What is
the Left Hand Path? (LHP)
Left Hand Path (or LHP) is a term for categorizing religions. Left
Hand
Path religions share most of the following characteristics:
1. An Agnostic view of the existence of gods and goddesses, often
a
Plutonian-like view of gods and goddesses as "First-Forms".
2. The belief that people should strive to become as god/desses
and
that some (probably not all) people have the potential to do
so.
3. The rejection of Karma, Divine Retribution, Threefold Law,
and
similar, in favor of self-determined codes of morality.
4. The goal of becoming god- or goddess-like and retaining
one's
isolate intelligence and identity for as long as possible.
In addition to the distinctions made above, most Left Hand
Path
religions accept:
1. The possible existence of both a male and female polarity
of
natural forces.
2. The possible existence of more than one god.
3. That practice and knowledge, not faith, makes a Pagan.
4. That deity, internal and external, is both transcendent and
immanent.
5. That a person is solely responsible for his own actions and
there
is no external salvation from the results of those actions.
6. That the forces of the universe can be bent to one's personal
will
(magick).
7. That magick is based on natural laws and works in accordance
with
scientific principles that cannot (yet) be explained.
8. The understanding that we are all interconnected to, and are
an
inseparable part of, this Earth.
Satanists and some Pagans are considered to be Left Hand Path. On
the
other hand, most Wiccans and Christians are considered to be Right
Hand Path.
Followers of the Left Hand Path sometimes utilize the symbol of a
goat
or Baphomet. They sometimes refer to followers of the Right Hand
Path as sheep, implying that they exibit a "herd
mentality."
Recommended Further Reading - Lords
of the Left Hand Path by Stephen E. Flowers
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