Liber V · Chaos Magick
Chapter III
Magic & Culture
7 min readAlan Moore's Magic: Glycon, Promethea and Performance WorkingsAlan Moore's magic: his 1993 turn to the occult, the snake god Glycon, Steve Moore, the performance workings, Promethea and the Bumper Book of Magic.7 min readHypersigils: Grant Morrison, The Invisibles and Sigil CultureWhat is a hypersigil? Grant Morrison's idea of fiction as an extended sigil, The Invisibles, Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth and sigils in online culture.6 min readMagic and Culture: Occultism in Art, Music, Comics and FilmHow magic shaped modern culture: occultism in Symbolist and abstract art, rock and industrial music, comics by Alan Moore and Grant Morrison, and horror film.7 min readPop-Culture Magic: Fictional Gods, Lovecraft and SuperheroesPop-culture magic explained: working with fictional gods and characters, from Bulwer-Lytton and Lovecraft to chaos magick, Alan Moore's Glycon and Jediism.7 min readThe Chaos Star: Moorcock's Symbol of Chaos and the ChaosphereThe chaos star or symbol of chaos: its origin in Michael Moorcock's fantasy fiction, its adoption as the chaosphere of chaos magick, and its meanings today.