Liber Kaos
Chaos Magic for the Pandaemonaeon
by Peter J. Carroll
An advanced course in the practice of chaos magic written by one of its most respected practitioners.
Liber Kaos offers a clear understanding of the practice of chaos magick. Peter J. Carroll’s approach combines methods from shamanism, paganism, and chaos science.
This book includes a selection of extremely powerful rituals and exercises for committed occultists and has instructions that lead the reader through new concepts and practices. A complete, advanced magical training course for the individual or for groups is explained, 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 magick. Includes a fresh look at aeonics, cosmogenesis, auric magic, and shadow time, as well as disclosing the technical aspects of spells and equations.
Revised and Expanded Edition
Originally published by Weiser Books in 1992, this new edition is substantially revised and updated and includes new, previously unpublished material.
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Table of Contents
Preface to the Second Edition
Introduction
Part 1: Liber Kaos
Chapter 1: Principia Magica
Chapter 2: Aeonics
Chapter 3: Principia Chaotica
Part 2: The Psychonomicon
Chapter 1: Practical Magic
Chapter 2: Sleight of Mind
Chapter 3: Auric Magic
Chapter 4: Eight Magics
Appendices
Appendix 1: Liber Kaos Keraunos Kybernetos
Appendix 2: The Gnostic Chaosphere and Pentagram Rituals
Appendix 3: Chaos Monasticism
Appendix 4: Magical Pacts and Grades
Afterword: Magic, Will, and Imagination
References
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Paperback Edition
192 pages. Matte, textured printed card cover.
ISBN: 978-1-57863-804-8
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Press, reviews, endorsements
“There have so far been three leading theorists of modern Western magic: Éliphas Lévi, Aleister Crowley, and Peter Carroll.”
Ronald Hutton, author of The Triumph of the Moon and other works
“The most original and probably the most important writer on Magick since Aleister Crowley.”
Robert Anton Wilson, author of Prometheus Rising and other works
Book Review by the Occult Detective channel - watch on YouTube here
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About the Author
Peter J. Carroll is an English occultist and writer. He has authored six books, including Liber Null & Psychonaut and Liber Kaos. He is past Grandmaster of the Magical Pact of the Illuminates of Thanateros, Chancellor of Arcanorium College, Acting Marshall of the Knights of Chaos, and a Bard of Dobunni Grove. He maintains a personal website at specularium.org.
