Below are some links to a ton of books and other useful materials, taken from this Reddit post from the original SR subreddit.
Additionally, here is a link to another original Reddit post entitled “Key quotes from books and deeper research”. It’s a great starting point to understanding the negative physiological effects of PMO (Porn, Masturbation and Orgasm) and the contrasting positive effects one can receive by retaining. I will copy the quotes down below.
Here are the links to the book collection:
LINK1 - (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/143sZWD06o_wv38MZ1AsPDBSONxHqSgJ0?usp=sharing)
LINK2 - (https://mega.nz/folder/v45gVIZY#aBffvsR3eIV7jVA-8v5GJg)
LINK3 - (https://odysee.com/@HumanitysVault:a/Semen-retention-full-collection:b)
"All 3 links have the same materials, at least one link should remain for a long time.
It’s a 15Gb package with over 150 books, hundreds of articles, videos, images and testimonies from this very sub." -OP
Quotes (copied from above reddit post):
“Many who are self-taught far excel the doctors, masters, and bachelors of the most renowned universities.” Ludwig von Mises
“he is inactive, indifferent, and destitute of energy. The lymphatic temperament is marked in him by his insensibility, his apathy, no less than by the delicacy of his flesh, and the whiteness of his skin. He has preserved from infancy the disposition given by feebleness, to be excited by the least cause: hence he is timid and pusillanimous and cowardly. Devoid of any internal feeling which renders the soul gay, he is morose and wearisome. He is destitute of those feelings which attach man to man and render one capable of attachment, love, and devotion. He lives, he vegetates only for himself: he is a perfect egotist: if he has any sentiments they are those of envy or hatred: in fact they are repulsive sentiments: but most frequently he has none or they are very slight. (…)
His intelligence is but moderate and he is never known to conceive or execute great ideas. This picture is not drawn from the imagination; it is the result of long continued observations at all periods, in all places, and upon all kinds of eunuchs. (…)
It is not uncommon to see onanists affected with a complete state of marasmus: their frame is reduced to a skeleton and presents in anticipation a picture of the state in which death will soon place them.(…)
In the morning he rises from his bed with difficulty: during the day he is idle, stupid, and indolent, and pursues his avocations without any spirit. If he goes up stairs, or ascends a hill, his heart beats forcibly, and he pants very much.(…)
Young men, who previously showed considerable vivacity of mind and aptitude for study, become, after being addicted to this habit, stupid, and incapable of applying themselves (…)
she had been in the habit of seeing boys from ten to twelve years old; that since she had returned home, she had had no opportunity, and had indulged in self-pollution. In vain did her parents try to wean her from this vice (…) But a horrid inclination soon appeared: she now desired to see her parents dead, and even to murder them.(…)
in a young man, twenty years old, who, indulging in these excesses for several years, gradually lost his mental faculties, became averse to even his relatives and dearest friends, and finally fell into a most perfect state of dementia. The relative frequency of this form of mental alienation in onanists has been pointed out in France by Esquirol, and in Norway by Holst. (…)
that the removal of one testicle from an animal, whatever may be its species, may produce atrophy, or some alteration in the lobe of the cerebellum, on the side opposite to the testicle removed.(!) (…)
Segalas, who produced erections of the penis in Guinea pigs, by introducing a stylet into the cerebellum, caused ejaculations by pushing this instrument into the spinal column, near the lumbar region. (…) he therefore concluded that the lower part of the spinal marrow acts on the secretory and excreting seminal apparatus, as the cerebellum acts on the genital sense.(…)
1839 Treatise on the diseases produced by Onanism, masturbation, self-pollution and other excesses
(Quick review: a big one with plenty of recorded cases and many observations from doctors, what’s important to note is at the beginning of the book it is stated that no one even denies the damage of masturbation, it was common knowledge (!!!) amongst doctors from all nations, groups, religions, the question is only how much damage can be done by it)
“Lower forms of sexual activity insult the Divine Shakti and obtain the Retribution of Nature. Nature assures that these “fall down to the nature of demons.” (Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita) Basically, if you repeatedly break moral law concerning sex, your life becomes darker and less successful on all levels. Then one ends up becoming sexually perverted. Most human sorrow, and all human sexual perversion is the result of repeatedly breaking sexual moral law and indulging in illicit sex. On the larger front, a part of the process is that all of society becomes chaotic*, and Nature, itself, is violated. (…)
How the westerner dreams he is qualified to improve ancient dharma is a great mystery. Is it because we have nuclear waste? Or is it the “palm pilot?” Is it the holy automobile? Is it because of the sterile and dangerous hell-realms we call our cities? Is it because we have succeeded in destroying family and community? Is this superiority demonstrated by our marked consumption of anti-depressants? Our materialism? Are these what make westerners superior and able to “improve” the ancient dharma? Who knows.(…)
Earnest effort to know and practice the ancient dharma does bear real fruit. (…)
In the astral you can’t hide your real state. Most men at night run all around the planes with erections on. (…) Realize that even a moderate Restrainer is bound for glory. And a serious Restrainer will naturally become a mogul, saint, or legend.(…) It is almost impossible to achieve celibacy if you drink any caffeine – even a little bit. Westerners attempting celibacy are generally ignorant of this detail.(…)
All ancient cultures, where life moved slowly and people observed things, did not miss the fact that in the male orgasm something is lost and given up. They also did not miss the fact that this loss has a tremendous effect on the male.(…)
Since the orgasm has this negative effect on males, its avoidance has the opposite effect. By storing up sexual energy a man becomes stronger, healthier, and more vital. He becomes more ambitious too and creative in doing good. He becomes more patient and successful with people. And he develops stamina and endurance to see his works through to conclusions. So the sexually restrained male becomes more successful in general. Beyond that, he even develops occult power to influence things by sheer thought and will.
There seems to be a soft limit on characters for a post, so I’m including the rest of the quotes in the comments.
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Bliss of the Celibate, Julian Lee
(Quick review: a short book but considered a Bible among celibates or semen retainers. Julian Lee, much like the Hindu saint Ramakrishna, sees the truth in all scriptures and goes deep into why the very nature of reality around you and indeed the world changes and would change if and when celibacy is adopted. The book is focused on the metaphysical and the cosmic, not the material, so if you are in for just studies and observations of the physical, might not be a book for you)
“This precious gift, so full of happiness if preserved in its natural purity and power, is one of the first means of promoting health of body and cheerfulness of mind; but if basely perverted, or destroyed, becomes a source of torture, misery, lingering disease, insanity and death. The perverse genius of man, misguided by sensuality, has in all ages been led to the most pernicious abuses of the sexual appetite, and to the most revolting refinement of sexual lust. These sexual excesses undermine health, shorten life, destroy the happiness of families, incapacitate the male from the noble office of procreating offspring, and deprive woman of her holy mission of bearing children.(…)
The nervous derangement in the female soon leads to a derangement of the digestive system. The patients grow thin. All sorts of spasmodic symptoms develope themselves, such as spasms, cardialga, chorea, epilepsy, catalepsy, convulsions, etc. All the former charms of the young woman leave her; her face looks sallow and thin; the skin is rough, dry, cracked, covered with freckles and pimples; the eyes look dim, the lips are pale and bluish, the teeth decay. A copious mucus is discharged from the vagina, corroding the thighs, groins, and perineum, and causing a most distressing hysteria. The internal organs become diseased; indurations and cancer of the womb develop themselves; and the patients either die of some such disease, or else pine away from debility.(…)
The most distinguished philosophers have ever looked upon the semen as the most precious secretion of the blood, having a striking similarity to the matter of the brain and nervous system, and have cautioned mankind, seriously and earnestly, against the waste of this fluid, as something fearfully ruinous to the mind as well as the body.(…)
Excessive use of tea and coffee likewise causes seminal losses. It is true that both tea and coffee act powerfully upon the kidneys, but their injurious effect upon the sexual organs is not yet proven, although a number of persons who were afflicted with seminal losses, have said that their trouble became much worse after the use of Tea and Coffee.(…)
In females this disease, if fully developed, presents a group of the most repulsive phenomena. Such patients sometimes lose all sense of shame, expose their persons, utter the vilest and most obscene speeches, and often resort to the most horrible means of self-gratification. (Boy if they saw us)
Many of these young men, notwithstanding their departure from correct morals in the original offence, might, if properly treated or advised, have escaped disease, and lived to form honourable connections in society, and to become good citizens and worthy men.
1856 George R. Calhoun Report of the Consulting Surgeon on Spermatorrhoea
(Quick review: This short report by a surgeon back in 1855 goes into great detail of the disease of masturbation as well as it’s consequences. It is clear that this was common knowledge by everyone but also the extent of ruined lives is clearly emphasized. The report is jam packed with info.)