Wachter's author site. Information on his books (Six Ways, Weaving Fate, Changeable), plus links to his Patreon community and Discord server.
Chaos Current / Topic
Sigils
Sigil construction, charging, firing, and theory
A short text by Austin Osman Spare, published 1927. Full text on the Hermetic Library.
Early essay on automatic drawing as a magical and artistic method, co-written with Frederick Carter. Describes a subconscious technique of mark-making that became the technical basis for Spare's later sigil work. Full text on the Hermetic Library.
An early-web chaos magic library dating from the 1990s. Hosts foundational essays by Carroll, Hine, Frater U∴D∴, and others. Served over plain HTTP, so browsers display a "Not Secure" warning.
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.
Longer-form talk by Grant Morrison at the Omega Institute on magical practice, sigils, and the writing of The Invisibles as a magical working. Archived on the Internet Archive.
Denis Poisson's YouTube channel. Occult book reviews and a bi-weekly Esoteric Saturdays segment, with sustained chaos magic coverage.
A widely cited case study of a group-built chaos magic servitor: Fenwick Kaidevis Rysen and a working group's creation of Fotamecus, a viral time-compression entity. Treats servitor construction, naming, sigil binding, and propagation as practical engineering. Hosted on Chaos Matrix.
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.
Ki'a Dragon's chaos magic podcast, running 2009 to 2019 with 23 episodes. Topics include paradigms, intent, sigils, and related practice. Archived, not ongoing.
A short beginner's guide in the Pagan Portals series, structured in two halves: theory and praxis. Covers basic chaos magic concepts and introductory exercises.
Morrison's essay from Book of Lies: The Disinformation Guide to Magick and the Occult. Argues that pop culture, comics, rock stars, brands, and advertising function as contemporary sigil making and egregore building. Available in full on the Internet Archive.
A practical guide to sigil work covering multiple methods, construction, charging, and firing. Includes exercises and variations.
Two-part technique essay on progression sigils: using multiple sigils to represent sequential or multi-step intent. Originally published in Chaos International. Linked page is Part 1; Part 2 continues from there.
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.
Interactive sigil generator. Type a statement of intent and the page converts your keystroke timing against Crowley's Liber Cheth vel Vallum Abiegni into a unique glyph.
A widely circulated 1990s chaos magic taxonomy essay distinguishing sigils, servitors, egregores, and godforms as a continuum of constructed entities. Bylined "Marik" by community convention; formal authorship not established. Hosted on Chaos Matrix.
A handbook drawing from chaos magic, animism, and folk practice. Covers sigils, servitors, candle work, talismans, and spirit ecology.
Stephen Mace's sorcery-engineering text. Treats servitors as virtual mechanics with constructible properties, drawing on Spare's sigil work to outline a complete operative system. A direct influence on both Carroll and Hine. Out of print; canonical record on Open Library.
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.
The Book of Results Paid
The first published book on chaos magic, written and self published by Ray Sherwin alongside Carroll's earliest work. A short, sigil focused primer that codified Spare's method for the new current.
Browser-based cut-up text generator modeled on the Burroughs and Gysin technique. Paste source text, run it, and read the rearranged output. The parent site collects related word and language tools in the same tradition.
Burroughs's short essay on the cut-up technique he developed with Brion Gysin in 1959: take written text, cut it apart, rearrange the pieces. A direct technical influence on chaos magic sigil practice and on the later work of Genesis P-Orridge and Grant Morrison. Hosted by UbuWeb.
A 1921 book by Austin Osman Spare. Full text on the Hermetic Library.
Preserved materials from the Temple ov Psychick Youth, Genesis P-Orridge's late 20th century psychic magic network. Bulletins, sigil sheets, and ritual documents. TOPY practices influenced the broader chaos magic scene.
A browser based toolbox for practical magic. Seven sigil methods (Spare, planetary kameas, Rose Cross, Witch's Wheel, and others), tarot and I Ching decks, runes, a Dreamachine, pathworking exercises, ritual guides, and cut up tools.
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.