THE PENTAGRAM OF VENUS
The practice of magic, whether white or black, depends upon the Adept’s ability to control and direct the Universal Life Force, that subtle energy which Eliphas Levi called the Great Magical Agent, or Astral Light. By the manipulation of this fluid essence are brought about the phenomena of transcendentalism.
Dark occultists throughout the ages have inverted and created mirrored material distortions of ancient wisdom to manifest systems of slavery.
You have to be able to view these things as having multiple dimensions to them. When you get into the uni-dimentional way of seeing things, you're missing the point.