all my life i attempted to understand something from the old testament.
why did god ask abraham to kill his son issac?
what kind of god is that!
the story haunted me, and put me at odds with the idea of judaism and it's god, it wasn't until i understood the tantric path i realised the connection.
the violation of social conventions is an ancient initiation. in all magickal orders, as in the left hand path of tantra, one is asked to do something 'shocking' and transgressive, yet it is not ever carried through even though the initiate is unaware this is the case. 
most esoteric orders ask the initiate to cross their own code or program and at the last second are stopped. unless it's a black magic cult who can't distinguish between metaphorical death and a real one. (quite a few crowley followers have this problem)
one sees this metaphorical sacrifice at the roots of all disciplines, even christianity inverted this and god sacrifices his son although there was no death upon a cross in reality.
religious institutions will never allow people to access the truth of the matter, transformation, spiritual connection and revelation is not dependant upon churches, mosques and synagogues, these are social applications not spiritual ones. 
as i explore tantra i can see how the left hand path is born from the age of kali yuga, which we have been in for at least two and a half thousand years.

some of the attributes of this age are:

rulers become unreasonable and levy taxes unfairly.
rulers will no longer see it as their duty to promote spiritual growth.
lust and sex become a central requirement of life.
values shift, intoxication with unnatural substances increase, true spiritual teachers become devalued and mocked. 
yes my friends, this is indeed the kali yuga and the left hand path is the way to navigate through it as a sacred event in this cycle of mankind. 
okay, i'm certainly not an expert but i will attempt to explain what the left hand path is in the next few posts, and how it has been misunderstood and negated with uninformed morality in the meantime 'don't panic.'