If I could just sayâŚ
I see the left hand path is the path of the user. That means to say the left hand magician is given a set of tools that can carve out a better life. But itâs up to the magician to learn these tools. That I agree with.
But you donât send an inexperienced novice into the wild. They need someone else to teach them the methods for survival, and for a time they need to rely on someone else to support them. So yes, we need to rely on spirits and experienced masters to some extent. Though, that opens the conversation of how much responsibility is on the student and how much is on the guardian.
However, the average novice is either coming from a religious background, or from a society that holds to some ideas found in religion. So weâre all guilty, at some point, of replacing God, Jesus, and angels with other gods, mythical heroes, and other spiritual beings. Most arenât going to get out of the salvation mindset till theyâre more experienced. After all, a kid will only tell a parent to stop hovering once they think they can do things on their own.
And, you are right to say that no spirit, god, or otherwise is obligated to help us. We SHOULD be self sufficient. However, as said above, you canât expect a novice to even consider it. Yes, spirits have free will. Yes, they only help when they choose. Yes, they arenât there to solve all our problems. But, you need to start somewhere.
Gods! Solitary practice is shit! I wish groups and teachers were more readily available. But even then, thereâs no telling if youâre getting scammed. Fuck! Thereâs no right answer!
What Iâm saying is, youâre right. But Iâm also playing devils advocate.