Left-Hand Path

thumb|The inverted pentagram is a widespread symbol of Satanism.

thumb|upright=1.2|Illustration portraying a scene from the Bible wherein the Witch of Endor uses a necromantic ritual to conjure the spirit of Samuel at the behest of Saul; from the frontispiece of Sadducismus Triumphatus (1681) by [[Joseph Glanvill.]]

magic used for evil and selfish purposes

thumb|An 1856 depiction of the Sabbatic Goat from by Éliphas Lévi. The arms bear the [[Latin words (dissolve) and (coagulate), reflecting the spiritual alchemy of Lévi's work.]]

international organization dedicated to the religion of Satanism

International organization dedicated to the religion of Satanism

thumb|The sigil of Lucifer

type of magic

occult initiatory order founded in 1975

thumb|The magic circle|magical circle and triangle, magical objects/symbols used in the evocation of the seventy-two spirits of the Ars Goetia

In the Zohar, Lurianic Kabbalah, and Hermetic Qabalah, the qlippoth (, "peels", "shells", or "husks", qəlippā; originally, ) are the representation of evil or impure spiritual forces in Jewish mysticism, the opposites of the sefirot. The realm of evil is called Sitra Achra () in Kabbalistic texts.

Vāmācāra (, ) is a tantric term meaning 'left-hand path' and is synonymous with the Sanskrit term vāmamārga. It is used to describe a particular mode of worship or sadhana (spiritual practice) that uses heterodox things to sublimate for spiritual growth.

occultist

grimoire of magic, also known as The Red Dragon