Chaos Magick
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This may date me a bit, but do you remember those “What If?” comic books? “What if Superman was evil?” “What if the Fantastic Four were cavemen?” “What if Dr.Doom was a particularly vicious poodle?” There’s too much of that thinking in magical theory, and has been for quite a while.
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The divine and demonic absurdity of names. This was a topic raised elsewhere, but I want to highlight it here while also avoiding getting into anything which could be construed as personal with people I respect. Astaroth and Astarte are completely different beings. It is historically correct that the name Astaroth (a male, aggressive demon)…
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That sigil-making app going around? Did it occur to anyone that the labor involved in creating said sigil was the fuel for the ritual? And that said labor is fairly modest? Sheesh. Programs which calculate planetary hours and assorted astrological things are reasonable, but this is not. Why not replace the magician entirely and have…
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Highly creative persons are no more magicians than they can levitate or raise the dead at will. Occasionally there will be overlap; a practitioner of magic will also be a highly creative professional in another unrelated realm. This is the exception rather than the rule. Yet when you think about it, is it really a big…
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Hoodoo and related folk magics are good for fast results. Talismanic magic is good for strong, enduring results. Wiccan magic is good for seeing what people look like naked, whether you want to or not. Thelemic magic is good for coming off as a hipster pseudo-intellectual. Chaos magic is good for coming across as creepy and vaguely insane. This delphic wisdom has been…
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A strange and winding path to here. Miss The Boys.
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