Right-Hand Path (RHP)
- Focuses on harmony, order, and self-discipline
- Seeks union with the divine (often through religion or selflessness)
- Emphasizes good karma, virtue, and adherence to moral laws
- Involves altruism, submission to higher forces, and spiritual ascension
- Common in Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, and many traditional religions
Left-Hand Path (LHP)
- Focuses on individualism, power, and self-deification
- Seeks personal enlightenment or godhood (often through forbidden or taboo means)
- Emphasizes self-mastery, rebellion, and breaking societal norms
- Involves magic, occultism, and sometimes darker spiritual practices
- Common in Satanism, Luciferianism, Thelema, and certain tantric traditions