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Drugs weaponized against political activists, Jonestown as a possible CIA medical experiment, the Sons of Sam occult network, Hollywood's esoteric dimensions, \u0026amp; the long-term institutional transformation driven by the New Left \u0026amp; its elite backers. 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Stephen Flowers, Ph.D., examines the methods, teachings, and historical role of the left-hand path--from its origins in Indian tantric philosophy to its underlying influence in current world affairs--and reveals which philosophers, magicians, and occult figures throughout history can truly be called \"Lords of the Left-Hand Path.\" Flowers explains that while the right-hand path seeks union with and thus dependence on God, the left-hand path seeks a \"higher law\" based on knowledge and power. It is the way of self-empowerment and true freedom. Beginning with ancient Hindu and Buddhist sects and moving Westward, he examines many alleged left-hand path groups, including the Cult of Set, the Yezidi Devil Worshippers, the Assassins, the Neoplatonists, the Hell-Fire Club, the Bolsheviks, the occult Nazis, and several heretical Sufi, Zoroastrian, Christian, and Muslim sects. 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