LORDS OF THE LEFT-HAND PATH: From the Cult of Set to the Church of Satan
By Stephen E. Flowers, Ph. D.
'Terminus Viae'
The Left-Hand
Path is the way of the HERO....
The path of those who, having understood
their own individual divinities, would dare to breach the gates of
eternity and eat of the tree of life eternal - to stand against the
inertia and ignorance of the whole universe, to strive against that
which would thwart all intelligence and life and to prevail against it -
THIS is the aim of the Sinister Path.....
From black magic and Satanism to Gnostic sects and Gurdjieff’s Fourth
Way, the left-hand path has been linked to many practices, cults, and
individuals across the ages. Stephen Flowers, Ph.D., examines the
methods, teachings, and historical role of the left-hand path, from its
origins in Indian tantric philosophy to its underlying influence in
current world affairs, and reveals which philosophers, magicians, and
occult figures throughout history can truly be called “Lords of the
Left-Hand Path.”
Flowers explains that while the right-hand path seeks union with and
thus dependence on God, the left-hand path seeks a “higher law” based on
knowledge and power. It is the way of self-empowerment and true
freedom. Beginning with ancient Hindu and Buddhist sects and moving
Westward, he examines many alleged left-hand path groups, including the
Cult of Set, the Yezidi Devil Worshippers, the Assassins, the
Neoplatonists, the Hell-Fire Club, the Bolsheviks, the Occult Nazis, and
several heretical Sufi, Zoroastrian, Christian, and Muslim sects.
Following a carefully crafted definition of a true adherent of the
left-hand path based on two main principles--self-deification and
challenge to the conventions of “good” and “evil".
The author analyzes
many famous and infamous personalities, including H. P. Blavatsky,
Faust, the Marquis de Sade, Austin Osman Spare, Aleister Crowley, Gerald
Gardner, Anton LaVey, and Michael Aquino, and reveals which occult
masters were Lords of the Left-Hand Path.
Flowers shows that the left-hand path is not inherently evil but part of
our heritage and our deep-seated desire to be free, independent, and in
control of our destinies.
Inner Tradition Books - 2012 Edition - 500 Page Paperback - Few B&W Illustrations - Occult/ Esoterica/ Metaphysics/Left Hand Path/ Philosophy/ Satanic - PRICE: $24.00
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