What is the Left Hand Path LHP [Esoteric Saturdays]

The Left Hand Path is one of the most misunderstood aspects of occultism and esotericism, and I in the light of the devastating events that took place last week (at the time of writing), I figured it wouldn't do any harm to go over some basics.
What is the Left Hand Path?
What are its origins?
And possibly more importantly what is it NOT?
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  • @FoolishFishBooks
    @FoolishFishBooks2 жыл бұрын

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  • @ScottJB
    @ScottJB2 жыл бұрын

    "Wherever government becomes involved with spirituality, the spiritual attainment ceases to be the focus of that tradition, and defence of an identity starts to become the whole point." Well said. Separation of church and state is the greatest gift to the genuinely spiritual person.

  • @kobalt77

    @kobalt77

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. yes I loved that part too !

  • @qari6593

    @qari6593

    2 жыл бұрын

    Government is not seperate from religion....baphomet mahomet is the letter A

  • @qari6593

    @qari6593

    2 жыл бұрын

    But why did he cut off his left hand

  • @malachi-

    @malachi-

    10 ай бұрын

    He must be a Roman history buff.

  • @Hyunckel

    @Hyunckel

    6 ай бұрын

    Really ? You watch this kind of video and dont realise that the occult is everywhere within the high sphere of power on the planet ?

  • @chadshaw1188
    @chadshaw11882 жыл бұрын

    “One way or another, if love isn’t at the core of your practice, left hand or right hand, then you’ve missed a step.” This^^^

  • @dwijgurram5490

    @dwijgurram5490

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm an Indian and I'm pretty sure that left hand path is a glaring example of distortion of native religions by colonial interests. Please stay away from this shit.

  • @dwijgurram5490

    @dwijgurram5490

    2 жыл бұрын

    The concept of a spiritual crutch is just as absurd as an imaginary friends. Self deception at it's finest

  • @VikkehBee

    @VikkehBee

    2 жыл бұрын

    111 like, validation

  • @gotcha9983

    @gotcha9983

    2 жыл бұрын

    Inverted deception

  • @alvinceaser3198

    @alvinceaser3198

    2 жыл бұрын

    Love is always where you start.

  • @elh6211
    @elh62112 жыл бұрын

    As a practicing (Western) LHP Magician, I would like to add that while LHP inverts the search for divinity to within, part of recognizing that inner divinity is that everyone else also has that same inner divinity. Thus, “your fist’s freedom ends where my nose begins” still applies. Anyone who uses LHP or any doctrine as an excuse to harm others is just an awful person, regardless of their spiritual or philosophical beliefs.

  • @dwijgurram5490

    @dwijgurram5490

    2 жыл бұрын

    Good emotions cause good Thoughts and not the other way around.

  • @dsm5d723

    @dsm5d723

    2 жыл бұрын

    Like doctors and their practice, I am compelled to ask if practice has made you any good. You may take this as a compliment or an insult, it really is neutral. I find those who do their wilt with group inclusion to be the real Evil in the world, those who dabble in the downward slope of matter are really just doing experiments on their own. The Satan in the Questioner's Role is essential. Being questioned when we do not have the answers perturbs us. I find it interesting, I get to derive the answers.

  • @dwijgurram5490

    @dwijgurram5490

    2 жыл бұрын

    Split of consciousness into observer and object is very apparent in dream states.

  • @dwijgurram5490

    @dwijgurram5490

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@dsm5d723 the end of perception is the end of duality

  • @elh6211

    @elh6211

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@dsm5d723 I’d like to start by giving the disclaimer that I can only speak to LHP as I practice, and as I was instructed/initiated. With that said, it honestly has, yes. It’s made me a much more confident person and facilitated my acceptance of things about myself that were causing emotional discord. Doing that heavy shadow work is part of the path, you can’t accept the the “dark”, taboo, or negative aspects of life or divinity if you can’t accept them about yourself as well. It’s ultimately a path of self empowerment, which I feel gets lost in the weeds of the stereotype and some people who unfortunately perpetuate it. Think less “evil cultist plotting mankind’s downfall” and more “mythological hero willingly entering and facing their own personal underworld”.

  • @DoctorKidkill
    @DoctorKidkill2 жыл бұрын

    Some people are good with climbing a mountain to look for the divine, some of us need to check under the carpet. Thanks for giving a little perspective and encouraging the community to be understanding.

  • @hraughr

    @hraughr

    2 жыл бұрын

    just remember that not climbing the mountain isn't an option either, you have to do both, descend to the pits of hell and rise to the heavens. God is the sum of all things, vilest of the vile and greatest of the pure and good.

  • @dwijgurram5490

    @dwijgurram5490

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm an Indian and I'm pretty sure that left hand path is a glaring example of distortion of native religions by colonial interests. Please stay away from this shit.

  • @hraughr

    @hraughr

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@dwijgurram5490 you might very well be onto something. It's easier to exploit someone if they think you're giving them keys from heaven. This life isn't about denouncing any certain aspect, it's about exploring all of them and choosing what you like, once you move on you will get more of what you chose

  • @HeathenDance

    @HeathenDance

    2 жыл бұрын

    I like whisky and I like vegetable soup. Each of them have a place and a context in my life.

  • @ReneeStCyr-zm1jp

    @ReneeStCyr-zm1jp

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@HeathenDance honestly your comment pretty much sums up the point of BOTH the RHP and the LHP

  • @silkweaver
    @silkweaver2 жыл бұрын

    This is the most accessible and on-point explanation about the LHP that I've come across and provides the necessary historical and cultural context. How you clarify that the LHP after all is a spiritual path and that after all it needs to have love at its core is a quote to keep!

  • @FoolishFishBooks

    @FoolishFishBooks

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm so glad you liked it, @Silkweaver! it's a complicated one, and I can definitely see people loosing focus before the payoff at the end, but yes, as you say, some of this stuff needed to be said!

  • @aprilb.4443

    @aprilb.4443

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@FoolishFishBooks zzzzc, c

  • @JB-ru4fr

    @JB-ru4fr

    2 жыл бұрын

    Interesting topic as it is easy to misunderstand. If everything is a matter of perspective, could one not reasonably interpret a left hand path to be a sort of depravity as much as the right hand path? The true balance would seem to be moderating between the possible extremes of love and hate that allow for such unbridled passions.

  • @dwijgurram5490

    @dwijgurram5490

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm an Indian and I'm pretty sure that left hand path is a glaring example of distortion of native religions by colonial interests. Please stay away from this shit.

  • @miemartine2216

    @miemartine2216

    2 жыл бұрын

    I suspected, the Left Hand Path - had to do with Mary Magdalene. An Ancient Tile Mosiac of Mary Magdalene and Jesus recently found in Israel - with them enCircled by 12 Apostles. Has Mary Magdalene, the Firstborn Daughter - standing to the Left of Jesus her Heavenly Twin. Pictured for the whole of a KZread video called - The Gospel of Mary Magdalene of Gnostic Spirituality.... That has Similarities to - The Statue of Liberty 🗽 that the French Masons gave the American Masons. Starting off with.... Mary Magdalene wearing a Cresent Moon Crown 🌙 that is laid down on The Statue of Liberty's head - With Jesus' 7 Rays of The Sun Crown ☀️ on to of it. While the Redheaded Jesus is made out of Colorful Tiles - The Historically Readheaded Mary Magdalene, is made out of mostly Blue and Green Tiles. With The Statue of Liberty 🗽 being made out of Copper a Reddish Colored Metal - that turns Blue Green as it ages. And Copper, Venus and Female all using the Same Symbol ♀️ of a Circle representing Heaven over a Crucifix. (Gnosticism - a Crucifix in a Circle). With Cooper being similar in spelling to the British name Cooper meaning Wooden Cup Chalice 🏆 with references to The Carpenter's Son Jesus and The Holy Grail Bloodline. And Venus (a name for Mary Magdalene) usually pictured as a Pearl (Moon), a Jewel (Jew-ish El-ohim) standing in a Clam (C-hrist L-ike Lamb) by the Blue Green Sea. And being a Female. With the ♀️ also being a simplified Egyptian Ankh Key 🗝️ of Life - Eye of Horus - God's Eye - Third Spiritual eYe. That's in reference to our Intuition - Inner Voice - Six Sense - Gut Feeling - Instinct - Conscience - Synchronicities and Coincidences. That Christians, call The Holy Ghost. With many scriptures being translated from Egyptian Aramaic, Hebrew and Greek. To include the Bible. And multiple - Lost Books. With The Statue of Liberty 🗽 standing on Ellis Island - by the Blue Green Sea. With Ellis being derived from Elijah - And Ellis meaning - Yahweh is God & The Lord is God.

  • @mojavedaemonwitch3743
    @mojavedaemonwitch37432 жыл бұрын

    🌹💙 There can be no Right Hand Path without there being a Left Hand Path, just as there cannot be light without darkness. I very much like and appreciate your channel and your content-thank you! Darkly Blessings! 🕯🙏

  • @TheMagicofJava

    @TheMagicofJava

    2 жыл бұрын

    Darkness is an absence of light (I would say God) not it's inverse. Shine light into darkness and there is light, but you cannot shine darkness into light. Please don't interpret this as me saying that we don't have both light and darkness within us, nor that the boundary is clear. Indeed, complexity appears to dissolve this boundary, as we are told that greed is good and that hording is a necessity. The left hand path, as this channel so brilliantly points out is a legitimate path, but one fraught with dangers. This is the basis of my daily jihad.

  • @Kronqjubiees
    @Kronqjubiees2 жыл бұрын

    Love this. I think this little poem sums up my critique of the western “left hand path” quite well “Roses are red, lights attract moths, Anton LeVay, is just Ayn Rand for goths.” I’m now dying to read the cult of the black cube, and get a more genuine perspective on the left hand path than just edgy libertarianism.

  • @amanitamuscaria7500

    @amanitamuscaria7500

    2 жыл бұрын

    Who is that guy, all over the place atm, pseudo Goth/aging bad boy/intellectual? Black nail polish and tattoos a-go-go. He must be pushing 50 but struts about like a teenager trying to impress the ladies. 🙄

  • @qari6593

    @qari6593

    2 жыл бұрын

    English language is French crusaders twice removed

  • @facilegoose9347

    @facilegoose9347

    Жыл бұрын

    Peter Mark Adams' _Game of Saturn_ is an intriguing lead -- if we peel away Kabbalistic Near Eastern strains, can we find a Hellenic through line in hermeticism and alchemy? His book casts the Renaissance in a different (black) light.

  • @studionightshade
    @studionightshade2 жыл бұрын

    LHP is definitely misunderstood. There are shady sides to it, but there can be "light" and healing found on that path as well.

  • @dwijgurram5490

    @dwijgurram5490

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm an Indian and I'm pretty sure that left hand path is a glaring example of distortion of native religions by colonial interests. Please stay away from this shit.

  • @88Doug

    @88Doug

    2 жыл бұрын

    I am left handed and I am a magician and musician!

  • @NandoDisco

    @NandoDisco

    11 ай бұрын

    @@dwijgurram5490Well, now I’m just interested in it further. Care to explain why we should stay away?

  • @accelerationquanta5816

    @accelerationquanta5816

    10 ай бұрын

    "Shady" usually means more fun.

  • @MarcDufresneosorusrex

    @MarcDufresneosorusrex

    8 ай бұрын

    @@88Doug 😄👍

  • @LordMatria
    @LordMatria2 жыл бұрын

    How you went about explaining this so perfectly and succinctly is beyond me! Brilliant!

  • @CharlFasching
    @CharlFasching2 жыл бұрын

    Well Done, I agree that it is well explained, and not sensationalized. Was you touched upon, There has much appropriation from both Right/Left hand paths for justification of misguided idealism, and worldliness, as you put it. This LHP philosophy is tricky to understand, notwithstanding the culture/value divide. Finding life/union/connectedness in the unconventional "dark" places is what really spoke to me.

  • @FoolishFishBooks

    @FoolishFishBooks

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for your thoughtful comment, @Charl! You're quite right, of course, sensationalisation definitely doesn't help!

  • @TheNeighborhoodZenPriest
    @TheNeighborhoodZenPriest2 жыл бұрын

    As an ordained Zen Buddhist Priest as well as a practitioner of traditional Buddhist Tantra, I appreciate the distinction made between classical Tantra and what is often called Western New Tantra. Thank you!

  • @mintsaucemilitia
    @mintsaucemilitia2 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely lovely presentation of the LHP. I can't imagine any way of approaching the divine that doesn't involve much exploration of the shadow. Even in just approaching one's own self, one is instantly confronted with a whirlwind of varying animations, personalities, dream figures, and (initially) harrowing vistas of mind. The darkness can also be gentle, loving, and beautiful - it is not just a place where our fears, anxieties, and more sinister impulses lie, but a place where our unfulfilled dreams, talents, and abilities wait to be discovered.

  • @rihannagirl556
    @rihannagirl55610 ай бұрын

    I thought I had a good head on my shoulders but my god, i really did fall for that "LHP will test you then reward you with material wealth" lure. Its humbling to be reminded to not fall for oversimplifications. Thank you, Foolish Fish. You've just prevented several grifters with this one 🙏

  • @thethelemicwitch
    @thethelemicwitch2 жыл бұрын

    A very balanced perspective on the Left-hand Path. Seeing content like this is refreshing. Most western LHP practitioners never study the eastern literature and completely fail to understand the inherent non-dual aspects in tantric Śivaism and Śaktism. They also fail to see the importance of love, as you eloquently pointed out. Bhakti yoga, which is all about love and devotion, is common in transgressive Hinduism and Buddhism. Also, there is nothing in the eastern literature which promotes bolstering one's ego to godhood. The transgressive tantric devotees are very much trying to dissolve their egos. Thank you for a great video.

  • @FoolishFishBooks

    @FoolishFishBooks

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your thoughtful comment! 😄🙏

  • @duantorruellas716

    @duantorruellas716

    2 жыл бұрын

    👍

  • @Micv90

    @Micv90

    2 жыл бұрын

    Interesting. "Bolstering one's ego to godhood".

  • @sexy3493

    @sexy3493

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@FoolishFishBooks hi i use my left hand does that mean i use the left hand path?

  • @travezripley
    @travezripley2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for making fun videos for our Saturday mornings!

  • @iainhill492
    @iainhill4922 жыл бұрын

    By far the most thought provoking material i have found on this platform ever..let alone of recent ! many thanks for being so balanced 🤗

  • @atis9061
    @atis9061 Жыл бұрын

    WOW so many answers here for me. I have been confused a little and this really helped. I am at (with all sincerity) a true beginning on my tantric path. THANK YOU my friend! blessed be!

  • @AatosStarfire
    @AatosStarfire Жыл бұрын

    Your videos are not only very informative, but the pictures you use with your humor are crazily entertaining! Lol

  • @GS-by7ci
    @GS-by7ci2 жыл бұрын

    His voice, syntaxes and accent have an incredibly smooth and soothing effect

  • @kobalt77
    @kobalt772 жыл бұрын

    I am watching this today as I watched both the interviews with Dr Justin Sledge this morning, both were wonderful, and this was mentioned in one of them. I really needed to get my head around this today. Some of it I understood already, but that apart, I gleaned so much from this perfectly succinct presentation. Thank you so much FF, you are a great teacher !

  • @noone-zl2di
    @noone-zl2di2 жыл бұрын

    LHP is very old tradition in india,it's known as vam marg(left path). Also LPH is not considered taboo but more fearful as it's not for faint hearted.

  • @stgeorge4559

    @stgeorge4559

    Жыл бұрын

    No it isn't at all, Mojority of people couldn't handle it. You have to have a ruthless bone and strong will to do it. Maybe being a little crazy helps aswell. Or you end up in a mental home

  • @accelerationquanta5816

    @accelerationquanta5816

    10 ай бұрын

    There's a specific sort of Hinduism where people engage in cannibalism and hang out with corpses in their pursuit of spiritual enlightenment. @@stgeorge4559

  • @apollontheintp3257

    @apollontheintp3257

    8 ай бұрын

    It is certainly very risky. I recommend all to stick to RHP for a safe journey.

  • @thebanished87
    @thebanished872 жыл бұрын

    Left hand Path is the debult album of awesome Swedish Death Metal band, Entombed. The album was so badass that even the occult community felt compelled to use it as a term. That was a joke btw

  • @FoolishFishBooks

    @FoolishFishBooks

    2 жыл бұрын

    😜

  • @Xipheruleon

    @Xipheruleon

    2 жыл бұрын

    THIS lol

  • @nurgle333

    @nurgle333

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's, why I'm here

  • @tamara6887
    @tamara68872 жыл бұрын

    Thank you 🙏🏽. As a novice seeker this explanation was extremely helpful in clarifying a fundamental spiritual concept that would have taken me much longer research to piece together.

  • @FoolishFishBooks

    @FoolishFishBooks

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome! It's definitely not an easy topic to research given how much disinformation there is, not just from the path's antagonists, but from people claiming to represent the LHP who "can't tell their arse from their elbow" as the saying goes 😄

  • @Grimalkins
    @Grimalkins2 жыл бұрын

    This is so beautifully and simply put. Really wonderful to see, thank you.

  • @Luna-qk9fz
    @Luna-qk9fz2 жыл бұрын

    always love the content , this one particularly warmed my heart at the end.

  • @traderknightzbitcoinuniver8168
    @traderknightzbitcoinuniver81682 жыл бұрын

    Amazing, reflecting back on what was my turning point that put me in the position to start my spiritual journey many years ago might have started on the left hand path. This all makes sense now on why I’m here, where it has put me in life. A much better life now

  • @ofAwxen
    @ofAwxen2 жыл бұрын

    Bless you for acknowledging the Tantrik roots of the practice.

  • @timetravelkitty425
    @timetravelkitty425 Жыл бұрын

    My instincts are always right on with the things I’m learning on the path. Thanks for the research tangents, as always!🎉

  • @benaiahthesonofjehoiada2282
    @benaiahthesonofjehoiada22822 жыл бұрын

    Although I don't agree with some of your views, as a Christian I still find this Channel a valuable resource for books and knowledge. I've been following this Channel for over a month and I have already bought ten of your recommended books, such as Wolfs-Head standard edition. I also plan to make a visit to Watkins Books for the first time before Christmas.

  • @bigred3193

    @bigred3193

    4 ай бұрын

    Understanding is the goal not agreeing

  • @MrsCyImsofly
    @MrsCyImsofly2 жыл бұрын

    I love the reading suggestions in your videos. They are always informative.

  • @FoolishFishBooks

    @FoolishFishBooks

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm so glad you find them helpful, @MrsC_Y! Thank you for your kind words and your much appreciated support, as always!

  • @sirguntas
    @sirguntas2 жыл бұрын

    11:24 - 11:52 PERFECT. JUST SIMPLY PERFECT. THIS CLEARS THE AIR COMPLETELY. It also adds up. This parts just oozes with universal truth. Kudos, Foolish Fish. 👋🏾🧘🏾‍♂️🙏🏾❤

  • @paradisematrix5416
    @paradisematrix54162 жыл бұрын

    Wow, this was very enlightening. Thank you for clearing the misconceptions about the LHP; I've been delving deep into it for the past month and have been feeling something is "off" with the western philosophies of it. Now I can practice this path without guilt(because lately the goddesses have been urging me to go into it, to balance the large amounts of light I've cultivated from the right hand path!)

  • @ContemplativeBuilder
    @ContemplativeBuilder2 жыл бұрын

    There is much misunderstanding and even willing misinformation on this topic! I am grateful to see someone being so usefully informative. Also, I appreciate how you draw attention to the dangers of interweaving religion and politics, which illustrates a folly among some who not only regard themselves as RH pathers, but as crusaders against the LHP. When your spirituality is about destroying or oppressing others, it is, as you said, no longer really a spirituality. Well done!

  • @TheMainCharacter93
    @TheMainCharacter932 жыл бұрын

    Your channel is an absolute gem

  • @ajbkr
    @ajbkr2 жыл бұрын

    I tend to consider the RHP as emphasising "service to self in the service of other" and LHP as emphasising the opposite: service to other in the service to self". An aspirant may arrive at the same place by way of either path. I also typically associate the RHP with gently stripping away the layers of "selfness", versus the LHP approach of squashing the ego until it implodes.

  • @FoolishFishBooks

    @FoolishFishBooks

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yep, that resonates

  • @lefthandovshiva

    @lefthandovshiva

    Жыл бұрын

    this is actually awesome, but would you be able to give me an example of service to others for service to self? Im trying to wrap my head around how

  • @luistirado88

    @luistirado88

    Жыл бұрын

    Could you elaborate a little more on how the Left Hand Path would squash the ego until it implodes? And could you provide an example of what a spiritual practice of that sort would look like?

  • @hyperthunk
    @hyperthunk2 жыл бұрын

    So glad to be a member here, I absolutely love this content. 😁

  • @FoolishFishBooks

    @FoolishFishBooks

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you @Tim! Both for your support and your kind words! 😄🙏

  • @veryunclear
    @veryunclear2 жыл бұрын

    This reminds me of a story by Edgar Allen Poe called: "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether". Where the Doctor's revolutionary treatment for his asylum patients is to allow them to indulge in whatever foul acts that got them committed in the first place. "Do what you need to do to feel better" is his mantra. In the end, we find the real Doctor and his staff are held hostage in locked underground cells, while the lunatic imposters have been running the asylum.

  • @jackiec498

    @jackiec498

    9 ай бұрын

    Quite reminds me of what doctors are literally doing with adolescents struggling with self acceptance (which is, like, every adolescent) and confused in thier identity, are being told that they were born into the wrong body and that they were meant to be the opposite gender. Then they go on to make this child so they can never procreate, and through medication and surgical mutilation, attempt to create a sort of parody of the opposite sex but everything is plastic and of course only for show (because medical science obviously can't change someone's sex) and so nothing works, the child is forced to take pills the rest of thier (usually short, thanks to suicide) lives and often has to have a colostomy bag and repeat the surgery every so often to maintain a wound that they won't allow to heal. Seems sort of like the lunatics have taken over the asylum to me?

  • @user-uz9xp6sv8n
    @user-uz9xp6sv8n11 ай бұрын

    I found your videos absolutely brilliant! The whole delivery is astonishing. Diction, imagery, and information as a whole. Subscribed.

  • @FoolishFishBooks

    @FoolishFishBooks

    11 ай бұрын

    😄🙏 thank you for the kind words! I hope you enjoy what you find here!

  • @seariousjones
    @seariousjones2 жыл бұрын

    im grateful for the world that you are a teacher. thank you.

  • @kingpuppet5881
    @kingpuppet58812 жыл бұрын

    Your explanation was brilliantly and diplomatically explained. I absolutely agreed with everything you said regarding how Western society has managed to corrupt a spiritual path, becoming extremely misguided. Personally I don't know where I am spiritually just now. I practice the tree of life and find Qabalah fascinating. I have a long way to go in my journey. I do believe though that through love and compassion we can truly better ourselves both here in the physical world and also evolve as spiritual beings. Thank you again for always making such great content, Steven.

  • @lilahphoenix4109
    @lilahphoenix41092 жыл бұрын

    As a few people in the comments have said, I've been very attracted to learning more about the LHP lately, and two days ago starting reading some Anton LaVey for th first time, because, well, I just didn't know where else to begin, so I started with an infamous name. And lo and behold, here is my new favorite KZreadr with a succinct, illuminating and fascinating explanation to intrigue me even more! Ah, synchronicity... :) I appreciate the hell out of you, Foolish Fish. You keep being who you are, OK? We like you.

  • @FoolishFishBooks

    @FoolishFishBooks

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you @Lilah for your kind words :)

  • @StevenSheridan23
    @StevenSheridan232 жыл бұрын

    A really interesting and well thought out video. Thank you. Very thought provoking.

  • @FoolishFishBooks

    @FoolishFishBooks

    2 жыл бұрын

    So glad you liked it, @Sheridann!

  • @jamesdaniels9299
    @jamesdaniels92992 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant and much needed explanation. Thank you brother!!

  • @hubert1333
    @hubert13332 жыл бұрын

    I've been waiting for this video for 8 years. No joke

  • @dubdeluxe6192
    @dubdeluxe61922 жыл бұрын

    concise and thought provoking, good work!

  • @leonardcsapo416
    @leonardcsapo4162 жыл бұрын

    This is extremely revealing. I stumbled upon this video at the perfect time. Thank you for what you're doing!

  • @InfinateRadicalLove869

    @InfinateRadicalLove869

    2 жыл бұрын

    I too just Seen this at the perfect time

  • @locy012086
    @locy012086Ай бұрын

    I never heard of the left hand path until one night I had a vivid dream that I still remember almost every detail. People were together in congregation and spoke of the LHP during the dream. I mentioned this to a friend who knew about the LHP and only told me if its existence. Still so vivid in my memory.

  • @franksalmeri2843
    @franksalmeri2843Ай бұрын

    Thank you so so much for clearing this up for me!

  • @kdot999
    @kdot9992 жыл бұрын

    Good video great message about not rejecting both the positive and negative of humanity and the importance of love being at the centre of your spiritual path.

  • @toadyuk8391
    @toadyuk8391 Жыл бұрын

    This is interesting as always. I must say that I had always understood that the “left hand path” was a mid 19th century evocation, used to create a duality to assist in people defining themselves in opposition to established ideas. Humans like signifiers and being able to label oneself within a group, left or right, good or bad, white or dark are all shorthand’s. From philosophy I had always known that eventually all actions become meaningless and meaningful, I have been meditating for a while on an idea which is best expressed here as “if you understand everything, you forgive everything”. This is a far deeper idea than it first appeared to me and I have derived much truth from this simple sentence. Again I instinctively I think understood that most things eventually meet up, opposites reflect themselves of course. So any real spiritual direction that uses counter normal modes of practice would have to transgress the individuals norms as opposed to societies for true enlightenment. This is I think best show from john dee’s practices with enochian, he was an outlier and i think we can agree that the beings he communed with might have been some form of angel as he thought it might have been some form of demon, the difference being negligible. It’s interesting to understand the first use of the left hand path from tantric practices, I didn’t know that and it’s enlightening to me. The ideas behind common expressions of the left hand path, merely don’t attract me for reasons of aesthetics. I still have too much christian schooling living on my mind to explore such rituals. I find my alignment better with a more neutral pantheon for me which is the Egyptian. It has the great archetypes, it has a well trodden route with the golden dawn which provides a lot of helpful iconography and on a practical level it resonates. Thanks for such a useful video.

  • @taylorbaxter659
    @taylorbaxter6593 ай бұрын

    Wonderfully clear explanation.

  • @martin8934
    @martin89342 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this great balanced view on the LHP.

  • @asteroxfoundation
    @asteroxfoundation2 жыл бұрын

    Even Jesus was accused of being a pawn of the darker forces. Everything has its light and shadow elements. The objective is to maximize the light while minimizing the shadow. Both aspects need to be acknowledged. Love is the key and path to the universe by which all true spiritual masters walk.

  • @andyokus5735

    @andyokus5735

    2 жыл бұрын

    You don't want to minimize the shadow. You want to go deeply into it bringing it into the Light and healing oneself. I strongly suggest reading " The Pathwork " by Eva Pierakkos. It transformed my life.

  • @chester5450

    @chester5450

    2 жыл бұрын

    Indeed.

  • @Westcoastrocksduh

    @Westcoastrocksduh

    2 жыл бұрын

    Buddhists have certain magickal practices that you learn under oath from your guru. You are not allowed to share these practices and if you do a wrathful dharma spirit will show up and make your life hell. This is because the work won’t be understood by the layman and is dangerous without a teacher. Same with Jesus. People are not enlightened so they will see enlightenment as wrong or bad

  • @asteroxfoundation

    @asteroxfoundation

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@chester5450 And a friendly "Indeed" back to you! :)

  • @spaciousentropy

    @spaciousentropy

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@andyokus5735 yes!!! Get to know it, understand it, give it [love & forgiveness]. Our shadow is as much a part of us as the rest of us is.

  • @flair4crafts894
    @flair4crafts8945 ай бұрын

    Great video, thanks for sharing

  • @azastortae876
    @azastortae876 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Lots of interesting topics and information

  • @auld_boy
    @auld_boy2 жыл бұрын

    A Very well explained presentation. Thank you 🙌

  • @osirismother
    @osirismother2 жыл бұрын

    wow you really have a very good grasp of the history behind this. This channel is so refreshing.

  • @FoolishFishBooks

    @FoolishFishBooks

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for taking the time to watch, @Erika! :) Your comment is very kind! Best wishes to you!

  • @PrimoFreq
    @PrimoFreq2 жыл бұрын

    ⭐️Outstanding Work💫

  • @LowelyDonkey
    @LowelyDonkey8 ай бұрын

    I’d never heard of the LHP and this was the first link I saw. Knowing nothing, I feel concisely introduced and will seek additional knowledge on this topic. Thanks for the video!

  • @JohnRichardHewittFineArt
    @JohnRichardHewittFineArt10 ай бұрын

    A beautiful presentation - I found your approach to this subject very touching; thank you 🙏

  • @Davlavi
    @Davlavi Жыл бұрын

    Very cool reading recomendations.

  • @alansalmi
    @alansalmi2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for an excellent video. I especially appreciate you mentioning “feeding your demons“ I did two weeks of training with Lama Tsiltim One week at Kripalu, and another week at her center in Colorado with a gorgeous temple. For people familiar with parts work, such as Internal Family Systems, or with Eugene Gendlin’ Focusing, or neurolinguistic programming, her methods work well with those paradigms also.

  • @FoolishFishBooks

    @FoolishFishBooks

    2 жыл бұрын

    Uh! I would love that so much! How lucky! 😄♥️ Thank you for sharing!

  • @eanerickson998
    @eanerickson9982 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for making this video, it was really insightful

  • @KJSullivan4601
    @KJSullivan46012 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating thank you - I find your explanations succinct and very palatable. Personally I love a zigzag path but then I've always loved balance!

  • @fallenfreak828
    @fallenfreak8282 жыл бұрын

    Very helpful and insightful, thank you

  • @diginoalessio
    @diginoalessio2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Dennis, as usual a great video

  • @FoolishFishBooks

    @FoolishFishBooks

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you @Alessio! So glad you liked it! :)

  • @veneficarius
    @veneficarius2 жыл бұрын

    very good video! great explanation of left hand path

  • @thefox9942
    @thefox99422 жыл бұрын

    This is an absolutely amazing look at the LHP, you covered the subject well and really did it justice, like you said, it's a touchy subject for some. I haven't read the recommended books yet so I'm unsure if your unaware or just chose to omit this information: The Western LHP (as opposed to the eastern approaches) focuses on bringing humanity (or just those that are strong and determined enough to do so) into godhood. The alchemical process of self deification is the LHP as we aren't seeking to sit with or near the creator but instead further away, creating our own worlds and becoming the gods of a new world. The LHP is, like you said, against cultural norms but outside of the spiritual development this can provide it also acts as a vehicle for cultural and societal rebellion and evolution. Rebellion against institutions that are supposed to help but in fact hinder or limit those who would work with them. There's a whole other aspect to this subject.

  • @jackiec498

    @jackiec498

    9 ай бұрын

    That's 😂...that's silly, you're silly smh. You silly goose. 😊

  • @toderox
    @toderox2 жыл бұрын

    Excellent explanation!!! Thanks a lot!

  • @annonymous1273
    @annonymous12732 жыл бұрын

    wow astounding - explaining a non conventional topic without complexity, succinctly within 15mins - that’s a gift I’m stunned at this knowledge which could take a lay person years to ordinarily come to these conclusions --- A take home for me: - further clarity around the parodoxical path of Magick science. [ The paradoxicalness is something I’m trying to extricate/ dissipate in practice-approach that’s right for me ] - I look up into the sky at night and I see a magnificent display of glimmering stars set against a dark background: to remind us that in the right context darkness and light compliments one another - harmony, like yin & yang - in extremes of each there is harm where balance is malign I’m sure there is something for all to reflect on in this informative video. ...Comparatively, I recall the fictional Dr Strange movie, where the Eternal One portrayed by Tilda Swank, had accessed some of the Chaos demon’s “eternity” - which she used to do good and benefit many/ essentially Earth (while gaining the benefit of immortality). But that was a Hollywood fictional story lol Thank you so much for sharing 🙏

  • @bobbizarre1102
    @bobbizarre11022 жыл бұрын

    It's vids like these that help to show others that just because its not the "Right" path.. Doesnt make it evil.. Thank you so much.. Im so glad i found this channel.. Well done.. 😁👍

  • @travisporco
    @travisporco2 жыл бұрын

    very helpful...please keep up the great work

  • @artawhirler
    @artawhirler2 жыл бұрын

    I had no idea about any of this! Thank you for explaining it!

  • @Prodank_
    @Prodank_2 жыл бұрын

  • @thomasmedori3964
    @thomasmedori39642 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic video. Thank you.

  • @rueporter2253
    @rueporter22532 жыл бұрын

    This was really illuminating. I'd wondered about it. I have read about the muddying of this stuff. Thank you.

  • @aminasule575
    @aminasule5752 жыл бұрын

    This was a really great breakdown. Very informative for people just coming into this subject. Thanks as always.

  • @FoolishFishBooks

    @FoolishFishBooks

    2 жыл бұрын

    So glad you enjoyed it @Amina! Best wishes to you!

  • @InfinateRadicalLove869

    @InfinateRadicalLove869

    2 жыл бұрын

    I completely agree 👍 blessed be

  • @Livingtabitha
    @Livingtabitha Жыл бұрын

    Very much enjoyed this video. I’ll be checking out these books. Thank you!

  • @overitspeaks39
    @overitspeaks39 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing content, spectacular scope and grasp bravo

  • @thenowchurch6419
    @thenowchurch64192 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much. That is the best analysis of the LHP I have seen on the entire Internet. Keep up the excellent work FF. You truly understand the occult laws of the universe.

  • @FoolishFishBooks

    @FoolishFishBooks

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your kind words, @thenowchurch! Best wishes to you!

  • @nrrbull

    @nrrbull

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ras Tafari.....

  • @thenowchurch6419

    @thenowchurch6419

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nrrbull Bless up King. Selassie I live and reign. More Love and More Strength.

  • @nrrbull

    @nrrbull

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@thenowchurch6419 May the King of Kings keep InI and guide InI in all of InI paths. Selah. Ras Tafari

  • @nephrenqayin254
    @nephrenqayin2542 жыл бұрын

    This is by far the best video I have watched. After all this time I have to thank you for this information. Altough there are a thing or two I might disagree, but still respect, I have to agree with you in many other things. And because of these things you mentioned I realized that in my personal practice I have to acknowledge that I definitely have missed a step or some steps after reviewing it, which is good because the LHP is also about learning, understanding, practicing and applying; and definitely there are some things I still need to learn and correct. Thank you again.

  • @christinakennon
    @christinakennon2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for such a great explanation

  • @possibleworlds5654
    @possibleworlds56542 жыл бұрын

    This felt kind of like a sermon… I loved it!

  • @FoolishFishBooks

    @FoolishFishBooks

    2 жыл бұрын

    😅🧙‍♂️ glad you liked it, @Possible Worlds! I hope it's the good kind 😄🙏

  • @mariusbaltazarrozenberg-ho9367
    @mariusbaltazarrozenberg-ho93672 жыл бұрын

    Lack of love at 11:45 - also lack of ANY SENSE. Great video! Happy to have subscribed

  • @grafeas_ton_megaleon
    @grafeas_ton_megaleon2 жыл бұрын

    Very illuminating, appreciate it

  • @BlindingDarkness1111
    @BlindingDarkness11112 жыл бұрын

    Love... Absolutely. 100 percent the necessary ingredient. Too bad too many miss this and accept the lack of love to be just fine. Thank you for this video - very well done!

  • @FoolishFishBooks

    @FoolishFishBooks

    2 жыл бұрын

    💯 Thank you! I'm so glad you liked it!

  • @annetteannette3808
    @annetteannette38082 жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU, food for thought.

  • @richarddeevine1997
    @richarddeevine19972 жыл бұрын

    With Love and Respect Thank You!!! A fantastic book list :). Om namah shivah beautiful souls.

  • @louisdebeer2055
    @louisdebeer20552 жыл бұрын

    Excellent recommendations

  • @Haze420_za
    @Haze420_za2 жыл бұрын

    What an awesome resource, thanks!

  • @FoolishFishBooks

    @FoolishFishBooks

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful! :) Thanks for the kind words!

  • @ehhhhhe
    @ehhhhhe Жыл бұрын

    I have read some books on tantra and I am glad you put this out there, I think it needed to be said, because there are so many Americans who do not understand this, in my experience.

  • @wilkiebunkers1352
    @wilkiebunkers13522 жыл бұрын

    Really, really good stuff here man. Excellent distinction between early, pre-statized Christianity and what the religion had become after Constantine. Thanks for the work you're doin!

  • @TheMagician1
    @TheMagician12 жыл бұрын

    Great and informative. Subscribed!

  • @EREBVS999
    @EREBVS9992 жыл бұрын

    I enjoy your channel immensely I have been into left hand path 25+ years and have come to the same conclusion as duality are aspects of the same. As above so below, without Light there is n no Darkness, without suffering there is no peace ECT. I have transcended duality accepting both sides of the spectrums and have balance in my life. Thank you Good sir for your insights and frequently refer new and confused neophytes practiciners to your channel.

  • @annonymous1273

    @annonymous1273

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing

  • @witchjoseph3492
    @witchjoseph34922 жыл бұрын

    Such a good and informative video…thank you and blessings

  • @FoolishFishBooks

    @FoolishFishBooks

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you @Witch Joseph! Best wishes to you!

  • @alexmcardell7486
    @alexmcardell74862 жыл бұрын

    What a great summary of the lhp

  • @fergusryan1486
    @fergusryan14862 жыл бұрын

    Skilfully handled good job!

  • @russellphillips4979
    @russellphillips49792 жыл бұрын

    You have a great and wise perspective 👍

  • @eagleriver900
    @eagleriver9002 жыл бұрын

    Well done .. it helped me not be so judgemental about that term after watching it one time..