Phil Hine - Condensed Chaos: An Introduction to Chaos Magic

Condensed Chaos

An Introduction to Chaos Magic

by

Phil Hine

Foreword by
Peter J. Carroll

The Original Falcon Press

Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A.

Copyright 1995 C.E. by Phil Hine

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International Standard Book Number: 978-1-935150-66-4

ISBN: 978-1-61869-660-1 (mobi)

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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 94-69291

First Edition 1995

Second Printing 1996 Third Printing 1999

Fourth Printing 2003 Fifth Printing 2004

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Table of Contents

Foreword

by Peter J. Carroll

The paradigm shift now occurring at the cutting edge of magic has many roots. The symbolic syncretism of the Golden Dawn a century ago, which fused renaissance Hermeticism with oriental esoterics drawn from the European imperial experience, only fully flowered when Aleister Crowley added a battery of gnostic power techniques culled from diverse cultural sources. Then along came Austin Spare, who identified the basic sleight of mind techniques underlying all forms of magic, and showed us that we could treat the whole baroque symbolism of magic as entirely optional. Spare invented the Postmodernist approach to magic well before the cultural advent of Existentialism or Postmodernism.

The theories of Special and General Relativity added little to esoteric theory although the idea of cultural relativism manifested in syncretic occultism long before it found general social acceptance. However, that other main pillar of twentieth century science, Quantum Physics, provides enormous support for many areas of metaphysical theory and, indeed, suggests considerable scope for its extension. So far, only Chaos Magic seems to have welcomed it on board. Shortly after the launch of the Chaos Magic paradigm, Chaos Mathematics developed from Catastrophe Theory and confirmed the Chaoist hypothesis that some mechanism must exit to scale up subatomic indeterminacy into the macroscopic world of our experience.

So much of what magicians have taken for granted this century stems from the work of the Golden Dawn and Aleister Crowley. Much of what will constitute standard magical theory and practice in the next century will derive from the state-of-the-art ideas and techniques currently under development in Chaos Magic. This book, by a rising star of the new tradition, represents an outstanding contribution to the revolution now occurring.

WHAT IS MAGIC?

The world is magical; we might get a sense of this after climbing a mountain and looking down upon the landscape below, or in the quiet satisfaction at the end of one of those days when everything has gone right for us. Magic is a doorway through which we step into mystery, wildness, and immanence. We live in a world subject to extensive and seemingly, all-embracing systems of social and personal control that continually feed us the lie that we are each alone, helpless, and powerless to effect change. Magic is about change. Changing your circumstances so that you strive to live according to a developing sense of personal responsibility; that you can effect change around you if you choose; that we are not helpless cogs in some clockwork universe. All acts of personal/collective liberation are magical acts. Magic leads us into exhilaration and ecstasy; into insight and understanding; into changing ourselves and the world in which we participate. Through magic we may come to explore the possibilities of freedom.

Surely this is simple enough? But no, magic has become obfuscated under a weight of words, a welter of technical terms which exclude the uninitiated and serve those who are eager for a scientific jargon with which to legitimise their enterprise into something self-important and pompous. Abstract spiritual spaces have been created in the midst of which tower the Babel-like Lego constructions of inner planes, spiritual hierarchies and occult truths which forget that the world around us is magical. The mysterious has been misplaced. We search through dead languages and tombs for secret knowledge, ignoring the mystery of life that is all around us. So, for the moment, forget what youve read about spiritual enlightenment, becoming a 99th level Magus and impressing your friends with high-flown gobbledygook. Magic is surprisingly simple. What can it offer?

1. A means to disentangle yourself from the attitudes and restrictions you were brought up with and which define the limits of what you may become.

2. Ways to examine your life to look for, understand and modify behavior, emotional and thought patterns which hinder learning and growth.

3. Increase of confidence and personal charisma.

4. A widening of your perception of just what is possible, once you set heart and mind on it.