This is meant to be a brief introduction to what Chaos Magick is in-case anyone is interested. I want to preface this post by saying that it is a good idea to do more individual research on the subject of magick, it would take me pages to give an in-depth review of literature. With that being said, I hope you enjoy this introduction and feel free to ask questions.
Chaos Magick was created in England in the 1970’s, it was built largely off the philosophy of occultist Austin Osman Spare. A good alternate name for Chaos Magick would be “results-based magic”, this is because Chaos magick puts a much greater emphasis on obtaining the desired result and the means of obtaining them are much more arbitrary.
Arbitrary and idiosyncratic are two great words to describe Chaos magic. This is because Chaos magic does not accept the idea of an absolute truth and suggests that all occult systems are based arbitrary symbols/rules that are only effective because of the belief of the practitioner. Chaos magic is largely founded on the idea of using belief as tool to produce desired change in reality. The practitioner often achieves this by creating an arbitrary and idiosyncratic belief system of their own, this belief system often borrows from other traditions, lores, theories, philosophies etc.
The beauty of Chaos Magic is that you are essentially choosing your favorite aspects of whatever belief system/magical traditions you like and leaving out what you dont like. So if at this point you are frustrated and wondering, “well, what does Chaos Magic do?” you might have missed the point. Chaos Magic will do what you choose to believe it will do. You make the rules, you determine through what means you will achieve a result.
So now you might be wondering "alright, cool. So where am I supposed to start? Well I can help point you in the general direction. If you plan to practice Chaos Magick I highly recommend you start by reading this book (its free)
I really suggest you go through the whole book and understand each page, it’s a pretty easy read but the concepts can be quite abstract so make sure you take a minute to really understand what the author is writing. He gives exercises you can easily perform and experience yourself and gives you an exact format and formula to conduct them. In this book you will learn about sigil magic and much more.
I think that brings us to the end of this brief introduction. Once again, I’m happy to answer any questions to the best of my ability and I hope you enjoyed this intro.