Liber Null & Psychonaut: The Practice of Chaos Magic (Revised and Expanded Edition)

By Peter J. Carroll

Book Overview

"The most original and probably the most important writer on Magick since Aleister Crowley." --Robert Anton Wilson, author of the Prometheus Rising and other works

Peter Carroll's classic work has been profoundly influential on the Western magical world since it was first published in 1987. In Liber Null & Psychonaut, Carroll presents an approach to the practice of magic that draws on the foundations of shamanism and animism, as well as that found in the Greek magical papyri, the works of Eliphas Levi and Aleister Crowley, and the esoteric meditative practices of classical India and China. Also very much at work in the text are 20th century scientific ideas of quantum physics and chaos theory. The result is a profoundly original work. The book includes a selection of extremely powerful rituals and exercises for committed occultists with instructions that lead the reader through new concepts and practices to achieve Carroll's definition of magic itself: the raising of the whole individual in perfect balance to the power of infinity.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157863766X
• ISBN13: 9781578637669
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Weiser Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Amazing book

Like the title of this review says, this is an amazing book. It's one of the only books I've found that completely cuts away traditional religious and superstitious trappings to reveal the pure essence of magic.It's true that he does add his own theories and perspectives on certain issues, but I found these to be extremely helpful in understanding the teachings within. This is a very enlightening book, one of the best occult texts on the market. I HIGHLY recommend this book to anybody who's interested in occultism or magic (not to mention chaos magic).

Cuts to the meat of magick

Clear, methodical and believable. It stays on tangent, rips alot of truth out of the murk of superstition and places it on the table before you. The perfect book for someone trying to comprehend themselves. A book for those who have had a glimpse of what's really going on... A beautiful mix, after years of research the first book that I can suggest without reservation... Also very complimetary to discordian outlooks.

Enlightenment?!?! Bah....

Our life is an uncertain mess of chaos. We never know if tomorrow will come for us, or what it will bring. Nothing is true. If you've been jostled awake by the sirens of nihilism, this book will keep you awake long into the night, as you wonder at what may just be possible for someone with the inclination and the wonderment to actually jump, head first, into the world of the Chaote. Otherwise, you can just sit on the shore, enjoying the view.This book, more or less, is an instruction manual for initiates of the IOT, an order of anarchist-occultists founded by the scientist/punk/philosopher (my kind of guy!) Pete Carroll. It outlines the practices of Neophytes, Initiates, Adepts, and Priests of Chaos, as well as includes some basic practices (a combination of A.O. Spare's Zos Kia, non-religious Thelema, Wicca, Sorcery, Shamanism, Goetic Necromancy, and Vajrayana Buddhism)... in other words, total and complete wickedness. Check it out.

The REAL magick of the New Aeon.

Peter Carroll's two classic texts are merged into one attractive volume, giving a complete, workable system of highly adaptable magick for both the interested beginner and the "old hand" who wants to refine an existing system or craft something new from whole cloth.Valuable for occult students of any stripe, Carroll breaks the boundaries of traditional magick, redefining centuries-old theorums with fresh, insightful commentary. Particularly effective are his insights on the attainment of gnosis, i.e. achieving the proper state of mind for a ritual working, and his simple introduction to sigilization, a highly effective method of encoding one's desires into usable symbols.Although Carroll's cosmology might not be favorable to the sensibilities of all, as will be his assertation that "nothing is true and everything is permitted," there is much here for the intelligent magician willing to re-examine his or her work in a new light, based on concepts of the new "science" of Chaos.Stripping magick of religious and other trappings, Carroll has created both a great basic primer and much food for thought.