Peter J. Carroll

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Peter James Carroll (born 8th January 1953, Patching, England) is a modern occultist, author, co-founder of the Illuminates of Thanateros,^[1] chaos magician and coiner of that term.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Chaos magic 3 Departure and return to chaos magic 4 Quotes 5 Bibliography 5.1 Upcoming 6 External links 6.1 Interviews 6.2 Articles 7 References

[edit] Biography

Carroll travelled extensively in India, Tibet and Australia. Through his books and the Illuminates of Thanateros, he quickly became one of the best-known European occultists.

He runs the Arcanorium College [3]

Carroll writes columns for Ian Read (musician)'s Chaos International (magazine) magazine under the names Peter Carroll and 'Stokastikos'. [4]

[edit] Chaos magic

Although he is commonly credited with coinage of the idea and term of chaos magic,^{[citation needed]} Carroll would be more accurately portrayed as a leading figure of the part of the occult scene that evolved into chaos magic.

[edit] Departure and return to chaos magic

In 1995, Carroll announced his desire to step down from the "roles of magus and pontiff of chaos" with the closing statement: "the author chooses to maintain an antique and idiosyncratic code of chivalry, honour, and heroism in an era largely devoid of such things...and values uniqueness in an era of mass production" (PsyberMagick, ch. 59) ^[2]

With this, he publicly departed from magic as a field of study, allowing more time for his ongoing studies regarding the hypothesis of three-dimensional time.

On Carroll's website he also states that "In the past I have written a number of books on the subject of the theory and practice of practical metaphysics. Until I have made further advances in this field I do not intend to enter into any further correspondence upon it." [5]

In 2005 however, he appeared as a chaos magic instructor at Robert Anton Wilson's Maybe Logic Academy [6] and announced another book on the subject. ^[3]

[edit] Quotes

• "Everything works by magick; science represents a small domain of magick where coincidences have a relatively high probability of occurrence." - Peter Carroll, PsyberMagick

[edit] Bibliography

• Liber Null. (1978) and Psychonaut. (1982) (published in one volume in 1987) ISBN 0-87728-639-6
• Liber Kaos. (1992) ISBN 0-87728-742-2
• PsyberMagick: Advanced Ideas in Chaos Magick. (1995) ISBN 1-56184-092-0

[edit] Upcoming

• The Apophenion, - chaos magic, sex and death. (announced)

[edit] External links

• http://www.specularium.org/ - Carroll's Home Page
• http://www.maybelogic.org/petercrs.htm - Carroll's entry at the Maybe Logic Academy

[edit] Interviews

• Peter J. Carroll Interview From Abrasax Magazine, Vol.5, No.2.

[edit] Articles

• The Magic of Chaos by Peter J. Carroll
• Liber KKK - An introduction to Chaos magick technique. by Peter J. Carroll.
• The magician as Rebel Physicist by Pete Carroll
  • Magick Is Not Science: Alistair Livingston replies to Pete Carroll's "Magician as Rebel Physicist")

[edit] References

1. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Equinox The New Equinox. 2005 ISBN 1-932595-10-4 [1]
2. ^ PsyberMagick, ch. 59. 2005 ISBN 1-932595-10-4 [2]
3. ^ http://www.specularium.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=47&Itemid=83 Personal Announcement. Aug 03, 2005 at 03:00 PM