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The Storm is the name of the group headed by Nikolas and Zeena Scheck, who consider themselves to represent an authentic version of the religion of Seth and the Left-Hand Path. Image File history File links Books-aj. ... In historical scholarship, a primary source is a document or other source of information that was created at or near the time being studied, often by the people being studied. ... Look up storm in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Storm can refer to: a kind of severe weather - see storm a disturbance of the earths magnetosphere - see geomagnetic storm a fictional character in the X-Men comic series - see Storm (comics) a Dutch science-fiction comic series and its protagonist... Seth or Shet (שֵׁת Placed; appointed, Standard Hebrew Šet, Tiberian Hebrew Šēṯ, Arabic ÔíË), in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible, is the third son of Adam and Eve mentioned by name, and brother of Cain and Abel. ... The Baphomet, symbol of some Left-Hand Path religions. ...

The Storm formed as a democratic group, though eventually became an autocratic group led by Nikolas and Zeena Schreck's, in the vein of guru and student. The logistics of access to the Storm and/or private tuition is unknown. Though is not thought to be a non-profit religious service. Image:Zeena. ...

History

The Storm broke away from the Temple of Set in 2002. The rift was led by Anton LaVey's daughter Zeena Schreck, who was High Priestess at the time of the schism, along with her husband, Nikolas, and members from various sub-groups of the Temple. The rift was related to differences of view in ideology, priesthood, and organizational practice. Following this the Temple's founder Michael Aquino became High Priest again. In this period an unknown number of members left the Temple, for a variety of reasons. Forms of Satanism LaVeyan Satanism | Luciferianism | Religious Satanism | Sat/Tan Satanism | Setianism Associated Organizations First Satanic Church | Misanthropic Luciferian Order | Church of Satan | First Church of Satan | Order of Mars | Order of Nine Angles | Order of the Left Hand Path | Temple of Set Symbols and Figures Baphomet | Anton LaVey | Karla... Anton Szandor LaVey Anton Szandor LaVey (11 April 1930 – 29 October 1997) was the founder and High Priest of the Church of Satan, and author of The Satanic Bible. ... Image:Zeena. ... Forms of Satanism LaVeyan Satanism | Luciferianism | Religious Satanism | Sat/Tan Satanism | Setianism Associated Organizations First Satanic Church | Misanthropic Luciferian Order | Church of Satan | First Church of Satan | Order of Mars | Order of Nine Angles | Order of the Left Hand Path | Temple of Set Symbols and Figures Baphomet | Anton LaVey | Karla... Forms of Satanism LaVeyan Satanism | Luciferianism | Religious Satanism | Sat/Tan Satanism | Setianism Associated Organizations First Satanic Church | Misanthropic Luciferian Order | Church of Satan | First Church of Satan | Order of Mars | Order of Nine Angles | Order of the Left Hand Path | Temple of Set Symbols and Figures Baphomet | Anton LaVey | Karla... Forms of Satanism LaVeyan Satanism | Luciferianism | Religious Satanism | Sat/Tan Satanism | Setianism Associated Organizations First Satanic Church | Misanthropic Luciferian Order | Church of Satan | First Church of Satan | Order of Mars | Order of Nine Angles | Order of the Left Hand Path | Temple of Set Symbols and Figures Baphomet | Anton LaVey | Karla...

Philosophy

In theory, the Storm/Schreck's believe the Left-Hand Path should contain:

1. The transformation of human consciousness to divine consciousness via the manipulation of the sexual currents of the physical and subtle bodies through erotic rites.
2. A sexual exaltation of the female principle of power in the universe, known in Sanskrit as Shakti.
3. Initiation through the deliberate violation of deep-seated external social and internal personal taboos, the individual separation from tribal normative values, and the radical inversion of convention and orthodoxy of every kind.
4. Essentially elitist, in that it must be chosen, is not suited for all dispositions, and does not come naturally. It is directed to the individual consciousness unrelated to collective identity as a social creature or a being subject to divine or natural law. Although the modern world is based on democratic notions of full disclosure to all, the sinister current, wherever it has manifested, is based on the proposition that some things can only be communicated to certain individuals, at the right time, and under the right circumstances.
5. A method of initiation that actively embraces this life, this world, this physical realm, this body as the means to illumination and awakening. The Left-Hand Path is not a route of escapism from reality, but a confrontation with the full totality of physical and psychic existence, encompassing pleasure and joy as well as horror and mortality.

The teachings appear to be a synthesis of 'ideas' drawn from various Tantric sources combined with magical and ritual praxis of a Typhonian nature drawn from Greco-Roman Egypt sources, therefore can not be considered authentic left hand path in the traditional sense of the term. Eroticism is an aesthetic focused on sexual desire, especially the feelings of anticipation of sexual activity. ... The Sanskrit language ( , ) is a classical language of India, a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, and one of the 22 official languages of India. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A taboo is a strong social prohibition (or ban) relating to any area of human activity or social custom declared as sacred and forbidden; breaking of the taboo is usually considered objectionable or abhorrent by society. ...

External links

• Storm site