#right hand path

[practice-is-praxis]

It's magical. Well, well Old Friend... it looks like everyone is your teacher, no one is your master.

[alephskoteinos]

On Hermeticism and the Right Hand Path

There are times when I often try to find out about what is taken to be Hermeticism and specifically its essential philosophy. This is very often after looking into pre-Christian polytheism in antiquity, including survivals in "post-pagan" societies (under the aegis of the various monotheistic religions). Sometimes I wind up thinking that Hermeticism really is part of the formation of the Right Hand Path as we understand it. And then there are moments where it feels...different.

I read Sam Block's recent article about Hermeticism and from the title I was immediately struck with the whole idea of reterritorialising the Christian notion of sin ("the Sin of Imposing Body-Based Identities on Soulful Selves"), as if the problem of "sin" was only ever the Christian definition of it. There's also the core of the argument, where the central reason why gender essentialism is wrong is because it supposedly identifies human beings with their bodies, which is wrong because Hermetic teaching states that human beings are basically spiritual selves whose being is identical with God or the Hermetic Godhead, and basically everything else, the whole world of becoming, is an illusion that covers over the universal identiy of God/Godhead. What baffled me when I read it is that I know Sam Block likes my writings about the fundamental basis of fascism in regression towards , but I'm looking at a presentation that lines up with exactly what I criticised: the idea that corporeal becoming is just an illusion layered over the metaphysical order of pure being or God, which the esoteric fascists have almost always taken up and adapted as a rationale for their political actions.

The notion of the identity of Man with God, realised through attaining certain degrees of spiritual purity and ascending up to the Godhead or to Nous, so as to realise the mutual identity of Man with Nous or Godhead, does seem to line up with a rather basic theme of the Right Hand Path: the identity of Man and God.

On the other hand, there are threads within Hermeticism that seem...somewhat different. Most notably the concept of "god creation" proposed by Lodovico Lazzarelli, one of the first Hermeticists known in Europe. Justin Sledge talked about Lazarelli's idea, derived apparently from both Hermetic literature and the Sefer Yetzirah (not to mention his own creative interpretation of the Book of Genesis), that the fully realised human being would be capable of actually emulating the divine, by creating spiritual beings and drawing being out of nothingness, just as God or a god does. On the one hand it's easy to take this as simply the final proof of the human being's identity with God. But if it's a process of emulation and imitation (hang on, I hear the Gnostic Sophia from here!), then why would the human being need to emulate God if human being is already identical with God - unless perhaps really they're not, and must become like God in order to create more gods, and thus set be part of Henri Burgson's machine. I can see how this might just as easily be taken up in terms of the modern Left Hand Path. Unfortunately we don't really know how Lazarelli's god-creation works.

I would also hope that what I'm being told about the idea of "as above, so below" as meaning a descent into ultimate interiority thus leading to ultimate exteriority (descent leading to ascent), as connecting to the traditions of going into the underworld, would allow me to see something in the Hermetic tradition not quite in line with what I expect, maybe even relevant to broader ideas of "Pagan" esoteric tradition, or at least that of pre-Christian Greek and Egyptian magic and religion. In general I'm just wanting to see Hermetic literature that might establish just such a connection. It might even be possible to warp something like that back to other, perhaps more archaic, forms of pre-Christian magic and religion, and to some of the much later and more modern that I play with.

[burn-ingseraphim]

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ॐ ह्रीं श्रीं सौः |

Om Hreeng Shreeng Sauh

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[mausoliam1111]

Hey everyone

I'm a satanist working on my first altar, anyone got advice/ideas/inspo/etc.?

It's gonna be more to myself and the universe than anything so it's gonna be very personalized but if anyone who's made altars before has advice it'd be appreciated!!

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• You can work with any deity. I don't judge nor is it my place to judge.No one should tell you who you can and can't worship. If you disagree with someone that's fine. Don't make it a fight. Have a nice conversation and agree to disagree. You shouldn't tell others what they can and can't work with/worship

• your practice is your own and you choose your path. You decide for yourself.Again with point one no one should tell you what to do as it's your own path.

•All practices welcome. All spectrums of magic. Cosmic to anticosmic. Left to Right. Everyone's definition of left hand and right hand path is different.I see it as left is more independent working and self improvement vs right hand is more joining the universe/worship.

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[thekokiriwitch]

It's been a very magically productive morning, to say the least

[xerxeswitch]

My Surface Take on the Right Hand Path and the Left Hand Path

-- (If you find this offensive, just move on. This is my critical take on both of these paths, and I don't have to agree with everything that people had tend to set the standard for these two things. People down in history has set their own ideologies on what these paths can intend to be, and we are all free to have that today) I've been digging into this subject for a bit. I'm not an expert; I did my research but I'm not going to act like I know everything about it, but this is just my thoughts about it as well as how I want to utilize these paths. -- -- -- -- So, to start this off... Do I believe the Right Hand Path is all love and light, and do I believe The Left Hand Path is all hate, evil and darkness? No, I don't. But I used to with all of my religious upbringing. This even applies to the aspect of rejecting that light is inherently good, and darkness is inherently evil. Those are human speculations I believe. I personally believe both aspects of both paths play an important role as both do have their pros and cons on how they both built up today. -- The Right Hand Path is typically the path that follow specific ethical codes and adopt specific social convention. They focus and thrive more on healing energy, hence the sense of altruism openly shown from this group. They tend to also follow under gods and goddesses -- and their goal is to ascend with them, or their group into a higher frequency. Some believe we're all one and going to the same path where we are all connected. Some pursue the ultimate union with a divine source. They're characterized as altruistic, often have a strong sense of community and healing, they tend to be very empathic, and some focus on the need of the "greater good" over one's own self gain. Some of these religions that follows this path with their core beliefs are Christianity, Wicca, Judaism, and Islam. HOWEVER, most people who follow these religions do not consider themselves a part of the Right Hand Path completely, and some people who openly go for this label don't consider themselves always religious either. Some people who are Lightworkers strongly follow this path as well. --

The Left Hand Path is typically the path that follows the elevation of oneself and it usually rejects religious authority, and embracing one's inner light and darkness and build up their power and ego. (There is a difference between a healthy ego versus an inflated/frail ego) They bow to no god/goddesses, but some at times just work with them as a mutual transaction -- that still centralizes in what you gain. And, rejecting the sheer need or intercession by any higher power...even though some do anyway, controversially. (Do I believe humans can thrive without some sense of community? No and it has been proven -- hence is why they still have a sense of community -- although not as open from how I saw it.) It focuses on the sheer will and strength of the practitioner for short while rejecting this sense of complete altruism -- in which they can be excellent boundary setters. The origin is that it came from the word Vāmācāra, a Sanskrit term meaning "left-handed attainment." Some religions that claim to follow this are Satanists and Luciferians. HOWEVER, you do NOT have to be any of these things to follow the Left Hand Path -- as it is the same you do not have to be Wiccan or Christian for following the Right Hand Path.

-- My take on it? They're both terms of the extreme sides of the scale. I don't believe in rejecting one or the other, as an ominst. I'm more slightly aligned to the "Left Hand Path", but I do believe in need of a healthy balance of both to develop a healthy ego. My energy is very much on this spectrum too as it is vampiric by nature (psi vamp) that takes to gain energy. (However, I tend to feed on someone who has excessive energy) My energy is adamant to follow the path of self service and power. I reject the concept of worship or what makes a god, but I also believe that respect is still a thing towards these entities/spirits, since some had helped me a lot when they didn't have to. (They are just mutual good connections; I'm not a devotee) I am honestly still exploring myself, and I don't think that'll ever stop while I'm in this vessel. But, I guess that's the fun of it and this is mainly me exploring.

[garbagewitchcraft]

Archangel Uriel - My Experience

when I use he/him pronouns, Uriel corrects me to use she/her

I imagine her dressed in all red and this is the color I associate with her

she came to me in a form of a creature dressed in white/gold

she doesn't like Azazel/King Paimon

she's stern, strict and serious

fussy and grumpy at times

she's actually patient with me but when she's around other entities she's always angry/annoyed/unsatisfied but never raises her voice

had to earn to learn her name

doesn't talk much; if asked a question she either gives a vague response or a very short, concise one

mysterious and protective

doesn't like seeing entities from the outside in my energy

uses lightning as a sign

I associate her with fire

[lavender--scented]

It's so beautiful.

It's so gorgeous and bright and it fills my heart with such an inexplicable joy. I love this. I love the world. I love you.

Adoration engulfs me and I bathe in eternal appreciation. I sink to the bottom of an ocean of art. It's all so beautiful. It's all so perfect.

This moment is a miracle, as the universe kisses you on the forehead and pets your hair gently. She whispers loving, encouraging words into your ear. He tells you how strong you are. They let you see the beauty of life with eyes pure, a mind unveiled, a soul unburdened.

I will never let this go! I will never forget how soft my heart feels. I will never not appreciate it.

I am love, I am creation, I am you and you are me.

[divaricca]

The one who talks about seeing differences and choosing between the Right Hand Path and the Left Hand Path is not a real philosopher - even less a true occultist - for harmony exists in the synthesis, wisdom in the perception of the whole, beyond morality, in doing what is right.

Fosforos - Johannes Nefastos

[mise-n-abyme]

"Whatever it may be that you do, allow yourself to experience it fully; whether old or new. Whenever you may feel, may you allow yourself to feel it fully for it to heal. To witness its flow, as it twists and contorts; as it soars way up high or sinks deeply below. May you have the strength to observe the ability to endure its flow, to accept the beauty for what it is and what it may show. Embrace everything fully and enjoy the ride; what is it that you may find on the other side?"

~Mise-n-abyme

|Artwork: 'Untitled' – Zdzisław Beksiński, 1978

[alephskoteinos]

If the Knights Templar were motivated by a mysticism based on self-annihilation in the love of the Christian God, then it would make sense to call them "warriors of the Right Hand Path", and I mean that as a term of derision.

[illusionoftheabyss]

Continued: Completed Builders of the Adytum Tarot Deck

Part III

May Light Be Extended To You

Upon Your Path

IN L. V. X.

Fratre J.A.H.

[endofhearts2]

[allhippiemaphias]

Everyday is Onile's day. We love you Earth!

Me: "And the mangos and trees that I would sell for you!"