In ancient times, the Latin word sinister simply meant “left.”

It wasn’t something negative. But over time, it became laden with fear, guilt, and suspicion.

It wasn’t a mistake. It was a strategy.

The first religious institutions understood that if people learned to connect directly with the divine, without intermediaries, no system of control could endure.

That’s why:

Using the left hand in rituals was forbidden.

People were forced to pray only with their right hand.

Left-handed children were punished.

The left hand was associated with impurity.

What was really happening was that a channel of spiritual perception was being blocked.

What the ancients knew about the human body:

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