Further Reading For The Left Hand Path
Book of the Law by Aleister Crowley
The Satanic Bible by Anton Szandor LaVey
The Temple of Set I (Volume 1) by Michael A. Aquino
The Temple of Set II (Volume 2) by Michael A. Aquino
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Let’s be honest, ya weirdos. Left/Right hand path magical classification is fuckin’ nonsense. Magic is magic, it’s all just different paths that arrive at the same destination. But for the sake of this article and what you want to know about it, which you will learn from listening to the podcast and not from reading this article, it’s all about context. If you have to divide magical philosophy into two camps, you end up with the LHP being all about becoming god rather than unifying with god.
A lot of folks erroneously equate LHP magical traditions with those of evil. Like satanism and shit. Truth is, it’s all in how you work within your ritual paradigm. LHP magic tends to put a great deal more significance on sex and sensory stimulation.
LHP is often mistaken for evil practice because of its practitioners’ outspoken rejection of religious dogma. Sex and the breaking of taboos plays a large role in the left hand path philosophy as well as cultivating power is seen to be much easier when you’re rejecting social norms and shocking the normies in order to manifest an outcome. The Thelemic 8th degree, for instance. A ritual where jizz is caught in your mouth and then spit into a dude’s butthole and then back into your mouth. Magic!
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