Many of us on the LHP do not believe in a higher power (as in a spirit or God that that can take over the control of ones own body, life, or destiny without continuous permission,) yet we call upon supernatural assistance.
This is seen as the spirit or force that has been called upon being only able to gain access to this world through our invitation and continued permission for its presence, and through latent aspects of our own spirit or mind.
In short we use the ancient forces to awaken the corresponding forces within us that have been passed down through the aeons but often lie dormant.
A strong will and healthy mind is staple within the LHP to assure that such spirits do not overcome the performer for uncomfortable periods of time, and that they remain a part rather than become a whole of the being, working in tangent with the will, rather than taking possession of the will.
The spirit “is” the force called, not unlike (and sometimes including,) a force of nature, and it’s eagerness to assist is not due to a “love” for humanity or the practitioner (with the exception of ancestral spirits in which case there is a mutual and eternal love that does not change the cause of the spirit to act (case dependant,) yet a recognition of this eternal earthly bond by both parties brings additional power to the rites.)
The none ancestral spirit works as a part of it’s nature, to propagate it’s nature into the living world through the unique and individualised tasks that are set for it by the many that call, this is mutually beneficial and achieves dual goals for both the etheric and earthly participants.
