The Darker Side of Darkness – the Left-Hand Path in the Western Esoteric Tradition. Selected Issues Cover Image

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The Darker Side of Darkness – the Left-Hand Path in the Western Esoteric Tradition. Selected Issues

Author(s): Zbigniew Łagosz, Agata Świerzowska
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore, Indian Philosophy, Environmental interactions
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: esotericism; Tantra; Left Hand Path; O.T.O.; Crowley;

Summary/Abstract: The article is a comprehensive attempt at demonstrating the entry of the concept of the Indian Tantric Left-Hand Path into the Western esoteric tradition. Based on selected examples such as Wicca, Satanism and Thelema, the authors show the ways in which this idea has been reinterpreted and absorbed by the Western esoteric milieu.

  • Issue Year: 49/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 85-97
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish