CourseLHP 101
The Full Left Hand Path: History, Philosophy & the Evolution of the Infernal Current
The definitive public introduction to Left Hand Path history and philosophy: ten video chapters delivered through eight scheduled weekend sessions, with required homework and a final examination.
Synopsis
What this study covers
The definitive public introduction to Left Hand Path history and philosophy: ten video chapters delivered through eight scheduled weekend sessions, with required homework and a final examination.
This record defines the boundaries, method, and intended formation of the study. Detailed readings, demonstrations, exercises, and assessment instructions will be added during curriculum production.
Cohort requirements
Scheduled teaching. Assessed work.
- Timetable
- Four fixed weeks; one Saturday and one Sunday session each week. Ten chapters are taught across eight scheduled meetings. Later Cohorts use protected site modules; each new week remains locked until the preceding homework is graded. Not self-paced.
- Homework
- One required written assignment per week, due the following Friday.
- Examination
- Required final examination opens after Video 10 and Session 8 only after Week 4 homework has been graded, then closes on the published deadline.
Professors of record
Atius Dade & Dirah Dade
Left Hand Path, Satanic Studies, Demonolatry & Goetia
Atius Dade teaches Left Hand Path and Satanic Studies, with supporting work in occult history, adversarial philosophies, personal systems, and source-aware comparison. Dirah Dade teaches Demonolatry and Goetic practice, bringing disciplined attention to ritual method, spirit catalogues, practitioner records, and the relationship between historical sources and living systems.
Preparation & formation
What students need—and what they will leave able to do
Prerequisites
- Verified adult Collegium membership (18+).
- No previous occult study required.
- A commitment to four fixed weeks of study, homework, and examination.
Learning outcomes
- Trace transgressive and adversarial motifs before the modern Left Hand Path label without collapsing distinct traditions.
- Explain Vāmācāra in its historical context and identify major Western reinterpretations of the term.
- Describe the development of Satan, Lucifer, and the Adversary across theological, literary, psychological, and occult frameworks.
- Evaluate organized Satanism and contemporary internet occultism using historical and philosophical evidence.
- Articulate sovereignty as a discipline of integration, responsibility, and accountable practice.
- Explain the Infernal Covenant as a proposed structure and assess a future Left Hand Path oriented toward creation and legacy.
- Present a defensible synthesis in the final examination.
Full curriculum layout
The path through the work
- 01
Week 1 · Saturday · Video 1
Before the Left Hand Path: Ancient Transgression & Sacred Rebellion
Transgressive and adversarial currents long before the modern term existed. Key thesis: The Left Hand Path did not begin as a modern label; its precedents appear wherever sacred disobedience is framed as transformative power.
ReadingsInstructionExerciseAssessment - 02
Week 1 · Saturday · Video 2
Right vs. Left: Order, Control & the Fear of the Adversary
Why institutions and civilizations demonize individual sovereignty. Key thesis: The Left Hand Path becomes legible wherever authority produces and condemns its opposition.
ReadingsInstructionExerciseAssessment - 03
Week 1 · Sunday · Video 3
The First Use of “Left Hand Path”: India, Tantra & the Historical Context
Vāmācāra, ritual transgression, and the South Asian context from which the modern phrase was translated. Key thesis: The phrase entered Western occult vocabulary from a specific ritual and religious context—not as a synonym for Satanism.
ReadingsInstructionExerciseAssessment - 04
Week 2 · Saturday · Video 4
The Western Occult Invasion: Crowley, Blavatsky & Esoteric Rebellion
How Western esotericism adopted, altered, and polemicized the Left Hand Path. Key thesis: Western occultism frequently transformed liberation into a contested identity and moral category.
ReadingsInstructionExerciseAssessment - 05
Week 2 · Sunday · Video 5
Satan, Lucifer & the Adversary Archetype: From Villain to Symbol of Will
The development of Satan and Lucifer as theological, literary, psychological, and initiatory figures. Key thesis: The Devil became a mirror through which successive cultures examined authority, will, knowledge, and selfhood.
ReadingsInstructionExerciseAssessment - 06
Week 3 · Saturday · Video 6
LaVey & Modern Satanism: Structure, Ego & Psychological Power
How modern Satanism became an organized philosophical and religious system. Key thesis: LaVey turned rebellion into a system with explicit institutions, texts, practices, and ethical claims.
ReadingsInstructionExerciseAssessment - 07
Week 3 · Sunday · Video 7
The Left Hand Path Today: Chaos, Identity & Internet Occultism
How platforms, aesthetics, misinformation, and consumer culture reshape the contemporary Path. Key thesis: When the Path becomes performance, appearance displaces discipline, study, and accountable practice.
ReadingsInstructionExerciseAssessment - 08
Week 4 · Saturday · Video 8
What the Left Hand Path Actually Is: Sovereignty, Integration & Responsibility
The Collegium’s working philosophy of sovereignty, disciplined integration, and responsibility. Key thesis: The Path is not defined by darkness; it is defined by what it demands of the practitioner.
ReadingsInstructionExerciseAssessment - 09
Week 4 · Saturday · Video 9
The Birth of the Infernal Covenant: Why a New Structure Was Necessary
The case for an accountable structure within a sovereignty-centered current. Key thesis: Freedom needs structure, ethical limits, and responsibility if it is to survive its own contradictions.
ReadingsInstructionExerciseAssessment - 10
Week 4 · Sunday · Video 10
The Future of the Left Hand Path: From Rebellion to Legacy
A long-term vision of creation, transmission, family, teaching, and durable institutions. Key thesis: The Path does not have to end in chaos; disciplined sovereignty can become creation and legacy.
ReadingsInstructionExerciseAssessment
Enrollment
Understand the work before you enter it.
LHP 101 is free for verified adult members. It has a fixed timetable, required homework, and a final examination. Paid student admission is not required for this course.