"dark" Ceremonial Magick Options

I am currently practicing traditional ceremonial magick, such as the

LBRP
MIddle Pillar
Circle of Light

etc......

However, i am noticing that several practitioners of the Left Hand Path who use simialir rituals but often inversed or reversed. Is the effect supposed to be the same and merely calling upon different forces of energy ... or are they designed for a different or even opposite purpose?

I disagree that "it's all about perceptions." In my humble opion, it's not perception that makes a ritual or an act part of the LHP, it is intent.

Once again, this is very difficult to describe and lay out for those who need an A, B, C, outline. Acts or rituals aren't one thing or another in and of themselves (just as an object isn't "morally" good or evil). It is the intent of acts or rituals that make them RHP and LHP, just as it is intent (as to use) of an object that makes it evil or good.

Before you begin any kind of working (whether it is the LBRP, the QC, or the GRH) you must decide your intent for the working. Are you working for your own enlightenment and the greater good of all humanity? Then your action is very likely RHP. If, on the other hand, your working is for self-deification then your action is most likely LHP. But, again, things are not always that simple either. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hmm.gif)

Light, Life, and Love.

For a Peace Profound,

Neshamah