What are the types of activities getting carried out within the LHP-side?

[newChemist]

Hi there!

I got another question, and therefore another post again.

I am now learning about what it essentially means to be on the left-hand-path, among other things. But committing to the left-hand-path, or any other subgroup for that matter, is not like subscribing to a reading club I assume. I don't mind reading; however, I assume just reading and learning stuff through books is not what the left-hand-path, or occultism in general, is about. I have heard about terms like grimoires, the Goetia, necromancy and other very interesting but probably way too advanced topics for me for now, which is why I have not done any digging into those specific topics specifically. However, this implies to me that we are doing more than just reading and writing here. Therefore I am curious to hear what types of activities those who subscribe to the left-hand-path(, but those from other paths are equally welcome to share their perspectives) carry out, and why do you do the things you do, and what role those practices play within the LHP-environment (if those latter two questions don't give the same answer somehow). If someone could shed a bit of light on that, that would be pretty cool.
Good night everyone!

PS:
Thank you all so much for helping a beginner like me out.
I could not have dreamt for a more supportive, knowledgeable and heart-warming community. (this will also gets its own post)
You guys are the best.

 

[8Lou1]

try some antinomianism.

 

[Xenophon]

Hi there!

I got another question, and therefore another post again.

I am now learning about what it essentially means to be on the left-hand-path, among other things. But committing to the left-hand-path, or any other subgroup for that matter, is not like subscribing to a reading club I assume. I don't mind reading; however, I assume just reading and learning stuff through books is not what the left-hand-path, or occultism in general, is about. I have heard about terms like grimoires, the Goetia, necromancy and other very interesting but probably way too advanced topics for me for now, which is why I have not done any digging into those specific topics specifically. However, this implies to me that we are doing more than just reading and writing here. Therefore I am curious to hear what types of activities those who subscribe to the left-hand-path(, but those from other paths are equally welcome to share their perspectives) carry out, and why do you do the things you do, and what role those practices play within the LHP-environment (if those latter two questions don't give the same answer somehow). If someone could shed a bit of light on that, that would be pretty cool.
Good night everyone!

PS:
Thank you all so much for helping a beginner like me out.
I could not have dreamt for a more supportive, knowledgeable and heart-warming community. (this will also gets its own post)
You guys are the best.

Look at Donald Webb's "Energy Magick of the Vampyre" for one set of LHP practices. It's a 9-month course. He says it at greater length and with more clarity that a sardonic, lazy shite like your humble servitor, myself, is likely to attain.

 

[Accipeveldare]

Hi there!

I got another question, and therefore another post again.

I am now learning about what it essentially means to be on the left-hand-path, among other things. But committing to the left-hand-path, or any other subgroup for that matter, is not like subscribing to a reading club I assume. I don't mind reading; however, I assume just reading and learning stuff through books is not what the left-hand-path, or occultism in general, is about. I have heard about terms like grimoires, the Goetia, necromancy and other very interesting but probably way too advanced topics for me for now, which is why I have not done any digging into those specific topics specifically. However, this implies to me that we are doing more than just reading and writing here. Therefore I am curious to hear what types of activities those who subscribe to the left-hand-path(, but those from other paths are equally welcome to share their perspectives) carry out, and why do you do the things you do, and what role those practices play within the LHP-environment (if those latter two questions don't give the same answer somehow). If someone could shed a bit of light on that, that would be pretty cool.
Good night everyone!

PS:
Thank you all so much for helping a beginner like me out.
I could not have dreamt for a more supportive, knowledgeable and heart-warming community. (this will also gets its own post)
You guys are the best.

Well, when I started on the LHP I just read and read and read until I went cross eyed. (Still do) However, I learned later that certain books are better than others. (Obviously) For the LHP I'd recommend Liber Null, The Diabolicon by Michael A Aquino, E.A Koettings books, and some Michael W Ford books. The first basic thing I'd do for now is read and meditate literally as much as you can. Dedicate most of your free time to it even.

 

[RoccoR]

RE: What are the types of activities getting carried out within the LHP-side?
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[IllusiveOwl]

The "activities" an LHP practitioner carries out all wok towards the goal of personal empowerment and Becoming. The LHP literatures offer perspectives, tools, and rituals that you can use to enrich your life and empower your Becoming, but reading and meditating on them is just the first step, it goes way past that.

You can channel specific energies that you need, control your emotions entirely, gain information inaccessible to most, manipulate others effortlessly, and control unseen forces, and make a close ally with fate, but to what end? The activities of each LHP practitioner vary but all focus on gaining power over others & reality, strengthening their Will, and defining their individuality. In short, we are doing more than just reading & writing, it's just extremely specific to the cards each of us holds situationally.

The ways you apply all the practices you read aren't just in your Inner Sanctum, these practices need to be brought into how you interact with others, how you hold yourself in conversations, what you do in the Sandbox, etc. What the fuck would be the point of the LHP if you never took what you read and did things with what you learned?

The ideal is that you do activities that lead to the practitioner becoming a Lord of the Left Hand Path, a mover of reality, by facing your unique life path head-on and artfully warping it to suit your desires and plans. These activities aren't farting around on a forum and talking ritual, or reading neat literature, they're real world things like fostering a network of experienced & useful people, mastering the arts of conversation/seduction, building resources to enhance your moving power, pursuing an empowering career, the arts, etc.

Want a LHP activity? Manipulate someone you hate into loving you, find out everything you can about them, then warp them into someone acceptable with your power of influence to get a pawn out of an enemy. Want another? Fulfil one of your lightly fantasized dreams, like going skydiving, or asking out the person you wanna smash. Another activity is taking steps to define yourself, explore with your style to find what you personally like, I personally fell in love with motorcycle culture through this kind of intentional experimenting and it's enriched my power of presence and quality of life substantially. Good practices are usually done while engaging in face-to-face conversations with others, like maintaining your composure, reading the person, choosing your words artfully...

Armchair types read and collect grimoires, Black Magicians are the ones who go out into the world and actually do shit that most people would consider impossible.

 

[Thee Nightfool]

Sometimes we grill outside when it's not to hot.

 

[IllusiveOwl]

Sometimes we grill outside when it's not to hot.

Yeah those are fun. Byob.

 

[Jhary-a-Conel]

The best LHP magicians I’ve known are all fascinating people. They’re writers, filmmakers, tattoo artists, dancers, academics, business people, musicians, developers, publishers, circus performers and various combinations of these and other categories. They learn real skills and then use them in ways that measurably change the external world.

if you’re doing this shit right than the fact that you’re a black magician should be a footnote on your resume, not the headline.

 

[Mannimarco]

Dress all in black, work with the same dozen or so qliphothic demons everyone else works with, threaten/scare people, listen to black metal, get a lot of tattoos, etc.

In all seriousness, the bread and butter are basically the same as anything else, daily practices, meditation, grounding, cleansing, shielding, invocation, pathworking, shadow work/inner healing, inner alchemy/self transformation, spellcasting and so forth.

 

[Xenophon]

Hi there!

I got another question, and therefore another post again.

I am now learning about what it essentially means to be on the left-hand-path, among other things. But committing to the left-hand-path, or any other subgroup for that matter, is not like subscribing to a reading club I assume. I don't mind reading; however, I assume just reading and learning stuff through books is not what the left-hand-path, or occultism in general, is about. I have heard about terms like grimoires, the Goetia, necromancy and other very interesting but probably way too advanced topics for me for now, which is why I have not done any digging into those specific topics specifically. However, this implies to me that we are doing more than just reading and writing here. Therefore I am curious to hear what types of activities those who subscribe to the left-hand-path(, but those from other paths are equally welcome to share their perspectives) carry out, and why do you do the things you do, and what role those practices play within the LHP-environment (if those latter two questions don't give the same answer somehow). If someone could shed a bit of light on that, that would be pretty cool.
Good night everyone!

PS:
Thank you all so much for helping a beginner like me out.
I could not have dreamt for a more supportive, knowledgeable and heart-warming community. (this will also gets its own post)
You guys are the best.

...and remember, the goat you saw me leading into the temple? He's just a friend.

 

[NightWatchman95]

The "activities" an LHP practitioner carries out all wok towards the goal of personal empowerment and Becoming. The LHP literatures offer perspectives, tools, and rituals that you can use to enrich your life and empower your Becoming, but reading and meditating on them is just the first step, it goes way past that.

You can channel specific energies that you need, control your emotions entirely, gain information inaccessible to most, manipulate others effortlessly, and control unseen forces, and make a close ally with fate, but to what end? The activities of each LHP practitioner vary but all focus on gaining power over others & reality, strengthening their Will, and defining their individuality. In short, we are doing more than just reading & writing, it's just extremely specific to the cards each of us holds situationally.

The ways you apply all the practices you read aren't just in your Inner Sanctum, these practices need to be brought into how you interact with others, how you hold yourself in conversations, what you do in the Sandbox, etc. What the fuck would be the point of the LHP if you never took what you read and did things with what you learned?

The ideal is that you do activities that lead to the practitioner becoming a Lord of the Left Hand Path, a mover of reality, by facing your unique life path head-on and artfully warping it to suit your desires and plans. These activities aren't farting around on a forum and talking ritual, or reading neat literature, they're real world things like fostering a network of experienced & useful people, mastering the arts of conversation/seduction, building resources to enhance your moving power, pursuing an empowering career, the arts, etc.

Want a LHP activity? Manipulate someone you hate into loving you, find out everything you can about them, then warp them into someone acceptable with your power of influence to get a pawn out of an enemy. Want another? Fulfil one of your lightly fantasized dreams, like going skydiving, or asking out the person you wanna smash. Another activity is taking steps to define yourself, explore with your style to find what you personally like, I personally fell in love with motorcycle culture through this kind of intentional experimenting and it's enriched my power of presence and quality of life substantially. Good practices are usually done while engaging in face-to-face conversations with others, like maintaining your composure, reading the person, choosing your words artfully...

Armchair types read and collect grimoires, Black Magicians are the ones who go out into the world and actually do shit that most people would consider impossible.

but thats the crux isint it. if we are fully self actuallized, shouldnt we have access to the whole deck instead of simply slipping aces up our sleeve to (hopefully) get a better hand? you can do all of this without believing in anything supernatural, its called psychological manipulation and sociopaths mastered it to a T. but if you are not the best looking or grow up in some impoverished village in the Congo, even that wont help you live the lives we take for granted here in the west. perspective and empathy people, lets learn it before we start talking from out high horse.

 

[IllusiveOwl]

but thats the crux isint it. if we are fully self actuallized, shouldnt we have access to the whole deck instead of simply slipping aces up our sleeve to (hopefully) get a better hand? you can do all of this without believing in anything supernatural, its called psychological manipulation and sociopaths mastered it to a T. but if you are not the best looking or grow up in some impoverished village in the Congo, even that wont help you live the lives we take for granted here in the west. perspective and empathy people, lets learn it before we start talking from out high horse.

I notice you haven't answered the question posed by the OP, just feebly tried to pick at me with common-sense that any halfwit would already know (good work by the way buddy for getting that, if there was a gold-star reaction I'd give you one).

What are you doing, outside of "gnosis"?

 

[Jsinclair]

Hi there! I got another question, and therefore another post again. I am now learning about what it essentially means to be on the left-hand-path, among other things. But committing to the left-hand-path, or any other subgroup for that matter, is not like subscribing to a reading club I assume. I don't mind reading; however, I assume just reading and learning stuff through books is not what the left-hand-path, or occultism in general, is about. I have heard about terms like grimoires, the Goetia, necromancy and other very interesting but probably way too advanced topics for me for now, which is why I have not done any digging into those specific topics specifically. However, this implies to me that we are doing more than just reading and writing here. Therefore I am curious to hear what types of activities those who subscribe to the left-hand-path(, but those from other paths are equally welcome to share their perspectives) carry out, and why do you do the things you do, and what role those practices play within the LHP-environment (if those latter two questions don't give the same answer somehow). If someone could shed a bit of light on that, that would be pretty cool. Good night everyone! PS: Thank you all so much for helping a beginner like me out. I could not have dreamt for a more supportive, knowledgeable and heart-warming community. (this will also gets its own post) You guys are the best.

Hi there!

I got another question, and therefore another post again.

I am now learning about what it essentially means to be on the left-hand-path, among other things. But committing to the left-hand-path, or any other subgroup for that matter, is not like subscribing to a reading club I assume. I don't mind reading; however, I assume just reading and learning stuff through books is not what the left-hand-path, or occultism in general, is about. I have heard about terms like grimoires, the Goetia, necromancy and other very interesting but probably way too advanced topics for me for now, which is why I have not done any digging into those specific topics specifically. However, this implies to me that we are doing more than just reading and writing here. Therefore I am curious to hear what types of activities those who subscribe to the left-hand-path(, but those from other paths are equally welcome to share their perspectives) carry out, and why do you do the things you do, and what role those practices play within the LHP-environment (if those latter two questions don't give the same answer somehow). If someone could shed a bit of light on that, that would be pretty cool.
Good night everyone!

PS:
Thank you all so much for helping a beginner like me out.
I could not have dreamt for a more supportive, knowledgeable and heart-warming community. (this will also gets its own post)
You guys are the best.

Hi there!

I got another question, and therefore another post again.

I am now learning about what it essentially means to be on the left-hand-path, among other things. But committing to the left-hand-path, or any other subgroup for that matter, is not like subscribing to a reading club I assume. I don't mind reading; however, I assume just reading and learning stuff through books is not what the left-hand-path, or occultism in general, is about. I have heard about terms like grimoires, the Goetia, necromancy and other very interesting but probably way too advanced topics for me for now, which is why I have not done any digging into those specific topics specifically. However, this implies to me that we are doing more than just reading and writing here. Therefore I am curious to hear what types of activities those who subscribe to the left-hand-path(, but those from other paths are equally welcome to share their perspectives) carry out, and why do you do the things you do, and what role those practices play within the LHP-environment (if those latter two questions don't give the same answer somehow). If someone could shed a bit of light on that, that would be pretty cool.
Good night everyone!

PS:
Thank you all so much for helping a beginner like me out.
I could not have dreamt for a more supportive, knowledgeable and heart-warming community. (this will also gets its own post)
You guys are the best.

Once you make contact with your HGA/Daemon and begin the process outlined and described in Crowley's Liber LXV (initiated most directly by practicing the deceptively simple meditative process at the opening thereof), the answer is to Do what Thou wilt. To discover (by the process of mystical Love), discern, apply, and internalize what you are led to by this selfsame process (usually manifesting as synchronicities, intuitions, and even seemingly miraculous happenings). You will thus Know. Then you shall Do the Will of your "Thou". Then you will internalize/assimilate each point-event and build up the pyramid of attainment that will ultimately be both temple and tomb. In Silence.

The materials will come. The tools will come. The Path and The Work will be gradually revealed. And arriving at the end is a certainty. But you must, first and foremost, seek the Gnosis of your Logos with single-minded devotion. This is the operation upon which all others depend.

 

[primalpiggy]

I'm guessing your question is what sort of spiritual activities we do? I don't think we differ much from what everyone else does: we pray, we meditate, we study, we build relationships, we have visions and dreams, et al. Of course, most of us use fancy works for those things like rituals, evocations, invocations, astral travels, yada yada yada. But it's the same stuff. We just wrap our stuff in a Blackcraft Cult tshirt and make it appear edgy.

 

[RoccoR]

RE: What are the types of activities getting carried out within the LHP-side?
SUBTOPIC: The Practical
⁜→ newChemist, et al,

Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
—Plato​

(PREFACE)

The terminology → Left-Hand Path (LHP) should immediately trigger thoughts of Evil or Dark Magic. There must be no mistake in this. The LHP has evil consequences in almost every application, no matter the intent. It is a euphemism for rituals that are practiced:

✦ To place a curse.​

✦ To promote or enhance one's status.

✦ Cause involuntary submission to do your bidding.​

✦ To gain seductive powers over another.​

✦ Protection from other supernatural influences.​

✦ To induce fearlessness.​

✦ To acquire Occult Knowledge and Magickal Powers for nefarious purposes.​

✦ To invoke sexual dedicate yourself to an evil power.​

.

... I have heard about terms like grimoires, the Goetia, necromancy and other very interesting but probably way too advanced topics for me for now, which is why I have not done any digging into those specific topics specifically. However, this implies to me that we are doing more than just reading and writing here. ... and why do you do the things you do ...

(COMMENT)

I am quite sure you know that there is a difference between a solitary practitioner, a small set of witches/warlocks, and a coven with a hierarchy. And, practitioners of the Left-Hand Path (LHP) are spiritual. They have to decide to which evil supernatural power they will subscribe to and how they will hail it (the ritual).

The first process of a practitioner is to cleanse oneself of all beliefs in other supernatural powers. That is to say, to purge or clean both the physical space and the mindset of all other supernatural entities except for the one the practitioner has chosen. The physical space does not have to be Hollywood-style or very elaborate. It can take many forms. But it does have to be sufficient enough to set your mental meditation apart from the surrounding environment. They can be (for the solitary beginner) as simple as a small scrying mirror set inside a bold circle. A small scrying mirror then becomes filled with only the practitioner's face. It simulates a reflection pool. Each practitioner expands or elaborates their physical space as time goes on.

Once the practitioner cleanses their mind, they carefully develop the hail (a very simple prayer) to the supernatural being they have chosen as their deity (master/misteress) to whom they are now aligned.

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Hi there!

... what types of activities those who subscribe...

(COMMENT)

The first steps are to establish a connection between the practitioner and the supernatural. This is the conduit through which magic flows. Without this umbilical, the recognition by the supernatural and the practitioner, all the books, guides, bibles, grimoires, religious texts, etc, will not help the practitioner. Just like a Priest, Rabbi, Imam, Prophet, Witch, or Warlock (etc), faith in the supernatural is absolutely essential. A crisis in faith is like a virus. If the practitioner has a crisis of faith, that will end the connection, and the magic will disappear.

References

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✧ The Book of Mephisto Left-hand -Path → Grimoire of the Faustian Tradition, Copyright © 2006 by Edition Roter Drache. Edition Roter Drache, Holger Kliemannel, Postfach 10 01 74, D-07391 Rudolstadt
✧ Lords of the Left-Hand Path, History of Spiritual Dissent, 2nd Edition Copyright © 1997 by Stephen Flowers, Published by Runa-Raven Press, Smithville, TX 78957
✧ Black Magick - The Left-Hand Path, Copyright © 2016 BALG, [email protected] Physical: 2016 Digital: 2017 1800 E 4th St Unit 210 Austin, TX 78702
✧ Rites of Lucifer, BALG & Temple of ascending Flame Copyright © 2018 Edited by Asenath Mason, 1800 E 4th St Unit 210 Austin, TX 78702
✧ The Magick Of Lilith: Calling Upon the Goddess of the Left-Hand Path Copyright © 2016 by Baal Kadmon –1st ed ISBN: 978-1530663378 Printed in the United States of America, NFI


Best Regards,
R

 

[Xardas]

Hi there!

I got another question, and therefore another post again.

I am now learning about what it essentially means to be on the left-hand-path, among other things. But committing to the left-hand-path, or any other subgroup for that matter, is not like subscribing to a reading club I assume. I don't mind reading; however, I assume just reading and learning stuff through books is not what the left-hand-path, or occultism in general, is about. I have heard about terms like grimoires, the Goetia, necromancy and other very interesting but probably way too advanced topics for me for now, which is why I have not done any digging into those specific topics specifically. However, this implies to me that we are doing more than just reading and writing here. Therefore I am curious to hear what types of activities those who subscribe to the left-hand-path(, but those from other paths are equally welcome to share their perspectives) carry out, and why do you do the things you do, and what role those practices play within the LHP-environment (if those latter two questions don't give the same answer somehow). If someone could shed a bit of light on that, that would be pretty cool.
Good night everyone!

PS:
Thank you all so much for helping a beginner like me out.
I could not have dreamt for a more supportive, knowledgeable and heart-warming community. (this will also gets its own post)
You guys are the best.

If you're curious about what it means to follow the left path, I'll explain it all to you in a few words: self-determined, reliable, wise, successful, leading, unyielding in short, living God.