Chaos magic is magic without limitations. The rule is that there are no rules. You choose what the rules are, you choose everything. “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.” It is a form of no holds bared magic. “Nothing is true, everything is permitted.” Chaos Magic deals with subjective reality rather than objective reality.

Chaos magic works with metabelief. It is the belief that belief itself is only a tool for achieving effects and not an end in itself. It means that you can belief anything you want, but it is the belief alone that has power. It is the idea that belief is nothing more than a state of mind, and as such, can be manipulated by the will. Magic is the act of causing change in accordance with will, whether it be lower will or higher will. It is the will that moves the energy of reality.

Belief is a psychological state that can be deliberately self-manipulated, although it has the power to shape our own reality, and sometimes other people’s reality as well. It is the means not the end, the vehicle not the destination. Any object that you use and any belief that you choose is just a means for magic to work its effect. Hence it is  the most powerful form of magic in the universe because it involves and transcends all other forms of magic. Chaos is the creative principle behind all magic.
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Chaos Magic uses a special state of consciousness known as gnosis. It is a state of single-mindedness where a person’s mind is focused on only one point, thought, or goal and all other thoughts are thrust out. You will know that you are in a state of gnosis once your mind stops rationalizing about your experience. It is the gateway into your subconscious. Users of chaos magic each develop their own ways of reaching this state.

All such methods hinge on the belief that a simple thought or direction experienced during the gnostic state and then forgotten quickly afterwards is sent to the subconscious mind, where it can be enacted through means unknown to the conscious mind. Once the intention is in the subconscious mind it will operate unaided. If the thoughts or desires come back into your conscious mind, suppress it. Do whatever to push it back out of your mind. Don’t consciously dwell on it.

Practicing Chaos Magic involves the temporary adoption of an obsessive belief system that allows for the possibility of magic to accomplish specific effects, and then the abandonment of that belief system upon the completion of the work. Subsequently even contradictory belief systems are adopted in turn as need or desire may dictate. It follows the principle of polarity that all truths are half truths.

Chaos Magic is based upon the principle of whatever the mind can conceive and believe, you can achieve. There are no rules and there are no limits. Everything is mental and is ruled by the mind. There is nothing you cannot be, do or have. Nothing is impossible and anything is possible. An unlimited mind is the source of unlimited power.

The word “chaos” is Greek in origin. Its original meaning is “a vast gulf or chasm, the abyss, empty space, infinite darkness, the first state of the universe.” In English, this was refined to mean “the formless void of primordial matter, the ‘great deep’ or ‘abyss’ out of which the cosmos or structure of the universe was evolved.” The popular modern interpretation of the word as being a synonym for “disorder” is a recent and somewhat misleading development. When chaos is used in magic, there is no place for confusion or disorder.

Chaos Mathematics shows us that what seems random has a higher order that can be perceived only from a great enough perspective. So the truth is Chaos is not disorder but it is a higher order of the universe. Chaos is unperceived unity. It is the field of pure potentiality. Both order and disorder are themselves manifestations of the Primal Chaos. The original meaning is equivalent to what the Eastern mystics call the Tao. So this primal connectivity is called “Chaos” or “Tao” instead of “God” to relate it with the universal aspect of God rather than the personal aspect.

Chaos Magic does not attribute significance to any particular God or Deity. Chaos magicians may pick any concept or set of concepts to worship, invoke or evoke. The Chaos Magician seeks to understand the natural laws behind the workings of magic which are the reasons behind the use of ritual in the performance of a magical working. Therefore the working of all miracles are attributed to the natural laws of the universe. [/hidepost]