Liber V · Chaos Magick
Chapter II
Contemporary Occultism
6 min readContemporary Occultism: Western Magic Since the 1960sContemporary occultism explained: the 1960s occult revival, Thelema and Wicca after Crowley and Gardner, chaos magic, grimoire revivals and occultism online.8 min readDiscordianism: Eris, the Principia Discordia and ChaosDiscordianism explained: Greg Hill and Kerry Thornley, the Principia Discordia, Eris and the Sacred Chao, Illuminatus!, and its influence on chaos magick.7 min readMagic and the Internet: Chaos Magick, Memes and Online OccultismHow the internet changed magic: Usenet and technopagans, chaos magick online, WitchTok, meme magic, magical activism and the debates they have raised.7 min readRamsey Dukes and SSOTBME: Lionel Snell's Philosophy of MagicRamsey Dukes (Lionel Snell) and SSOTBME (1974): magic, religion, science and art as modes of thought, the information model and his influence on chaos magick.7 min readRobert Anton Wilson: Reality Tunnels, Illuminatus! and MagickRobert Anton Wilson (1932–2007): Illuminatus!, Cosmic Trigger, reality tunnels, model agnosticism, the eight-circuit model and his influence on chaos magick.7 min readThee Temple ov Psychick Youth: Genesis P-Orridge and TOPYThee Temple ov Psychick Youth (TOPY): Genesis P-Orridge, Psychic TV, sigils on the 23rd, Burroughs and Gysin, the 1992 Dispatches affair and its legacy.