A short text by Austin Osman Spare, published 1927. Full text on the Hermetic Library.
Chaos Current / Topic
Gnosis
Altered state techniques used to fuel magical work
An early chaos magic primer compiled by the Lincoln Order of Neuromancers and circulated as a freely copied chainbook. Sections on sigils, ritual, magical weapons, techno-shamanism, and titan-gnosis. Full text on the Internet Archive.
Andrieh Vitimus's chaos magic podcast, running alongside his book Hands-On Chaos Magic. Interviews and discussion of technique, paradigm, and the contemporary scene. Distributed via Apple Podcasts.
An on-screen take on the Gysin and Sommerville dreamachine: a full-screen light that pulses at an adjustable frequency, viewed with the eyes closed to induce flicker visuals in the alpha range. Carries a photosensitive epilepsy warning.
An exercise-heavy course built around the Ovayki current, structured around repeated practice rather than theory.
The founding primer for modern chaos magic technique. Sigils, gnosis, the magical pact, the practice of magical psychology. This 2022 Weiser Classics revised edition adds a Ronald Hutton foreword. Full text on the Internet Archive.
Reddit's main chaos magic subreddit. A general discussion venue covering beginner questions, technique discussions, and debate about what falls under the chaos magic umbrella.
Jan Fries on seidr and trance technique: shaking, swaying, and serpent-power methods for reaching altered states, drawn across Northern European and comparative sources. Full text on the Internet Archive.
Spare's foundational treatise covering the Sacred Alphabet, the Alphabet of Desire, the Death Posture, and the original sigil method. A direct source for the chaos magic sigil tradition.
A 1921 book by Austin Osman Spare. Full text on the Hermetic Library.
Ray Sherwin frames a magical working as a piece of theatre, moving through secrecy, self-initiation, the liminal gnosis, and banishing. A short 1982 book by a co-originator of chaos magic. Full PDF on Kaosphorus.
Phil Hine's Substack, a companion to enfolding.org. Tantra, queer occulture, and chaos magic at his own pace. Mix of free and subscriber-only material.
Jan Fries on "freestyle shamanism": trance, breathwork, and freehand automatic drawing as a route to sigils and vision, built from Zos Kia Cultus, Thelema, and Taoist sources rather than a fixed system. Full text on the Internet Archive.