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People
Authors, editors, podcasters, and others connected to the chaos magic tradition.
Aidan Wachter Author of Six Ways, Weaving Fate, and Changeable. Writes on chaos
magic, animism, and folk practice.
3 entries Alan Chapman British chaos magician and author of Advanced Magick for Beginners.
1 entry Aleister Crowley English occultist and founder of Thelema. Author of Magick in Theory
and Practice, Liber 777, and The Book of the Law.
4 entries Andrieh Vitimus American practitioner and author of Hands-On Chaos Magic.
2 entries Austin Osman Spare Early 20th century artist and occultist. Developed the sigil method
and the Death Posture.
4 entries Carl Abrahamsson Swedish author, editor, and filmmaker. Editor of the journal The
Fenris Wolf and a contributor to This Is Chaos. Writes on magic,
art, psychology, and occult culture.
1 entry Dave Lee IOT founding member and author of Chaotopia! and Bright From the
Well. Long-time ritual and breathwork practitioner.
2 entries Douglas Batchelor Host of the What Magic Is This? podcast. Self-described chaos
magician turned necromantic ritualist.
1 entry Erik Davis American writer and scholar. Author of TechGnosis and High
Weirdness. Writes on magic, technology, and counterculture.
2 entries Frater U∴D∴ German chaos magician and author of Practical Sigil Magic and High
Magic. Originated the five-models framework in the essay Models of
Magic.
2 entries Genesis P-Orridge Founder of Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth (TOPY) and co-founder of
Throbbing Gristle. Mixed magic with industrial music and art.
2 entries Gordon White Hosted the Rune Soup podcast. Author of several books on chaos
magic, animism, and spirit work.
2 entries Grant Morrison Scottish comics writer. Author of The Invisibles and the essay Pop
Magic!, among many other works. Practises chaos magic and writes
about it in comics and essays.
4 entries Hakim Bey Pen name of Peter Lamborn Wilson. Author of T.A.Z., a manifesto on
ontological anarchism.
1 entry Ivy Corvus Author of Pagan Portals: Chaos Magic and a contributor to This Is
Chaos.
2 entries Jan Fries German occultist and author associated with "freestyle shamanism":
automatic drawing, trance, and self-directed technique over fixed
systems. Fries's books include Visual Magick, Seidways, Helrunar,
and Cauldron of the Gods.
2 entries Jaq D. Hawkins British chaos magician. Author of Understanding Chaos Magic, Chaos
Witch, and The Chaonomicon.
3 entries Joel Biroco Editor of KAOS magazine (1985 to 2002). Associated with the
KAOS-Babalon 156 current.
1 entry Joshua Wetzel IOT member and chaos magician. Author of The Paradigmal Pirate, a
chaos magic training grimoire.
1 entry Julian Vayne British occultist. Author of Getting Higher and co-author of Chaos
Craft. Contributor to The Blog of Baphomet.
5 entries Kerry Thornley Co-author of the Principia Discordia, writing as Lord Omar Khayyam
Ravenhurst, and co-founder of Discordianism.
1 entry Luxa Strata Host of the Lux Occult podcast. Works with chaos magic and
experimental audio-magick.
1 entry Malaclypse the Younger Pen name of Greg Hill, co-author of the Principia Discordia and
co-founder of Discordianism.
1 entry Mark Stavish American occult author in the hermetic and Western mystery
tradition. Author of Egregores: The Occult Entities That Watch Over
Human Destiny.
1 entry Peter Grey British author and co-founder of Scarlet Imprint. Writes on sabbatic
witchcraft.
1 entry Peter J. Carroll Co-originator of chaos magic with Ray Sherwin and co-founder of the
Illuminates of Thanateros. Author of Liber Null, Liber Kaos, and
later books.
11 entries Phil Hine Author of Condensed Chaos and Prime Chaos. Writes across chaos magic
theory, ritual, and group work.
4 entries Ramsey Dukes Pen name of Lionel Snell. Author of SSOTBME and other writings on
the philosophy of magic.
4 entries Ray Sherwin Co-originator of chaos magic. Author of The Book of Results, the
first book on chaos magic, and The Theatre of Magick.
2 entries Robert Anton Wilson Author of Illuminatus! (with Robert Shea), Cosmic Trigger, and
Prometheus Rising. Known for model agnosticism and reality tunnels.
3 entries Stephen Mace American chaos magician and author of Stealing the Fire from Heaven.
Frames magic as sorcery engineering.
2 entries Steve Dee British chaos magician. Co-author of Chaos Craft and author of A Brush
with the Divine. Contributor to The Blog of Baphomet.
4 entries Timothy Leary American psychologist and writer. Developed the eight-circuit model
of consciousness.
1 entry William S. Burroughs American writer. Developed the cut-up technique with Brion Gysin.
2 entries