Right, but this alchemical ritual goes beyond the American political dichotomy. Or if you want to narrow it down in that way: Republicanism (the political system, not the party) vs. Monarchy.
Both Democrats and Republicans fall under the system of Republicanism. They are two sides of the same coin.
The reason I related this to Trump, even though he is playing within the Republican system, is because within the Republican/Oligarchical (hybrid) system we are in today, he can be seen as a "King" in his own right. He is also the Patriarch of his family, and his followers even proclaim him to be "God-Emperor."
In alchemical terms the Left means Chaos, while the Right means Order. This is why goats and sheep are separated thusly in the scriptures, and Christ is sitting at His Right Hand.
Trump also claims to be the president of Law and Order, both of which are alchemically on the Right.
Order is also related to putting things in their places. Building walls of separation falls under Order, while mixing things up and not separating them by type falls under Chaos.
There's a lot of different ways to look at it. I find the world profoundly more interesting to look at things through the eyes of the ancients.
The Occultists even say as much by calling it the Left-Hand Path. While Christians follow the Right-Hand Path.
Right-Hand Path
The Right-Hand Path is commonly thought to refer to magical or religious groups which adhere to a certain set of characteristics:
- They divide the concepts of mind, body and spirit into three separate, albeit interrelated, entities.[5]
- They adhere to a specific moral code and a belief in some form of judgement, such as karma or the Threefold Law.[5]
The occultist
Dion Fortune[6][7] considered Abrahamic religions to be RHP.
Left-Hand Path
"Left-Hand Path" redirects here. For other uses, see
Left-Hand Path (disambiguation).
The historian Dave Evans studied self-professed followers of the Left-Hand Path in the early 21st century, making several observations about their practices:
- They often reject societal convention and the status quo, which some suggest is in a search for spiritual freedom. As a part of this, LHP followers embrace magical techniques that would traditionally be viewed as taboo, for instance using sex magic or embracing Satanic imagery.[1]:197 As Mogg Morgan wrote, the "breaking of taboos makes magic more potent and can lead to reintegration and liberation, [for example] the eating of meat in a vegetarian community can have the same liberating effect as anal intercourse in a sexually inhibited straight society."[8]
- They often question religious or moral dogma, instead adhering to forms of personal anarchism.[1]:198
- They often embrace sexuality and incorporate it into magical ritual.[1]:205
If you look at the above characteristics of both paths, you can see the modern American political Left/Right following the Left/Right-hand Paths.
Now, don't get it twisted. Even the American Right practices occult imagery. The Gadsden flag for instance. The King ordained by God, the King of Kings treads upon the Serpent. "Don't Tread on Me" said the enlightened deists.
The problem of Modernists is that they claim to believe in God and the Devil, but don't act like it.
