Western Tantra as described in this book demands neither. It combines aspects of the Kabbalah with the discipline of Eastern Tantra. Thus it functions first as an Opening, then a Meditation and then Death. The Death I speak of is the Death of Union, where all division merges back into itself. Complete orgasm is a Death.
Complete orgasm is a Birth.
Complete orgasm is Life. Form is simply the playground of the silent beginnings. The Essence can not be known. It is not part of the TimeSpace continuum. Pain is a result of a struggle, the belief that the form is the essence.