Wachter's author site. Information on his books (Six Ways, Weaving Fate, Changeable), plus links to his Patreon community and Discord server. The animism adjacent voice in the chaos current.
Chaos Current / Topic
Ritual
Ceremonial structures, solo and group practice
The site this directory is a spiritual successor to. Dates from the early web era. Hosts a large library of foundational essays by Carroll, Hine, Frater U∴D∴, and others that are otherwise hard to find online. Served over plain HTTP; browsers will flag it as "Not Secure."
Dave Lee's personal site. IOT founding member and author of Chaotopia!. Links out to his Patreon and Teachable for essays and structured courses.
An accessible introduction with exercises you can sit down and do. Friendlier than Carroll, just as practical. The classic recommendation for newcomers who want a single book to start with.
Alexander Eth's Western esoterica podcast. Primarily ceremonial and grimoire focused, with chaos magicians appearing as guests alongside Solomonic practitioners, scholars, and spirit workers. Careful interviewing, long form episodes.
Vitimus's irreverent, exercise heavy course. Modern, friendly, results oriented. A good companion or alternative to Hine for the same job.
The British section of the IOT, the oldest chaos magic magical order. The site has essays, event listings, membership information, and a record of the section's work. Closest thing to an official entry point for the order.
Carroll's second major book and the more theoretical of the pair. Aeonics, magical mathematics, and a complete IOT flavored training course. Heavier going than Liber Null but rewards the effort.
The founding primer for modern chaos magic technique. Sigils, gnosis, the magical pact, the practice of magical psychology. The 2022 Weiser Classics edition adds a Ronald Hutton foreword; the 1987 original is the historical text.
Ki'a Dragon's chaos magic podcast, running 2009 to 2019 with 23 episodes. Paradigms, intent, sigils, and related topics. Archived rather than ongoing, but worth mining for specific topics.
A current beginner's guide. Short, plainspoken, practical, structured as theory then praxis. A recommended starting point for someone today who wants the shortest path from "what is this" to "how do I try it."
Hine's companion to Condensed Chaos, published around the same time. Goes deeper on ritual structures, evocation, group work, and possession. Less primer, more practitioner's notebook. Foreword by Grant Morrison.
Reddit's main chaos magic subreddit. Highly uneven but the largest general discussion venue online. Beginners asking first ritual questions, long time practitioners trading techniques, debate about whether something counts as chaos magic.
Gordon White's long running show. Conversations with practitioners, academics, and outliers about magic, animism, and spirit work. Broad in scope but rooted in chaos magic methodology.
Wachter's handbook drawing from chaos magic, animism, and folk practice. Sigils, servitors, candle work, talismans, and spirit ecology in plain language. Self published and widely loved.
Thirteen essays from current chaos magic practitioners edited by Carroll, with a foreword by Ronald Hutton. Contributors include Aidan Wachter, Carl Abrahamsson, Dave Lee, Ivy Corvus, Julian Vayne, Lionel Snell, and others. A snapshot of where the current is now.
Preserved materials from the Temple ov Psychick Youth, Genesis P-Orridge's late 20th century psychic magic network. Bulletins, sigil sheets, ritual ephemera. Influential on the wider chaos current by osmosis.