That's almost the canonical definition of evil in occultism, though: the animalistic part of the human gravitating to matter is the evil, the rational part asce

That's almost the canonical definition of evil in occultism, though: the animalistic part of the human gravitating to matter is the evil, the rational part ascending to abstract spirit is the good. Hence the typical meaning of upsidedown symbols. I'd agree, though, that most people are still heavily attached to their animalistic nature.