“There is no part of one’s beliefs about oneself which cannot be modified by sufficiently powerful psychological techniques. There is nothing about oneself which cannot be taken away or changed. The proper stimuli can, if correctly applied, turn communists into fascists, saints into devils, the meek into heroes, and vice-versa. There is no sovereign sanctuary within ourseles which represents our real nature. There is nobody at home in the internal fortress. Everything we cherish as our ego, everything we believe in, is just what we have cobbled together out of the accident of our birth and subsequent experiences. With drugs, brainwashing, and other techniques of extreme persuasion, we can quite readily make a man a devotee of a different ideology, the patriot of a different country, or the follower of a different religion.” PhilosophyPsychologyMagicChaosMagickChaos MagickChaos MagicPeter J Carroll Author:Peter J. Carroll
“In Chaos Magic , beliefs are not seen as ends in themselves, but as tools for creating desired effects. To fully realize this is to face a terrible freedom in which nothing is true and everything is permitted, which is to say that everything is possible, there are no certainties , and the consequences can be ghastly.” EndsFacesBeliefRealizingMagicEffectsTerribleCreatingConsequenceToolsChaosCertaintyGhastly Book:Liber Kaos Source: Liber Kaos
“Magic doesn't suit everyone. Only those prepared to take full responsibility for themselves should apply.” ShouldResponsibilityMagicPreparedSuits Author:Peter J. Carroll
“I regard physics as that subset of magic that works fairly reliably. I regard magick, in the traditional sense, as a kind of physics that we strive to understand and render more reliable. So it all comes down to the same thing, a quest to understand and manipulate the world with a self-consistent and coherent theory .” WorldKindSelfMagicTheoryRegardStrivePhysicsTraditionalConsistentQuestsManipulate Author:Peter J. Carroll
“In Chaos Magic, beliefs are not seen as ends in themselves, but as tools for creating desired effects.” EndsBeliefMagicEffectsCreatingToolsChaos Book:Liber Kaos Source: Liber Kaos