Search: The Web or BeYoND-THe-iLLuSioN Only 
                                                          P.  O.  Box 38-262
                                                          Petone
                                                          Wellington
                                                          New Zealand

        The OLHP is a non-sectarian, non-dogmatic forum of philosophers and
occultists operating within a broad range of the Left Hand Path.
        The LHP is the way of individual godhood.  Unlike the Right Hand
Path which seeks to consign the individual to oblivion in the pursuit of
'union with god' or a 'universal consciousness', or to subordinate humanity
to a deity or deities, the LHP recognizes the potential godhood existing
within the individual.  We seek to enhance, rather than obliviate, the
individual will and psyche through Nietzschean-type Self-Overcoming.
        We are 'Satanists' in that we are the 'adversaries' and 'accusers'
of all who aim to drag the individual down into herd-conformity with their
egalitarianism and collectivism.  'We are not going to stay, dull and
content as oxen, in the ruck of humanity', as the British magus Aleister
Crowley put it.
        The Satanic mission is that of ensuring continuing human ascent.
This is reflected in the Judaeo-Christian mythos of Satan's promise to
human-kind that 'ye shall be as gods' (Gen.  ch.  2-3), itself an adaption
of much older Babylonian and Sumerian myths.  We concur when Crowley
writes:
        "Satan is not the enemy of Man, but he who made gods of our race,
knowing Good and Evil."
        Satan is indeed aptly called Lucifer, the Light-Bringer.  As the
Russian philosopher Mikhail Bakunin put it:
        "Satan is the first free-thinker and Saviour of the world.  He
frees Adam and impresses the seal of humanity and liberty on his forehead,
by making him disobedient."

FAUSTIAN SOUL
        The Satanic 'soul' can be described as Faustian.
        We stand for wisdom undefiled and unfettered by any dogma.
        Our desire for knowledge, and to see the scope of human thought
extended unto infinity, is insatiable, and the free-will on which it is
predicated is a sacred trust we must guard with vigilance.
        Prof.  R.S.  Knox in his introduction to the 1924 edition of
Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, succinctly describes the Faustian
soul:
        "The Faustus legend becomes for us a symbol of humanity's splendid
struggle to reach the stars, the tragedy of infinite aspiration."

        "That peril is the chiefest way to happiness
         And resolution honour's fairest aim.
         What glory is there in a common good
         That hangs for every peasant to achieve?
         That like I best that flies beyond my reach." (Faustus)

        The OLHP welcomes all sincere seekers after wisdom undefiled and
students of those hidden depths of human psyche and cosmos which may
properly be called 'occult'.
        Subscription to our periodical The Watcher is sufficient to enable
you to affiliate with the Order.  Further involvement depends on your own
initiative.

                        Order of the Left Hand Path

                                 * - * - *

                    Typed in by Graeme Wilson (O.L.H.P.)

If you want more info on any OLHP productions or want more info on
Satanism, contact me via the following computer networks:

        Fidonet:  3:770/505
                  (Southern Vortex BBS, ph: +64 0-3-454-3900, 14.4k modem)
        Usenet:   fenris@otago.ac.nz

Also I may be contacted on other NZ BBS's:

        Alternative Reality: +64 0-3-471-0414
        Southern Lights:     +64 0-3-455-6016
        The Left Hand Path:  +64 0-3-454-5763 (my own BBS)
        Bad Dreams BBS:      +64 0-9-528-3577 (leave message to 'Lucifer')

If you wish to contact me via mail to swap texts, ideas, etc. then write
to:

                              Graeme Wilson
                              129 Scott Street
                              Waverley
                              Dunedin
                              South Island
                              New Zealand

Disclaimer: The file contained in the box above or displayed in a separate window from a link in the box above is NOT owned nor implied to be owned by BeYoND THe iLLuSioN. Most files at BeYoND THe iLLuSioN are originally from public Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) which were popular in the days before the Internet or from gopher, web, and FTP sites from the early days of the Internet which no longer exist today. Essentially, all files were acquired from the public domain in one for or another.

However, there have been occasions when copyright protected material has appeared on BeYoND THe iLLuSIoN without permission of the copyright holder. In these instances, we have and will continue to remove the copyright protected file as soon as it is brought to our attention. This can now be done using our Report Copyright Material form. Fill out the form, and the webmaster will be notified of the situation.

There are also times when files found on BeYoND THe iLLuSioN have a real home somewhere else on the Internet. In these instances, we will gladly replace the file with a link to its true home whenever it is brought to our attention. If you know of the true home of any of these files, you can use our Report Original URL form to bring it yo our attention.