05.01. Chaos Magick? p1
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This article is from the Magick-Chaos FAQ, by AShdeamoNium ashton@netcom.com with numerous contributions by others.
05.01. Chaos Magick? p1
"The Lords of Chaos are
the enemies of Logic,
the jugglers of Truth,
the molders of Beauty"
-- Hanafax from _The Knight of the Swords_ by Michael Moorcock
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"...if you want a one-line definition with which most Chaoists
would probably not disagree, then I offer the following.
Chaoists usually accept the meta-belief that belief is a tool
for achieving effects; it is not an end in itself."
-- Peter Carroll
January, 1992
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In Chaos Magic, beliefs are not seen as ends in themselves, but as
tools for creating desired effects. To fully realize this is to
face a terrible freedom in which Nothing is True and Everything is
Permitted, which is to say that everything is possible, there are
no certainties, and the consequences can be ghastly. Laughter
seems to be the only defence against the realisation that one does
not even have a real self.
So welcome to the Kali Yuga of the Pandaemonaeon wherein nothing is
true and everything is permissable. For in these post-absolutist
days it is better to build upon the shifting sands than the rock
which will confound you on the day it shatters. Philosophers have
become no more than the keepers of useful sarcasms, for the secret
is out that there is no secret of the universe. All is Chaos and
evolution is going nowhere in particular. It is pure chance which
rules the universe and thus, and only thus, is life good. We are
born accidentally into a random world where only seeming causes
lead to apparent effects, and very little is predetermined,
thank Chaos.
Reject then the obscenities of contrived uniformity, order and
purpose. Turn and face the tidal wave of Chaos from which
philosophers have been fleeing in terror for millennia. Leap in
and come out surfing its crest, sporting amidst the limitless
weirdness and mystery in all things, for those who reject false
certainties. Thank Chaos we shall never exhaust it.
Create, destroy, enjoy, IO CHAOS!
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From: duo@teleport.com (Gratuitous Pseudonym)
>Chaos magick (I have not a CLUE what this is)
That's a good start. Chaos magicians are an unruly lot, literally.
They are basically magickal anarchists and admirers of no rules other
than their own, arrived at by their own personal experiences. Many
of them (but by no means all) have been heavily influenced by the
Discordian Society and the writings of Malaclypse the Younger,
worshippers of Discordia, or Eris, Goddess of Strife and Confusion.
Very few generalizations hold for this kind of magick.
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From: pali151@netcom.com (Tzimon Yliaster)
It begins with knowing how near and how far Whatever is. Then you
concentrate on the placement of objects. Take neither nourishment,
nor stimulant nor any drug. Use pain, when it comes, as a sharp
wedge into the lower half.
Dance. Climb a mountain. Strip off your clothes (read civilization)
and break something cherished that owns you as you own it.
Avoid recruiters, and shoo away those who want to "teach you magick".
To paraphrase Austin Spare, all any teacher can do is show you your
own magnificence.
Examine your obsessions. What are they, really? Fuel. Burn them
up and move on. Don't let anything restrict you, least of all
"groups" (the shortest path to nowhere). Every group implies
hierarchy, whatever their press kits may say, and any structure is a
lessening of the degree of freedom. Chaos is the greatest degree of
freedom there can be, as it encompasses all potential and possibility.
Turn your will against your fears and your insecurities. Bury
yourself. Hang upside-down and sing "Hallelujah" in public. People
will think you mad, but what's one more madman, and isn't madness
often little more than the folly of genius?
You *are* involved! Everything is involved, and it's really a
question of what the nature of your involvement will be.
Welcome;
I hope we haven't kept you waiting too long :=}
Try everything. Be ye manic!!! We are all our own set of variables,
and for each of us there are at least slightly different ways by
which we can shortcut cause-and-effect. The only secrets are the
ones that have to do with the ways that work for *you*, even if
others say you're wrong. All that matters is effectiveness, and
the only way to find these keys is to *do*. It takes time, and it
takes effort, and maybe even a little bit of your own substance;
think of it as an investment, if nothing more. It will, without
question, pay off.
But you have to start *now*... because a part of the set of variables
is time, and its a very limiting factor.
Lean way back, hold your breath, and count backwards from 418.
It's begun :=}
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