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Setianism is often linked with something Western occultists call “the left-hand path" or "LHP."

This term originates from Hindu and Buddhist Tantra, in which the Vama Marga or “left-handed way” to enlightenment involves practices that most orthodox believers find “repugnant” (e.g., erotic mysticism).

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Western occultists appropriated this term from Tantra and used it as a synonym for "black magic" and "devil worship." Even Aleister Crowley was quick to demonize other occultists he didn't like as "brothers of the left-hand path" (though he himself was also characterized as such by his own critics, too).

The "LHP" did not actually become a positive self-label in the West until Kenneth Grant, Anton LaVey, and Michael Aquino came along. They each defined the concept in radically different ways. Since the 1970s, many other LHP traditions have developed, with such notable recurring themes as autotheism (the worship of oneself); an indiscriminate affinity for so-called “dark” forces (like conflating Set with His enemy, the isfet serpent); an intersection of Gnosticism, hedonism, nihilism, and/or anti-cosmicism; and some rather unfortunate dispositions toward right-wing sociopolitical ideologies (from American Libertarianism to outright National Socialism).

Though some Setians identify as “left-hand path,” not all of us do. Until more recent years, you had to really immerse yourself in the LHP subculture if you wanted to meet anyone else who might be sympathetic to Set. But in more recent years, we are seeing a definite increase in Setians among the Kemetic devotionalist community, and I am seeing fewer and fewer references to a "left-hand path" in Setian literature and art - which makes my heart glad.

My issue here is not necessarily with LHP philosophy or beliefs in and of themselves (though I certainly take issue with some of the more right-wing influences and activities I have seen). Rather, my issue is with the idea some people have that you "can't really be a Setian" without Crowley's Book of the Law, LaVey's Satanic Bible, Aquino's Book of Coming Forth by Night, or some other Thelemic, Satanic, or Western occult literature or dogma.

Let me say this loud enough for everyone in the back to hear:

THERE IS ONLY ONE THING ANYONE NEEDS TO BE A SETIAN, AND THAT IS SET.

Of course, Setians are always welcome to share additional interests. There is nothing to say you can't consider the Book of the Law or the Satanic Bible to be sacred, if that is truly how you personally feel. But the point is that Set was there long before Vama Marga, Typhonian Thelema, LaVeyan Satanism, the Temple of Set, or any other LHP variant, and a person doesn’t need EITHER of those things to know Him or walk with Him. To claim otherwise is to ignore the fact that Setianism began over five millennia ago as a North African animist and polytheist tradition in which our Namesake was clearly revered and venerated (as He deserves to be).

None of this is intended to dissuade anyone from identifying as "LHP" if they choose to do so (though I would encourage everyone to at least consider the colonialist history of this term, if nothing else). My point is just that nobody HAS to do this in order to be a Setian, because there were Setians long before the LHP subculture ever came into existence.

For more, check out this link:

http://desertofset.com/2020/09/30/lhp/

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Here's an attempt at explaining my whys and wherefores for the "Seven Gates of Set":

One issue I have always taken with Hermetic Qabalah is the way in which it purports to “blend” Jewish mysticism, alchemy, Western astrology, and certain polytheistic religions. There is nothing wrong with blending different religious traditions together, of course; but Qabalists often brand themselves as representing “the original Qabalah,” which is absolutely false. True Kabbalah is not a “free-for-all,” but an intricate cosmology that is entirely unique to Judaism. It is also a closed practice that requires studying the Torah inside and out. Hermetic Qabalah is simply a “Gentile” appropriation of this tradition that really has nothing to do with Judaism or the Torah, or with any of the polytheist gods that are commonly mentioned in Qabalic literature.

For example, Kenneth Grant insisted that Set is linked to Daath, the so-called “eleventh” sephira on the Tree of Life. Other writers have linked Set with Geburah, the sphere of divine judgment and wrath. These associations might appear to make sense on the surface, but I think many Jews and Setians would likely agree they are oversimplifications. Set is far more than just an “emotive attribute” of some monotheist god; He deserves to be understood on His own terms, not in Kabbalic (or Qabalic) terms.

Set is not just the destructive “murderer of Osiris” that Hermetic Qabalists like to pigeonhole Him as being. He is also the Son of Nut, the Savior of Ra, the Friend of the Dead, and an ambassador for the Netjeru to other pantheons. Yes, He can certainly hinder and destroy; but He can also help and protect, as evidenced by His own religious following in ancient times. He can become wrathful and go on the warpath, as He does with Osiris and Horus; but He can also be loving and romantic, as He is with each of His various partners (of both sexes). Hermetic Qabalah is ill-equipped to comprehend or explain such a multifaceted polytheist divinity, since it is predicated on monotheism in the first place.

By the same token, SETIANS—people who revere and emulate Set—are not the “black magicians” or “devil worshipers” of Egyptian polytheism. Most of us are regular people just like everyone else in every other religion on earth. We work jobs, we pay our bills, we take care of our families. We value safety and consistency, we become upset when things go topsy-turvy, and many of us work as educators or caregivers as well. So there is quite a bit more to Setians than whatever Hermetic Qabalists might think about us.

I decided to develop a new way of explaining the Setian “wavelength” with numbers and correspondences that does NOT appropriate anything from either Jewish Kabbalah or Hermetic Qabalah. This meant doing away with the “Tree of Life” and using an entirely different visual model as my starting point. And it seemed to me that there is no better visual model for capturing the Setian experience than the Big Dipper, which the ancient Egyptians called Khepesh or “the Thigh of Set.”

I first learned about Set’s connection to the Big Dipper from reading The Gates of the Necronomicon by “Simon” (who is most likely Peter Levenda writing under a pseudonym). The book recklessly equates Egyptian ideas with bits and pieces of Kabbalah, Daoism, and a “Lovecraftianized” version of pseudo-Sumerian mythology (which actually owes more to August Derleth than to H.P. Lovecraft). Yet the parts about Set being associated with the Dipper are factual at least, and I liked the idea that these particular stars might correspond with certain “astral gateways.” “Simon” claims to be sharing information from a real Sumerian “grimoire” that doesn’t actually exist; so it’s important to understand I am not referring to his work as a credible resource here. Rather, his suggestions inspired me to think about how the stars in the Big Dipper might each relate to Set without needing to appropriate anything from any non-Kemetic or non-Egyptian mystical traditions. I sensed that each of these stars corresponds with a different aspect of Set, a different phase in His myth cycle, a different animal from His divine iconography, and even a different aspect of what it is like to be a Setian.

Please note that this is not a “re-invention” of Kabbalah; nor is it an “initiatory curriculum” that must be followed in sequential order. The numbers I have assigned to each star are simply for convenience. Assuming I am not completely crackers for thinking of the Big Dipper as a series of “Setian gateways” in the first place, I imagine these gates as being “open” all at the same time, with Set reaching down to us and us reaching up to Him through each of them all at once.

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