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by Peter J. Carroll (Author) "Principia Magica is in three parts..." (more)
Key Phrases: shamanic aeon, retroactive enchantment, etheric patterns, Chaos Mathematics, Principia Magica (more...)
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A complete, advanced magical training course for the individual or for groups, with details of the author's magical order, an outline for setting up a temple, and instructions for carrying out the essential rituals of Chaos Magic. Includes a fresh look at aeonics, cosmogenesis, auric magic, and shadow time, as well as discloses the technical aspects of spells and equations.

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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Red Wheel / Weiser (August 1, 1992)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0877287422
  • ISBN-13: 978-0877287421
  • Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #322,392 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Liber Dogma, June 13, 2002
Liber Kaos is definately not a good book for someone new in chaos magic. Read "Condensed Chaos" by Phil Hine if you are a neophyte. Even though it does introduce key ideas about chaos magic Peter Carrol progresses rather quickly into more advanced concepts, that combined with large amounts of pesonal dogmatism makes it unsuitable for the newcomer.

As an advanced chaos mage you will clash with Carrol's ideas. The book from the beginning contains hard to agree with dogmatism. Within the dogmatism are some great theories and ideas but it is up to the reader to weave through it. Even though Peter Carrol in the father of chaos magic (with Austin Osman Spare being the grandfather) he suffers from what most authors about magic suffer from. Presenting their beliefs as universal truths.

Not all is negative though. Within his book there is a plentiful of concepts that you might or might not decide to include in your toybox. Moreover its a book that must be in your library since Peter Carrol is the first to give chaos magic a name and he is the one that started it all.

Assume nothing.

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Essential For The Serious Student, April 14, 2000
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Less than 3% of all books on magic are worth reading. LIBER KAOS is one of them. The first part of the book attempts to explain magick in terms of quantum physics and chaos theory(interesting...that's all I can say). The second part of the book however,cuts straight to the nitty gritty of how to do magick properly to get results. Step by step procedure stripped of all religious, supersticious, and cultural symbolism and baggage. If you do not study these principles and use them you are shooting yourself in the foot.
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5.0 out of 5 stars THE SCRIPTURES OF KAOS, June 4, 2002
This book consists of 3 parts. The first, Liber Kaos proper, deals with the principles of magic, aeonics and the principles of chaos. It includes Pope Pete's fascinating psychohistory model in which the shamanic, religious, rationalist and pandemonic aeons are measured against the materialistic, magical and transcendental paradigms to illustrate the historical ups and downs of the spiritual worldview. Part two: The Psychonomicon, discusses practical magic, sleight of mind, auric and different types of color magic, from octarine to purple. It also includes the Thanateros ritual, which is a celebration of Chaoist principles and a momentary invocation of the power of chaos itself. The appendices make up the third part of the book and includes Liber KKK: an extended series of magical operations; the Gnostic pentagram ritual; chaos monasticism, and; Liber Pactionis: the structure, rituals and protocols of the magical pact of the illuminates of Thanateros. The text is enhanced by diagrams and two illustrations, and there is a short bibliography which includes Stephen Hawking and Terry Pratchet. Pope Pete certainly provides a compelling read, but I'm not convinced of his premises. As another reviewer has said, chaos only occurs in a localized context. Certain patterns in the universe, like the platonic solids and sacred geometry (the golden mean) seem to indicate the prevalence of order in the larger scheme of things. Call me a heretic or Reform Chaoist if you will, but I don't believe Pope Pete is infallible!
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5.0 out of 5 stars transmits a clear signal of what magic involves, and can shake up your practice for the better.
this book is genuinely excellent. on my first attempt to read it, when initially developing interst in magic, i did not understand it at all. Read more
Published 24 months ago by Michael Herman

3.0 out of 5 stars Far Stretch on many of his posited theories
Carroll does an interesting job of trying to explain a geometrical calculus related to his magic principles. Read more
Published on June 1, 2006 by Swingland

5.0 out of 5 stars Nothing is true. Everything is permitted.
The mind subject ov the book: BELIEVE. After that, everything comes as easy as the infamus kingdom of heaven came to Jesus. Ja,ja,ja.
Published on March 22, 2006 by Juan M. Elizondo Garcia

5.0 out of 5 stars worth multiple reads
I have just recently started reading Peter Carroll over the last few months. After 2 yrs of study and practice of magick, Liber Kaos is the most brilliant and refreshing book on... Read more
Published on May 20, 2003 by knowledgekaos

4.0 out of 5 stars Well thought out.
A great return to the basic concepts of magick regardless of dogma and tradition. Mr. Carroll cuts through the long held practices of Animism and Spiritism to find the Unified... Read more
Published on December 21, 2001 by baphomet_bg

1.0 out of 5 stars A Reader
If you are looking for head games for cynics and egotists then this is the book for you. If you prefer less paranoia and a more balanced view of our magical universe try Robert... Read more
Published on June 25, 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars A solid work
This book makes for some profound reading, however some of Carrolls' concepts are a little hard to agree with. Read more
Published on September 12, 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars THEORY FOR APPLICATION
AN INDESPENSABLE GUIDE TO CHAOS THEORY. USEFUL FOR BOTH PROVIDING A WORKING THEORY AND TEARING DOWN THAT THEORY ALONG WITH ALL OTHERS. Read more
Published on July 1, 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Carroll's magickal dissertation
LIBER KAOS is divided into two parts: first, the outline of what Carroll calls CMT (Chaos Magickal Theory) on a scientific basis, borrowing from quantum physics and catastrophe... Read more
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