Are you a Left-Hand Path Magician?

I. Are you affraid of the dark, or do you find it inspirational?

II. Do you just read about Magic, or do you actually practice it?

III. Do you Initiate your Self in life, or do you just coast?

IV. Do you strive to live your life by your own self-created design, or by the designs of others?

V. Are you content with where you are in your life?

VI. Do you let fear keep you from evolving/Initiating in life?

VII. Do you purposely vary the ways in which you do mundane daily things to keep yourself less inclined to living by habbit and falling into ruts? (Chaos Magic excersice.)

VIII. Are you open to seeing things from new perspectives?

IX. Are you willing to shift paradigms? (deconstruct and reconstruct life paradigms).

X. Do you find that you are generally introspective striving always for deeper Self-knowledge and Understanding, where ever it may lead?

Xeper.
/Adramelek\
Gnothi seauton!

Adramelek said:

I. Are you affraid of the dark, or do you find it inspirational?

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Yes, to both.

II. Do you just read about Magic, or do you actually practice it?

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If by magic you mean "the Science and Art of causing Change to occur in conformity with Will", then everything I do is magic.

III. Do you Initiate your Self in life, or do you just coast?

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Mostly coast, in accordance with my Self.

IV. Do you strive to live your life by your own self-created design, or by the designs of others?

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Even if I were to live my life by another's design, the choice to do so would be of my own self-created design.

V. Are you content with where you are in your life?

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Quite, though I'm a bit hungry.

VI. Do you let fear keep you from evolving/Initiating in life?

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Fear is one of many things that help me evolve in life.

VII. Do you purposely vary the ways in which you do mundane daily things to keep yourself less inclined to living by habbit and falling into ruts? (Chaos Magic excersice.)

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Yup.

VIII. Are you open to seeing things from new perspectives?

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Usually.

IX. Are you willing to shift paradigms? (deconstruct and reconstruct life paradigms).

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If the one I'm using isn't working, sure.

X. Do you find that you are generally introspective striving always for deeper Self-knowledge and Understanding, where ever it may lead?

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Introspection's something I do when I'm bored. At this point I'd like to spend time extrospecting, to study the rest of my Self.

Adramelek said:

I. Are you affraid of the dark, or do you find it inspirational?

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Not afraid of the dark. Inspired by many things. Night comes every 24 hours or so. I am inspired by the first humans who observed cycles in what happened in the sky, and developed astronomy and calendar making. Hail to the Sky Watchers!

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II. Do you just read about Magic, or do you actually practice it?

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Neither.

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III. Do you Initiate your Self in life, or do you just coast?

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Neither. I don't use words like "initation" for what I do and how I live. I am perfectly happy to let strangers think I am coasting through life.

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IV. Do you strive to live your life by your own self-created design, or by the designs of others?

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Both. If my life was limited to only what I could imagine and create, it would be far emptier than the life I enjoy.

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V. Are you content with where you are in your life?

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I am content with the person I have become, and am looking ahead to more exciting times along my life's path. I don't give a hairy rodent's patoot about where I rank on a demographic chart used to target humans as potential consumers.

Adramelek said:

VI. Do you let fear keep you from evolving/Initiating in life?

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Hel no!

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VII. Do you purposely vary the ways in which you do mundane daily things to keep yourself less inclined to living by habbit and falling into ruts? (Chaos Magic excersice.)

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Habits are great. Useful things, habits. You learn how to do common boring tasks well on auto-pilot so you can multi-task. Like composing a blog post in my head while I am folding laundry. Love me some habits!

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VIII. Are you open to seeing things from new perspectives?

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Certainly. That's what being a novelist is all about.

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IX. Are you willing to shift paradigms? (deconstruct and reconstruct life paradigms).

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Not just for the purpose of shifting paradigms, no.

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X. Do you find that you are generally introspective striving always for deeper Self-knowledge and Understanding, where ever it may lead?

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I don't strive for anything like that. Introspection is not a thing done in striving mode.

Adramelek said:

I. Are you affraid of the dark, or do you find it inspirational?

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I only fear the moving darkness. And I am most certainly inspired by it.

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II. Do you just read about Magic, or do you actually practice it?

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Not sure.

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III. Do you Initiate your Self in life, or do you just coast?

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Depends. Coasting is for traveling straight lines, self initiation is for making turns.

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IV. Do you strive to live your life by your own self-created design, or by the designs of others?

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Depends. My own designs are usually a product of others.

Adramelek said:

V. Are you content with where you are in your life?

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No.

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VI. Do you let fear keep you from evolving/Initiating in life?

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No.

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VII. Do you purposely vary the ways in which you do mundane daily things to keep yourself less inclined to living by habbit and falling into ruts? (Chaos Magic excersice.)

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No.

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VIII. Are you open to seeing things from new perspectives?

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Always, but slowly.

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IX. Are you willing to shift paradigms? (deconstruct and reconstruct life paradigms).

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Always, but slowly.

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X. Do you find that you are generally introspective striving always for deeper Self-knowledge and Understanding, where ever it may lead?

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Always, but slowly.

So... how are these questions supposed to be answered in order to qualify as a LHP magician from your point of view, Adramelek?

I. Are you affraid of the dark, or do you find it inspirational?
Not afraid, mostly find it inspirational
II. Do you just read about Magic, or do you actually practice it?
I practice when necessary

III. Do you Initiate your Self in life, or do you just coast?
Probably a little of both.

IV. Do you strive to live your life by your own self-created design, or by the designs of others?
I tend to do things my own way.

V. Are you content with where you are in your life?
No, there is always more to strive for.

VI. Do you let fear keep you from evolving/Initiating in life?
No

VII. Do you purposely vary the ways in which you do mundane daily things to keep yourself less inclined to living by habbit and falling into ruts? (Chaos Magic excersice.)
Not really but that is a good idea.

VIII. Are you open to seeing things from new perspectives?
Yes

IX. Are you willing to shift paradigms? (deconstruct and reconstruct life paradigms).
Yes

X. Do you find that you are generally introspective striving always for deeper Self-knowledge and Understanding, where ever it may lead?
I do have that tendency.

Am I a left hand path magician? Probably to a large degree, although I don't ever want to be "restricted" to the left hand path. In terms of magic most of what I know comes from right hand path traditions and I will continue to use those methods so long as they work.

I. Are you affraid of the dark, or do you find it inspirational?

I find it inspirational.

II. Do you just read about Magic, or do you actually practice it?

Practice it.

III. Do you Initiate your Self in life, or do you just coast?

Both.

IV. Do you strive to live your life by your own self-created design, or by the designs of others?

Self-created.

V. Are you content with where you are in your life?

Not yet.

VI. Do you let fear keep you from evolving/Initiating in life?

No.

VII. Do you purposely vary the ways in which you do mundane daily things to keep yourself less inclined to living by habbit and falling into ruts? (Chaos Magic excersice.)

Sometimes yes, sometimes no.

VIII. Are you open to seeing things from new perspectives?

In most cases, yes.

IX. Are you willing to shift paradigms? (deconstruct and reconstruct life paradigms).

Yes.

X. Do you find that you are generally introspective striving always for deeper Self-knowledge and Understanding, where ever it may lead?

I look inwards as well as outwards, as more exists than simply what is in my mind.

Im as left handed as can be but not because of this criteria that being said i actually found the questions open and interesting and widely generic in a good way.sooooo lets play
1. I am not afraid of the dark but that was a good tv show. yes i feel inspired by the dark and am quite the night owl when i can be.
2. live it
3both
4 my own some times this hurts because **** society's rules and taboos
5 i yearn for more but i think i always will any and all levels
6no i fear nothing but fear
7 yes and just for the hell of it too sometimes
8. that's why im hear
9. ha that be my trade
10. im usually extro an intro at the same time. but ill talk about these things as often as think them xp
I. Are you affraid of the dark, or do you find it inspirational?

II. Do you just read about Magic, or do you actually practice it?

III. Do you Initiate your Self in life, or do you just coast?

IV. Do you strive to live your life by your own self-created design, or by the designs of others?

V. Are you content with where you are in your life?

VI. Do you let fear keep you from evolving/Initiating in life?

VII. Do you purposely vary the ways in which you do mundane daily things to keep yourself less inclined to living by habbit and falling into ruts? (Chaos Magic excersice.)

VIII. Are you open to seeing things from new perspectives?

IX. Are you willing to shift paradigms? (deconstruct and reconstruct life paradigms).

X. Do you find that you are generally introspective striving always for deeper Self-knowledge and Understanding, where ever it may lead?

I. Are you afraid of the dark, or do you find it inspirational?

There is indeed fear and wonder when it comes to darkness, both of which seem to call to something that resides withing my soul. The concept of Darkness is, very importantly to me, very much aesthetic.

II. Do you just read about Magic, or do you actually practice it?

To me, magic is an idea that ultimatly leads to self-gratification. Yes, I am a magician, though I feel as though I am a feeble one, it's a matter of Will.

III. Do you Initiate your Self in life, or do you just coast?

I seem to have no apparant direction to my life...I'm not sure about how I 'go', or, honestly, how to answer the question with words that appeal to my sensibilities.

IV. Do you strive to live your life by your own self-created design, or by the designs of others?

The former...My standards are very personal, and yet I do indeed share my world with others.

V. Are you content with where you are in your life?

I don't believe I ever will, and I hope that that will not change. To me, there is something wrong with the word 'content'. When you are content, you want nothing else to do. I am content with being chaotic.

VI. Do you let fear keep you from evolving/Initiating in life?

Fear means so many, many things. Fear may keep me from evolving/initiating, but it more often causes evolving and thinking keeps me, at times, from initiating. I'm not sure what to think of my seemingly over-analyzing mind, a survival instinct and/or an inhibition?

VII. Do you purposely vary the ways in which you do mundane daily things to keep yourself less inclined to living by habbit and falling into ruts? (Chaos Magic excersice.)

Haha, of course. I like to call it: 'Doing anything to prevent myself from going insane." Ya?

VIII. Are you open to seeing things from new perspectives?

Always, though I seem to have little patience for something I believe as typical or customary. I also have little patience for Sensors, who seem to never state anything beyond the obvious.
IX. Are you willing to shift paradigms? (deconstruct and reconstruct life paradigms).

This is a complicated issue, but yes. On the occasion that I am acutally willing to debate, like when I see that an arguement goes beyond 'winning' or pride, it's like debating on everything I know/believe to be truth on the particular subject. It's a very serious thing, but I could so easily be wrong,that a belief I hold could be different each day I care to learn something of a subject. With that being said, I do not fear when I allow my feelings to sometimes dictate my stance on an issue that I don't much care to think of.

X. Do you find that you are generally introspective striving always for deeper Self-knowledge and Understanding, where ever it may lead?

BIG YES. ok?

My answers to these questions seemed to me to be relatively whimsical, at least compared to how I normally respond to anything that makes me think deeply. To me, the meaning cannot be more clear as to how this may apply to being a LHP magician, but it is clearly obscure.

Adramelek said:

I. Are you affraid of the dark, or do you find it inspirational?

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I'm more afraid of something being in the dark and not being able to see it, but I do find it inspirational.

II. Do you just read about Magic, or do you actually practice it?

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I usually just come up with it on my own but I will read it if I need it.

III. Do you Initiate your Self in life, or do you just coast?

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initiate

IV. Do you strive to live your life by your own self-created design, or by the designs of others?

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Self-created for sure, I take from older magick occasionally.

V. Are you content with where you are in your life?

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Always am

VI. Do you let fear keep you from evolving/Initiating in life?

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Fear is the reason we do anything, fear is the only driving force/motivator of our actions.

VII. Do you purposely vary the ways in which you do mundane daily things to keep yourself less inclined to living by habbit and falling into ruts? (Chaos Magic excersice.)

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Yes

VIII. Are you open to seeing things from new perspectives?

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Definitely

IX. Are you willing to shift paradigms? (deconstruct and reconstruct life paradigms).

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Yes

X. Do you find that you are generally introspective striving always for deeper Self-knowledge and Understanding, where ever it may lead?

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100%

Xeper.
/Adramelek\
Gnothi seauton!

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Namaste
TSoA
Gracias amigo!

I. Are you affraid of the dark, or do you find it inspirational?

I'm afraid of walking into things so use memory and feel to navigate in the darkness, ortherwise if I listen to blasting music in the dark I get extremely jumpy at the slightest things.

But scared of darkness itself? No... I prefer low lighting quite often as light other than from the sun always seems to intense on my eyes sometimes. I do not find the darkness inspirational because it's just all black, you can't see anything. Low-lighting is another matter.

II. Do you just read about Magic, or do you actually practice it?

I practice it, but with only limited success.

III. Do you Initiate your Self in life, or do you just coast?I

don't know what this means. Coast in life? Socially or otherwise, yes. It's been a problem. Emotionally and spiritually? I don't coast, I work towards bettering myself in that way so I can progress socially and otherwise.

IV. Do you strive to live your life by your own self-created design, or by the designs of others?

Self-created design? Do you mean I set my own goals or let society set them for me? I set my own goals.

V. Are you content with where you are in your life?

No.

VI. Do you let fear keep you from evolving/Initiating in life?

Yes, but I'm trying to fight that. I've known great powerlessness for years, and only for a year of so have I escaped it, and now I am still contending with my problems as a result of nearly five years of pure Hell that was preluded by many sucky years of life overall.

VII. Do you purposely vary the ways in which you do mundane daily things to keep yourself less inclined to living by habbit and falling into ruts? (Chaos Magic excersice.)

No, I just do whatever I feel like at the moment, and I like to do certain things certain ways. In many ways I'm predictable according to my younger brother, and I probably am, at least to him.

VIII. Are you open to seeing things from new perspectives?

Yes.

IX. Are you willing to shift paradigms? (deconstruct and reconstruct life paradigms).

I do this all the time, or at least change many many details within one basic frame of a simultaneous pantheism and polytheism. If it fits in there, I will do it. Anything that breaks that goes against both my experiences, intuition, and revelation.

X. Do you find that you are generally introspective striving always for deeper Self-knowledge and Understanding, where ever it may lead?

That is what I am doing now, as part of VI.



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So uh, what's my score?

I was once a left-hand magician, but then I took an arrow to the knee.

Shuddhasattva said:

I was once a left-hand magician, but then I took an arrow to the knee.

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Skyrim reference...

Shuddhasattva said:

I was once a left-hand magician, but then I took an arrow to the knee.

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I used to make arrow to the knee jokes, but then I ripped my pants

jasonwill2 said:

Skyrim reference...

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LOL. My cousin just said that.

Quintessence said:

So... how are these questions supposed to be answered in order to qualify as a LHP magician from your point of view, Adramelek?

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These questions are valid not just from my perspective but from the perspective of many other individual LHP Magicians I have personally Worked with in my Initiatory life for the past 21 years. They should be answered truthfully and in accordance with one's own Being. Above all this thread is meant to be a fun exercise.

Xeper.
/Adramelek\
Gnothi seauton!

jasonwill2 said:

So uh, what's my score?

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No more scorings. It is not my place to determine if any of you are or are not LHP. I think if you truly know your own Heart, you yourself know whether or not you are on the Path of the Left, that is the path of most resistance. I think these questions can help some determine this for themselves.

Xeper.
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Gnothi seauton!

To subject oneself to external criteria, especially of a binary nature, seems to me to fall short of the aspirations of the left hand as I conceive it.

Shuddhasattva said:

To subject oneself to external criteria, especially of a binary nature, seems to me to fall short of the aspirations of the left hand as I conceive it.

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But I like personality tests...

Shuddhasattva said:

To subject oneself to external criteria, especially of a binary nature, seems to me to fall short of the aspirations of the left hand as I conceive it.

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This very response could actually be part of what defines you as a Left-Hand Pather. :yes: Just sayin. As a matter of fact all the answers that everyone so far has given to these questions are excactly what I was hoping for. Hail, to you all!

Xeper.
/Adramelek\