Prime Chaos: Adventures in Chaos Magic

There are a fair number of books available on chaos magic, some of them brain twisters and other a joy to read even if you aren’t specifically interested in chaos magic. Phil Hine’s books, Condensed Magic and Prime Chaos, fall into the latter category. Prime Chaos, subtitled “Adventures in Chaos Magic” is more than an introduction to chaos magic, it’s a good primer on magic in general and I highly recommend it.The book is divided into four parts. The first, “Chaos is Everywhere” talks about such generally useful topics as the differences between initiation by a group and self-initiation, and approach magic with a beginner’s mind, that is, approaching magic with an open mind is one of the keys to success. He also discusses experiments in belief and the way belief structures reality, a key to the chaos magic approach.The second part, “Dynamic Ritual,” breaks down the components of ritual in great detail. Hine includes a description of ritual as theatre, breaking it down into style, timing, spatial elements, body-mind components, visualization related exercises, and the interpenetration of magical reality.Part three, “Group Effects,” discusses group dynamics and the formation of a magical working group. I strongly recommend everyone have some idea of how group dynamics work, whether you read this book or Judy Harrow’s Wicca Covens or Amber K’s Covencraft. Hine briefly discusses the stages of forming, storming, norming and performing and how they relate to the members’ levels of self-disclosure.Part four, “Liber Nice and Liber Nasty,” is in two sections. Liber Nice talks about Discordianism. Liber Nasty discusses the Cthulhu mythos. Even if neither of these appeal to you, the discussion is entertaining and may give you some ideas for your own approach to chaos magic.

This book is mainly just a deep look into chaos magick.And when I mean deep. I mean DEEP.I rated it 2 stars due to the author not getting to the point of things, and just lost my interest.Kinda rambled a lot as well.Didn't show hardly any instructions to any types of magick.So if you are looking for new techniques; this is not your book.But if you are just looking more into theories of the mind, you may enjoy this book.I own about 5 Chaos magick books, and this one I wish I never got.But thats just me.

Excellent read; however, the diagrams discussed in the book are missing. Not sure why. Misprint? IDK, but it would have been a much better rating had the diagrams been available.

COntains everything a beginner needs to know about magick

Fun book with some good starting concepts but narrow in scope.

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ケイオスマジックについて概要を知るのにCondensed Chaosは良い本だと思ったが、本書を読みさらにそれを補完する良い本だと感じた。後半にあるグループを作るための章などはJohn Micharl GreerのIndide a magical lodge ほど頁を裂いていないけれど実用的だし参考になる。結局Kindle版の後に紙媒体もかってしまったのだけど、個人的に惹かれたのは興味があったエリス女神崇拝のディスコーディアとラヴクラフトのクトゥルー神話をベースにした魔術についての後半の章。Phill Heineにはこのラブクラフト魔術について別途まとめられたThe Pseudonomiconがある。