postmodern Satanism

an irrelevant sidebar. Many were those who fell victim to the force ofgravity prior to the latter’s scientific espousal. All change and progressis a necessary epiphenomenon of the Current, so whatever shortlivedand flawed understandings of the Master have come and gone -these speak also to the undeniability of a reality independent ofpersonal understanding and cultural acceptance. Satanism is not aninstitution which may rise or fall depending on the input of groups orindividuals, it is an ever-present Gnosis independent of those whomay or may not comprehend its truth.Q: There is a constant debate over whether the entities evoked inmagick are "real" or "subjective". What is your view on the differencebetween the two (if any)?A: As limited conscious beings operating within our particularphenomenal bounds, we have an inbuilt tendency to intuit in amanner which is compatible with our scale. The process is known asanthropomorphization, and is built-in to the tuner (brain) - it’s whywe see faces in the clouds . . . or on Mars. Are these phenomenalapparitions like us in being individuated consciousnesses, bound toformal structures and capable of naming/delimitation? Not exactly,yet the illusion is a convenient one, for it provides a mechanism ofmediation. Without such, we would lack the Rosetta Stone whichallowed us to intuit such supernatural contact as meaningful.Q: There is quite a focus in your material on eastern mysticism. Isthere a viable bridge between so called "LHP" metaphysics and faradvanced concepts in esoteric eastern mysticism and philosophy?A: The delimitation of a “left hand path” originates in the Easternschools, so the obvious answer is yes. To many, however, it is not soobvious how to get there. When we look at the current state ofphysical theory, we notice that there are two theories, eachempirically successful, each widely accepted, but which are mutuallyincompatible. I’m referring, of course, to Quantum Theory andRelativity Theory. Often the disparity is presented as an issue ofscale: Quantum Theory pertains to the very small, and Relativity tothe very large. And while I am a proponent of fractal analysis (seemany comments above), I don’t think the disparity is to be resolvedthrough the notion of scale. Rather, the disjunct occurs due to afaulty analysis on the part of one theory (Relativity), which analysisis fundamentally repudiated by the second theory (Quantum). In