by left-hand path followers is represented by the Qlipha Thaumiel in the Tree of Knowledge. Terminology 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. They adhere to a specific moral code and a belief in some form of judgement, such as karma or the Threefold Law. The occultist Dion Fortune considered Abrahamic religions to be RHP. Left-hand path 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. 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 society." They often question religious or moral dogma, instead adhering to forms of personal anarchism. They often embrace sexuality and incorporate it into magical ritual. History of the terms Vāmācāra and dakṣiṇācāra vāmācāra is a Sanskrit term meaning "left-handed attainment" and is synonymous with left-hand path or left-path (Sanskrit: Vāmamārga). It is used to describe a particular mode of worship or spiritual practice (Sanskrit: sadhana) that is not only heterodox (Sanskrit: nāstika) to standard Vedic injunction, but extreme in comparison to prevailing cultural norms. These practices are often generally considered to be Tantric in orientation. The converse term dakshinachara (glossed "right-hand path") is used to refer not only to orthodox (āstika) sects, but to modes of spirituality that engage in practices that accord with Vedic injunction, and are generally agreeable to prevailing cultural norms. Modes of practice aligned with left-handed and right-handed paths are evident across orthodox and heterodox schools of Dharmic religions such as Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, and Buddhism and are a matter of taste, culture, proclivity, initiation, sadhana, and dharmic lineage (parampara). Tantra and Madame Blavatsky The Western use of the terms left-hand path and right-hand path originated with Madame Blavatsky, a 19th-century occultist who founded the Theosophical Society. She had