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You, maybe, depends.
"Do what thou wilt" seems to sum it up, but then again that's more of an observation, not a statement of intent.
Childhood; the process of educational trangression as a path to the supreme.
Wouldn't know. Crowley always seemed like a loser to me. "Do what thou wilt" to me means just that: do what you will. You'll do it anyway, so why not make that the core of your existence?Isn't the statement "Do what thou wilt" founded on the idea of a good inner nature in humanity, called ones "will" that will always guide you in the right direction? (According to Alistair Crowley anyway) How is that LHP? Sounds RHP to me.
Unselfishness (different than selflessness), non-conformity, and knowledge.
What does unselfishness mean to you? It seems to imply some sort of denial of the self though.
IMHO, autotheism is the core of the LHP.What is the core of the LHP? Is it a particular outlook on life? In that case which outlook?
The core of the Left-Hand Path is perfect freedom. Another name for the Black Magician could be One Without Master. To quote from the "Statement of Belial" from The Diabolicon:
"To those who would dare the Black Magic - Know that what ye accept is the very mastery of all that ye have supposed impossible, by force of Will alone. The Black Magus need fear no power save his own, but he must conquer his own Will that he cause not his destruction through ill chance or purpose. Satan himself is not God, and Hell can offer no salvation to those who abuse the Gift of Satan."
Xeper.
/Adramelek\
Gnothi seauton!
I think the bedrock of it is an ancient distinction of the functions of religion. One is to achieve perfect personal integration with the universe (right), the other is to achieve perfect personal segregation from the universe (left). I agree with what others said here, but I claim that those are merely consequences or mechanisms of action on this one mother principle.