Apophenion attacks most of the great questions of being, free will, consciousness, meaning, the nature of mind, and humanity's place in the cosmos, from a magical perspective. Some of the conclusions seem to challenge many of the deeply held assumptions that our culture has taught us, so brace yourself for the paradigm crash and look for the jewels revealed in the wreckage. This book contains something to offend everyone; enough science to upset the magicians, enough magic to upset the scientists, and enough blasphemy to upset most trancendentalists.
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Peter Carroll was the first author I read who made magic magical and one of the few whose writings have repaid close repeated reading. Carroll is to be congratulated for writing this book and Mandrake for publishing it. The Apophenion is a gold mine of Carrollisms, and I could cite a score or more, even if few of the insights are original and some have been phrased more elegantly. That said, their power is undiminished and their application to magical working as timely as ever. No one with the slightest interest in magical theory should miss this book.
Much of the work is a description of Carrollian physics. I know barely enough physics to keep my tires inflated and not a whit more, so any attempt by me to evaluate "the maths" would be idiocy in its most literal sense. Indeed, I can barely even picture the simplest of Peter's demonstrations and I suspect I have a great deal of company. If you figure yourself among the numerically disabled, be warned. It may well be that Peter Carroll is the Giordano Bruno of our era and that he has demonstrated the elusive physics of magic, and if so, I am exuberantly pleased if ultimately quite unenlightened in spite of it. I'm just saying... The artwork: first rate cover and the Muses (pg 112) are suitable for framing. Two quibbles: either the proof reading of the book or the software used to compose it is deplorable. There are there are annoying repetitions of repetitions of words and the punctuation occasionally appears derived from an alien-as-in-not-of-this-world grammar.
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By Tsuzuki "lucifer in tenebris lucet" (Sacramento, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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As co-founder of the chaos magic movement, any new book by Peter Carroll would complement a serious chaote's library by default. However, his new book, "The Apophenion," need not rely on any of that, and would serve as the basis for his reputation if he did not already have one.
In "The Apophenion," Carroll takes his over a decade's worth of scientific exploration and seamlessly weaves it into the application of magic so that it becomes a workable theory by scientific standards. All that said, the book has a number of typos. They don't detract from its immense worth, but I will keep my fingers crossed and my eyes out for an updated edition.
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Sacrament of Chaos,
By Isis Solaris "The moment of power is now" (Netherlands,Amsterdam) - See all my reviews
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Pete's power lies in originating powerful idea's.
In his work one can encounter a rare uniqueness of authenticity, integrity and directness,that is mindblowing. The reader can be assured, this book is a Sacrament of Chaos. Dripping from the mind of a magician, that has ripened with time and as good wine has become more flavored. A must read for Chaos Magicians and those who are interested.
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