage play?
Read the article →The common misreadings of cage play, set against what partners who use a cage actually agree, and the rules that never change.
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Adult role play built on care and consent, where communication needs extra thought because words may fall away.
Placement starts with one line: the line of sight between the person inside and the person outside.
Cage play changes how partners read each other. What to agree about the door, signals, check-ins and the ending, with a worked example.
A cage's shape decides how it can be used. Start with the use, then the two of you, then the form, the door, the room and...
A cage is the one piece of furniture built around stillness, and it asks the most of the person standing outside it. Here's how people use...
Find your archetype, then read about it.
Three private quizzes: a readiness profile, and dominant and submissive archetype tests. Each result opens onto a long read in the journal.
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The Sanctum Domina journal is where we write about everything around the furniture: how to choose a BDSM bed, cross or cage, how to fix and place it, how to clean powder-coated steel, and how to plan a room that works for the people using it.
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Alongside the practical guides are longer reads on power exchange itself. The archetype series looks at five dominant styles, from the Architect to the Sensation Dominant, and six submissive ones, from service to the brat, and each piece links to the quizzes that point you towards it. The femdom guide covers rituals, rooms and the furniture that suits a female-led dynamic.
Everything here is written to be read carefully. We keep safety advice general and point you to experienced educators for anything hands-on, and every guide puts consent and conversation first. New articles go out to the mailing list, and the most useful ones are linked from the beds, crosses and cages pages.