The Left-Hand Path

The Left hand Path is the Path of Self-Empowerment. It teaches you not to place false belief in anything (religions, etc.)… but to believe primarily in yourself. It teaches that you are yourself both Demonic and Divine. And that these two aspects are truly one in your own nature as both a human being and Dark Occultist. The Left hand Path has at its root Satanic Philosophy, that of being Self-Liberated. The Left hand Path covers a large diversity of what have come to be called the Dark or Satanic Arts. These include the following areas: Satanism, Black Witchcraft, Vampirism, Otherkin, Necromancy, and even some forms of Voodoo.

Many make the claim that both the Left-hand Path and Satanic Philosophy came from the writings of Anton LaVey as published in the Satanic Bible. This is absurd! If you believe that, you are quite unenlightened about the History of the Occult both in Europe and the United States. In Europe the Left-hand Path and Satanic Philosophy abounded during the Middle Ages and before. As long as humanity had Shamans there has been the Left-hand Path. Here in America, our own founding fathers believed in Self-Liberty, and expressed the belief in a Supreme Being. If you read between the lines about what these Freemasons (that were Occultists) were really saying, you would come to understand what they meant: a supreme being (godlike) as a term that really meant that we ourselves were meant to be supreme and that godhood and goddess-hood was within ourselves.

This is Left-hand Path and Satanic Philosophy were stated well before Anton LaVey was even born. All Occultists and Magicians have the personal intention to bring about a magickal occurrence by use of their own true will. Guess what? If it is their own true will to influence change, they are using Left-hand Path Magick! The real power in the Dark Occult truly comes from the Left-hand Path which leads the Dark Occultist to only one result….that of becoming Self-Empowered.

Forget what is said about the LHP teachings being related to the left side of your brain and that the RHP teachings come from the right side of your brain. As that is incorrect. If you decide to do Magick for constructive or destructive purposes, or for increase or decrease, it matters not for it returns back to one word: Intention. Before that intention, it comes from your own true will. This is the Left-hand Path. The Left-hand Path therefore should never be seen as a negative or false form of Magick, because in reality and truth, it is the only real Magickal Path to Power… which is Occult Knowledge and the WAY to Self-Empowerment.

This is certainly a most important part of Satan’s Grand Design for each of us as individuals and as Satanists. To truly understand that the Left-hand Path is for us a means to Power, is to understand another gift that Satan has given to us.

Druwydion Pendragon
Brotherhood National Office
Babylon Grand Magistry/Coven of the Dark Arts