Chaos Magick
Eight of Wands
Chaos Magick
Eight of Wands
By Michael P. Garofalo
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This webpage focuses on the theories, arts and practices of Chaos Magic. It is my online notepad for my research in Chaos Magic. This webpage is influenced by the writings of Peter J. Carroll, Aleistar Crowley, Phil Hine, Austin Osman Spare, and Robert Anton Wilson.
Bibliography, Links, Glossary, Resources
Adults Only. Chaos Magick is for adults - persons over 18 years of age. Children need to leave this realm. Adults who think and act like children, with childish beliefs, with childish fears, or who must always obey somebody "in authority" like a child should also leave this realm.
Alt.Magick.Chaos REF An Introduction to the Periodic Postings. Keywords: ref, faq, ack, chaos, magick, cthulu, elric, fnord, jomama. Version 2.0.
Book of
Pleasure (self-love): The Psychology of Ecstasy. By Austin O. Spare.
The
Book of Results. By Ray Sherwin. Lulu.com, 1978, 2005. 88 pages.
ISBN: 1411625587. Sigil magick.
Chaos,
Gaia, Eros: A Chaos Pioneer Uncovers the Three Great Streams of History.
By Ralph Abraham. San Francisco, Harper, 1994. Notes, bibliography, index,
263 pages. ISBN: 0062500139.
Chaos Matrix A
rich website by Fenwick Rysen.
Condensed Chaos: An Introduction to Chaos Magic. By Phil Hine.
Tempe, Arizona, New Falcon Publications, 1995. 192 pages. ISBN:
156184117X. VSCL.
Crowley, Aleister 1875 - 1947. Foundation
Links
Works Biography
Discordianism - Wikipedia
"A modern,
chaos-centered
religion
founded circa 1958–1959
by
Malaclypse the Younger with the publication of its principal
text,
the
Principia Discordia. It is widely regarded as a
parody religion,
and has been called "Zen
for
roundeyes", based on similarities with
absurdist
interpretations of the
Rinzai school. Discordianism recognizes chaos, discord, and dissent as valid
and desirable qualities, in contrast with most religions, which idealize harmony
and order. The religion is largely composed of whimsical and absurd ideas,
though many adherents claim there is a deeper meaning to their flippant
attitude.
Eris is the matron deity of the religion." As for the authors of
Principia Discordia, Lord Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst is most likely
the pen name of
Kerry Thornley (1938-1998), and
Malaclypse the
Younger is most likely the pen name of
Gregory Hill
(1941-2000).
Divine
Incantations to the Protective Gods of the Five Directions. From the
Taoist encyclopedia, Secret Essentials of the Most High, 574 CE.
Translated by Livia Kohn. Casting the Circle - Taoist Style.
Graphics - Occult Twilit Grotto Esoteric Occult Symbols
High
Magic: Theory and Practice. By Frater U.:D.:. Woodbury,
Minnesota, Llewellyn Pubs.,
2005. 422 pages. ISBN: 0738704717. VSCL.
Illuminates of Thanateros (I.O.T). An esoteric organization using Chaos
Magick created by Peter Carroll and Ray Sherwin in the late 1970's.
The Illuminatus! Trilogy. By Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson.
Includes: "The Eye in the Pyramid, the Golden Apple, and Leviathan." New
York, Dell, 1975. 805 pages. ISBN: 0440539811. VSCL.
Liber
Kaos. By Peter J. Carroll. Weiser, 1992. 224 pages.
ISBN: 0877287422.
Liber
Null and Psychonaut: An Introduction to Chaos Magic. By Peter J.
Carroll. Weiser Books, 1987. 214 pages. ISBN: 0877286396.
VSCL.
The
Magician's Companion. A Practical and Encyclopedic Guide to
Magical and Religious Symbolism. By Bill Witcomb. St. Paul, Minnesota, Llewellyn
Pubs., 1993. Appendices, resources, 577 pages. ISBN:
0875428681. VSCL.
The
Magician's Dictionary Online dictionary of the "Apocalyptic
Cyclopaedia of Advanced Magickal Arts."
The Magickal Journal. Keep a daily Magickal Journal
Every modern Magickal writer I have read (e.g., Aleistar Crowley, Peter J.
Carroll, etc.) tells you that you must keep a daily journal of your Magickal
activities. Include written comments on your reading, lessons learned, experiments, thoughts, dreams, plans,
poetry, quotes, rituals, observations, sigils, revelations, activities, notes, successes and failures. These writers also tell you what to
write in your Magickal Journal and why. Numerous authors give practical
suggestions on keeping a personal, non-Magickal, daily journal (e.g., Ira Progoff), and some of their suggestions can be useful to Magickans.
I'd keep my Magickal Journal to myself, and not let others read it.
The
Magick of Aleister Crowley: A Handbook of Rituals of Thelema. By Lon
Milo DuQuette. San Francisco, Weiser Books, 1993, 2003. Notes, bibliography, 261
pages. ISBN: 1578632994.
Portable Magic: Tarot is the Only Tool You Need. By Donald Tyson.
Woodbury, Minnesota. Index, bibliography, 230 pages. ISBN:
0738709802.
Prime
Chaos: Adventures in Chaos Magic. By Phil Hine. New Falcon
Pubs., 1999. 240 pages. ISBN: 1561841374.
Principia Discordia
1959. As for the authors of
Principia Discordia, Lord Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst is most likely
the pen name of
Kerry Thornley (1938-1998), and
Malaclypse the
Younger is most likely the pen name of
Gregory Hill
(1941-2000).
Prometheus Rising. By Robert Anton Wilson. Tempe, Arizona, Tempe
Publications, New Falcon Publications, 1983. 284 pages. ISBN:
1561840564.
Psybermagick: Advanced Ideas in Chaos Magic. By Peter J. Carroll.
New Falcon Publications, 1996. 132 pages. ISBN: 1561840920.
Risk. Chaos Magick involves practices that inhibit or stimulate the body
to alter consciousness, going to the Edge, challenging body and mind, flirting with disorder and loving
freedom. Adults in poor health, mentally unstable, and weak in body or
mind should leave this realm. You practice Chaos Magic at your own risk.
You must accept the consequences of your choices and actions, and accidents can
happen. Forget about
whining and crying and blaming somebody else when your life goes sour or health
falters after
practicing Chaos Magick.
Secrecy. Keep your Chaos Magickal activities and
practices to yourself. Don't chat with others about what you are doing.
Sharing your ideas and experiments with others weakens the magical powers.
Few people will be supportive or knowledgeable, and many others will very likely
make derisive or critical or negative moral judgments about your activities;
and, you don't need to waste your time and energy paddling upstream against the
negative and discouraging opinions of others. Most magical orders required their members to keep
their practices secret.
Shamanic
Experience: A Practical Guide to Contemporary Shamanism. By Kenneth
Meadows. Shaftesbury, Dorset, England, Element Books, 1991. Glossary, bibliography,
resources, index 196 pages. ISBN: 1852302267. MGC.
Spare, Austin Osman (186-1956) - Wikipedia. English artist and
Occultist.
Spare, Austin Osman Archive
Genius of Zos.
Automatic Drawing by Austin Spare and
Frederick Carter;
Anathema of Zos: The
Sermon to the Hypocrites;
The Focus of Life ;
The Book of Satyrs.
Spare, Austin Osman
(Chaos Matrix)
Thelemapedia: The Encyclopedia of Thelema and Magick
Trismegistus,
Hermes Hermes is the Greek version of the Egyptian god Thoth. He
is associated
with medicine, learning, literacy, time, magic, arcane wisdom, and the
night-darkness-moon.
VSCL =
Valley Spirit Center
Library, Red Bluff, California
Way of
the Shaman. By Michael Harner. Harper San Francisco, 1990.
208 pages.
ISBN: 0062503731.
Western Esoterica - Hermetics
Resources Website
Wilson, Robert Anton
(1932-2007) Author of Illuminatas.
Wikipedia
Homepage
Quotations
"A Chaos Magickian is a verb.
One who is not afraid to push the definitions into experience.
One who has rejected restriction and the curse of the greyfaces."
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Last Updated on 8 June 2010