Theos-Talk Archives (August 2002 Message tt00057)

Larry F Kolts wrote:
> Sorry to everyone else for this political science dialogue. When I first
> jumped in I thought it was heading in the direction of a discussion of
> the right and left paths, white and black magic. Oh, well!

In general, when someone asks me about black magic, I talk about stage
magicians of sub-Saharan African descent.

However, in any workings, be they of science where we know the basic
principles involved, or in areas where we can only guess, intent is
important. But, if someone drops a plugged-in toaster into somebody
else's bath, we don't call that person a practitioner of "black
electricity." Nor do we call a pharmacist a practitioner of "white
chemistry." 

While Blavatsky was a major proponent of the "right-hand path", that
does not make it the only valid path; it's mainly that, if one takes the
so-called "left-hand path," it's far easier to become fooled by the
desires that are contained in the physical, ephemeral part of the human
body than the "right-hand path." But note those who, in confusion, go so
far out on the right-hand path that they end up hurting themselves
without helping others, which is just as bad. 

Bart Lidofsky