dyanaprajna2011
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What exactly is meant by "left hand path"? Is there a working definition, or a basic set of ideas?
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What exactly is meant by "left hand path"? Is there a working definition, or a basic set of ideas?
(I am a complete disaster at understanding Freudian / Jungian notions of shadow and darkness. Let's see if you can help me there.)
So the LHP choice of accepting darkness is, generally speaking, also (or even equivalently?) a choice for being radically honest with oneself, accepting of one's own desires, and respecting them instead of fighting them when the times comes to decide between pleasing oneself or pleasing the expectations of wider society? Would that be correct?
So, it has to do with developing and expressing one's own identity and particularities instead of being washed aside by societal pressure?
This describes it pretty well. I would like to add that magick isn't required, just a very useful and therefore used technique. Historically it was never a part of it.The historian Dave Evans studied self-professed followers of the Left-Hand Path in the early 21st century, making several observations about their practices:
-They often reject societal convention and the status quo, which some suggest is in a search for spiritual freedom. As a part of this, LHP followers embrace magical techniques that would traditionally be viewed as taboo, for instance using sex magic or embracing Satanic imagery. As Mogg Morgan wrote, the "breaking of taboos makes magick more potent and can lead to reintegration and liberation, [for example] the eating of meat in a vegetarian community can have the same liberating effect as anal intercourse in a sexually inhibited straight society."
-They often question religious or moral dogma, instead adhering to forms of personal anarchism.
-They often embrace sexuality and incorporate it into magical ritual.
Left-hand path and right-hand path - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It's basically conformity vs nonconformity.
I would say auto theism is a big part too.
what would be considered a main goal of LHP?