Left-Hand Path Magic and Animal Rights
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20198968 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kennet Granholm (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 28-49 |
| Publication date | 2009-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nova Religio The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1092-6690 • E-ISSN: 1541-8480 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/nr.2009.12.4.28 |
| OpenAlex | W2095361052 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
The Left-Hand Path is a controversial form of new Esoteric spirituality, often labeled Satanic, and often perceived as entertaining right-wing political sympathies. It is therefore important to note that two of the most prominent Left-Hand Path groups—the Temple of Set and Dragon Rouge—foster animal rights ideologies, something which is generally considered leftist. Animal rights ideology would seem to be a less than perfect fit with the epistemological individualism, goals of self-deification, and antinomian approaches to predominant religious culture—fundamental elements in Left-Hand Path philosophies. It has nonetheless become an integral part of both the Temple of Set and Dragon Rouge. In this article I examine the manifestations and possible reasons for the rise of the apparent paradox of animal rights ideologies in the Left-Hand Path
Aesthetics · Environmental ethics · Ideology · Individualism · Left-wing politics · Physics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Spirituality · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics · Religious studies · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
| Citations per year | 0.31 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2022 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |