A doctoral dissertation on how chaos magic, which presents itself as anti-authoritarian, still leans on authority and tradition, especially in sigil work and appeals to non-human agents.
Chaos Current / Topic
Technology
Techgnosis, digital practice, information theory
Erik Davis's Substack on consciousness, technology, culture, and weird California.
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. Not suitable for people with photosensitive epilepsy.
James Ellis's long-running interview show on fringe philosophy, weird literature, accelerationism, and occulture, with chaos magicians among the guests.
Carroll's second major book. Aeonic theory, magical mathematics, and the Illuminates of Thanateros training system in detail.
Grant Morrison's essay on pop culture, comics, rock stars, brands, and advertising as modern sigil making and egregore building.
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.
Erik Davis's essay that grew into the book TechGnosis. Davis follows the mystical and magical threads in information technology, from medieval memory arts to cyberspace.
A group chaos magic blog by Julian Vayne, Steve Dee, and Nikki Wyrd. Field reports, technique pieces, and writing on the British chaos scene.
Burroughs's short essay on the cut-up technique developed with Brion Gysin in 1959: take written text, cut it apart, rearrange the pieces.
Burroughs extends the cut-up method from the page to tape recorders and mass media, using recorded sound to scramble systems of control.
Venkatesh Rao on egregores, hyperstition, and chaos magic meme-work, with Kek, GameStop, and QAnon as examples of collective reality-making.
Michael Szul argues that AI will come from occult-minded programmers, not government labs or hackers.
Jason Louv, editor of Generation Hex and Thee Psychick Bible, in long-form conversation on magick, technology, and counterculture.