-Thelema and Choas Why

Liber O vel Manus et Sagittae sub figurâ VI I.

-​What is Choas Magic​ - Wikipedia

Chaos magic has been described as a union of traditional occult techniques and applied
postmodernism – particularly a postmodernist skepticism concerning the existence or knowability of
objective truth – and chaos magicians subsequently treat belief as a tool, often creating their own
idiosyncratic magical systems. As a consequence, chaos magic is both highly variable and highly
eclectic in practice, frequently borrowing from other magical traditions, religious movements, pop
culture and various strands of philosophy.

Origins and Influences​: 1974 to 1982

Austin Osman Spare, whose ideas formed the basis of chaos magic. Photo taken 1904.
Chaos magic was first developed in England in the mid-1970s, at a time when British occultism was
dominated by Wicca and Thelema.[10] Although both of these traditions incorporate magical
elements, they are both religions, and as such contain devotional elements, liturgy and dogma.
Chaos magic grew out of the desire of some occultists to strip away these extrinsic details and distill
magic down to a set of tried-and-tested techniques for causing effects to occur in reality.[10][6] An
oft quoted line from Peter Carroll is "Magic will not free itself from occultism until we have strangled
the last astrologer with the guts of the last spiritual master."[36]

Peter J. Carroll and Ray Sherwin are considered to be the founders of chaos magic, although Phil
Hine points out that there were others "lurking in the background, such as the Stoke Newington
Sorcerors"[6] – a group which included Charles Brewster (Frater Choronzon).[37] Carroll was a
regular contributor to The New Equinox, a magazine edited by Sherwin, and thus the two became
acquainted.[6][10]

1978 was perhaps the seminal year in the origin of chaos magic, seeing the publication of both Liber
Null by Carroll and The Book of Results by Sherwin – the first published books on chaos magic –
and the establishment of The Illuminates of Thanateros (IOT), the first chaos magic organization.[37]

Austin Osman Spare is largely the source of chaos magical theory and practice.[4][5][6][10]
Specifically, Spare developed the use of sigils and the use of gnosis to empower these. Most basic
sigil work recapitulates Spare's technique, including the construction of a phrase detailing the
magical intent, the elimination of duplicate letters, and the artistic recombination of the remaining
letters to form the sigil. Although Spare died before chaos magic emerged, many consider him to be
the grandfather of chaos magic because of his repudiation of traditional magical systems in favor of
a technique based on gnosis.

Aleister Crowley was a marginal yet early and ongoing influence, particularly for his syncretic
approach to magic, and his emphasis on experimentation and deconditioning.[6] Other early
influences include Discordianism, the punk movement, postmodernism and the writings of Robert
Anton Wilson.[6] Lionel Snell was also publishing writing on Spare in the mid-1970s, and became
drawn into the burgeoning chaoist movement. Snell's book SSOTBME (1974) also came to influence
the early chaos magicians.[10]

However, despite these influences, it's clear from their early writings that the first chaos magicians
were attempting to recover a sort of universal shamanism by stripping away any accumulated
cultural gloss. Carroll makes this clear in Liber Null:

When stripped of local symbolism and terminology, all systems show a remarkable uniformity of
method. This is because all systems ultimately derive from the tradition of Shamanism. It is toward
an elucidation of this tradition that the following chapters are devoted.[4]

This is echoed in Snell's description of Spare as a "master shaman" who brought into the world a
new form of "shamanistic sorcery".[38]

Do Gnostic Pentagram Ritual - see handout

The Gnostic State

Most chaos magic techniques involve something called the gnostic state, or gnosis. This is an
altered state of consciousness in which a person's mind is focused on only one point, thought, or
goal and all other thoughts are thrust out.[8] The gnostic state is used to bypass the "filter" of the
conscious mind – something thought to be necessary for working most forms of magic.[4]

Since it takes years of training to master this sort of Zen-like meditative ability, chaos magicians
employ a variety of other ways to attain a "brief 'no-mind' state" in which to work magic.[15] Three
main types of gnosis are described:[19]

Inhibitory gnosis is a form of deep meditation into a trance state of mind. This type of gnosis uses
slow and regular breathing techniques, absent thought processes, progressive muscle relaxation,
self-induction and self-hypnosis techniques. Means employed may also include fasting,
sleeplessness, sensory deprivation and hypnotic or trance-inducing drugs.
Ecstatic gnosis describes a mindlessness reached through intense arousal. It is aimed to be reached
through sexual excitation, intense emotions, flagellation, dance, drumming, chanting, sensory
overload, hyperventilation and the use of disinhibitory or hallucinogenic drugs.
Indifferent vacuity was described by Phil Hine and Jan Fries as a third method. Here the intended
spell is cast parenthetically, so it does not raise much thought to suppress.[20][8]
Death Posture

Cover sigil generation - See handout

Paradigms

RANDOM BELIEF
Dice Option Number 1: Paganism
Dice Option Number 2: Monotheism
Dice Option Number 3: Atheism
Number 4: Nihilism (Late Atheism)
Dice Option Number 5: Chaoism
Dice Option Number 6: Superstition (Low Chaoism)

Servitor creation
Draw symbol
Create using blood or spit
Shape charge by continuous energy
Sigil Generation - Liber Null By Peter Carol - pg 21
Gnostic Pentagram Ritual​ - https://www.chaosmatrix.org/library/chaos/rites/gpr.html

Ritual Procedure
1. Stand facing any preferred direction.
2. Inhale fully. Exhale slowly sustaining the sound "I" (a high-pitched ieeeee! sound) while
visualizing a radiance of energy in the head area.
3. Inhale fully. Exhale slowly sustaining the sound "E" (a lower-pitched eeeeh! sound) while
visualizing a radiance of enerfy in the throat area.
4. Inhale fully. Exhale slowly sustaining the sound "A" (a deep aaaah! sound) while visualizing a
radiance of energy in the heart and lungs, which spreads to the muscles of the limbs.
5. As in 2, but the sound "O" (ooooh!) in the belly area.
6. As in 2, but the sound "U" (a very deep uuuur!) in the genital/anal area.
7. Repat 6. Then 5, 4, 3, 2, working back toward the head.
8. Inhale fully. Exhale slowly, forming each of the IEAOU sounds in turn while, with the left arm,
drawing in the air a pentagram, which is also visualized strongly.
9. Make a quarter turn to the left and repeat 8, then continue to turn and draw the remaining
pentagrams with mantra and visualization until returning to the starting position.
10. Repeat steps 2-7 inclusive.