Peter J. Carroll on apophenia, seeing patterns in randomness, as what makes divination work. Carroll ties it to the Apophenia godform and to chaos magic's sigil and probability work.
Chaos Current / Person
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.
A short statement of chaos magic as practice. Carroll defines magic as the use of imaginary phenomena to create real effects and outlines belief as a tool, gnosis, and the magical link.
Gabriel Kennedy's firsthand account of Peter Carroll's chaos magic course at Robert Anton Wilson's Maybe Logic Academy: the group practice, the exercises, and what teaching magic online was like.
Carroll's second major book. Aeonic theory, magical mathematics, and the Illuminates of Thanateros training system in detail.
Carroll's first book. Sigils, gnosis, the magical pact, and magical psychology.
Carroll's follow-up to Liber Null and Liber Kaos. Short aphoristic chapters and exercises on chaos magic theory through cybernetics, probability, and self-modification.
Carroll's eight-colour magic system from Liber Kaos, including the godforms for each colour: Apophenia, Babalon, and the rest.
Peter J. Carroll's site, with essays and excerpts from Carroll's books.
Carroll and Kaybryn's chaos magic system: aeonic theory, a modern pantheon, and ritual practice, with a 54-card Altar Icon Deck.
Peter J. Carroll on founding the Illuminates of Thanateros: the Pact, its early years, structural decisions, and how it became a working order.
Thirteen essays by current chaos magic practitioners, edited by Carroll. Contributors include Aidan Wachter, Carl Abrahamsson, Dave Lee, Ivy Corvus, Julian Vayne, Lionel Snell, and others.