Liber V · Chaos Magick
Introduction
Spare, sigils, the IOT and the occultism of the present day.
Chaos magick emerged in England in the late 1970s, drawing on the art and sigil method of Austin Osman Spare and treating belief itself as a tool. This section covers its founders and techniques, and wider contemporary occultism, from postmodern magic and the internet era to the place of magic in art, literature and popular culture.
7 min readWhat Is Chaos Magick? Core Ideas, Methods and CriticismsWhat is chaos magick? An introduction to its core ideas: belief as a tool, gnosis, sigils, servitors, paradigm shifting, the eight colours and its critics.8 min readChaos Magick Books: Key Texts from Spare to the PresentA guide to the key chaos magick books: Spare's Book of Pleasure, Liber Null, The Book of Results, Liber Kaos, Condensed Chaos and the later classics.6 min readChaos Magick vs Ceremonial Magic: Key Differences ComparedChaos magick vs ceremonial magic compared: authority and lineage, cosmology, ritual method, aims and organisation, and how much the two approaches share.7 min readParadigm Shifting in Chaos Magick: Belief as a Tool ExplainedParadigm shifting in chaos magick: the idea of belief as a tool, its roots in Crowley, Spare and Ramsey Dukes, how it is practised, and its critics.
Forthcoming in this chapter
23- Ray Sherwin: Life, Works and Influence
- Phil Hine: Life, Works and Influence
- Genesis P-Orridge: Life, Works and Influence
- Grant Morrison: Life, Works and Influence
- Alan Moore: Life, Works and Influence
- Robert Anton Wilson: Life, Works and Influence
- Timothy Leary: Life, Works and Influence
- Liber Null: History, Contents and Meaning
- Psychonaut: History, Contents and Meaning
- Liber Kaos: History, Contents and Meaning
- The Book of Pleasure: History, Contents and Meaning
- The Invisibles: History, Contents and Meaning
- Illuminatus! Trilogy: History, Contents and Meaning
- Principia Discordia: History, Contents and Meaning
- Paradigm Shifting: Meaning, History and Practice
- Servitors: Meaning, History and Practice
- Egregores: Meaning, History and Practice
- Results Magic: Meaning, History and Practice
- Postmodern Magic: Meaning, History and Practice
- Occulture: Meaning, History and Practice
- Illuminates of Thanateros: History, Teachings and Structure
- How Does Sigil Magic Work?
- What Is an Egregore?