Condensed Chaos: An Introduction to Chaos Magic - Softcover

Hine, Phil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 156184117X ISBN 13: 9781561841172

Publisher: New Falcon Pubns, 1995

Synopsis

Magic is a doorway through which we step into mystery, wildness, and immanence. We live in a world subject to extensive and seemingly, all-embracing systems of social and personal control that continually feed us the lie that we are each alone, helpless, and powerless to effect change. Magic is about change. Changing your circumstances so that you strive to live according to a developing sense of personal responsibility; that you can effect change around you if you choose; that we are not helpless cogs in some clockwork universe. All acts of personal/collective liberation are magical acts. Magic leads us into exhilaration and ecstasy; into insight and understanding; into changing ourselves and the world in which we participate. Through magic we may come to explore the possibilities of freedom.

About this title

About the Author:

Phil Hine is a former editor of the internationally acclaimed magazine Chaos International. He divides his time among doing magic, recovering and then writing about it afterwards. He has facilitated workshops and seminars on modern magical practice in America and Europe. He is the author of Prime Chaos, The Pseudonomicon, and Chaos Servitors: A Users Guide. He lives in London, England.

Review:

"Most modern books on magic are not worth reading. To his credit, Phil Hine has produced a tour de force which should be studied." -- Ian Read, Editor, Chaos International

"Phil Hine is one of the leading exponents of what is likely the fastest growing school of thaumaturgy: Chaos Magick." -- James Martin, Abrasax Magazine

"Phil Hine shows himself to be one of the leading thinkers in the field, and one of the least dogmatic." -- Steve Moore, Fortean Times

"Phil Hine's book is the most concise statement...of the logic of modern magic. Magic, in the light of modern physics, quantum theory and probability theory is now approaching science. We hope that a result of this will be a synthesis so that science will become more magical and magic more scientific." -- William S. Burroughs, author of Naked Lunch

"The author is one of the rising stars of Chaos Magic." -- Peter J. Carroll, author of Liber Kaos and PsyberMagick

"Most modern books on magic are not worth reading. To his credit, Phil Hine has produced a tour de force which should be studied." -- Ian Read, Editor, Chaos International

"Phil Hine is one of the leading exponents of what is likely the fastest growing school of thaumaturgy: Chaos Magick." -- James Martin, Abrasax Magazine

"Phil Hine shows himself to be one of the leading thinkers in the field, and one of the least dogmatic." -- Steve Moore, Fortean Times

"Phil Hine's book is the most concise statement...of the logic of modern magic. Magic, in the light of modern physics, quantum theory and probability theory is now approaching science. We hope that a result of this will be a synthesis so that science will become more magical and magic more scientific." -- William S. Burroughs, author of Naked Lunch

"The author is one of the rising stars of Chaos Magic." --Peter J. Carroll, author of Liber Kaos and PsyberMagick

About this edition

• Publisher: New Falcon Pubns
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 156184117X
• ISBN 13: 9781561841172
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192