Chaos Magick FAQ

The Master Works of Chaos Magick

by Adam Blackthorne

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This page is for questions relating to The Master Works of Chaos Magick. 

Q: Can I adapt one of the methods to….?

A: Yes. It’s Chaos Magick, and can thus be adapted as you see fit. Make sure you read all the opening chapters, and the final chapter, to get a grasp of how this can work, and remember that all the example methods in the book are just that. They are examples to guide you, rather than definitive methods.

Q: Can this ritual/spirit/method be used to…?

A: Being Chaos Magick, the answer will always be, “Yes, no, it depends, why not give it a try?” When you read the last chapter of the book, you should get a feeling for the fact that this magick is not an exact science, but a personal exploration. If you have an urge to use the magick in a particular way, there is no right or wrong, there is only experience. Work the magick as you feel inspired to do so.

Q: Somebody said the Olympic spirits are demons. Is this true?

A: No. In Homer you find the word ‘daimones’ used to describe the Olympic Gods, so people do a bit of Googling and get confused. No, they’re not demons.

Q: Why is the last word of the authority call EH-YEAH?

A: The calls are pronunciations of the words in the triangle. The last of these is the Tetragrammaton, which for magickal purposes might be said as EE-AH-OH-EH. Here it is rendered as EE-AH-YEAH for reasons that remain unclear, even to Adam, but it was probably a simplification or alternative of a longer rendering that we were using at the time, before EE-AH-OH-EH became used more widely in our work. You are, of course, free to use any version you like, but in the context of this ritual, I would still use EH-AH-YEAH, because it’s been done that way for a long time, and that has a patterning effect. It works again because it’s worked before.

Q: In the Upside Down Sex magick chapter, you say there are hidden secrets. What are they?

A: It would spoil the fun to tell you everything. And it would take away your opportunity to explore. But here’s one little idea that was implied, ever so subtly. Good sex requires two people, not one. If you’ve got something you both want, have one person use the traditional method (summarised in a wee little paragraph there), and one person use the goal-burning method – at the same time, reaching that moment at the same time (if you’re skilled enough). That’s a beautiful bundle of contradictory alchemy – a cauldron of intention and allowing. Works very well.

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55 thoughts on “Chaos Magick FAQ”

  1. Hi Adam, I need your guidance regarding arathron. I am wondering how big of a request I can ask of arathron in one ritual. I am thinking to ask arathron to destroy the wealth of my enemy and also destroy the ability of my enemy to make new wealth. Is it too big of a request to ask in one ritual or should I break it down into two different rituals (each ritual done some time apart)?

    1. You can put them together, but given that you have doubts, why not separate. A bit of extra time will probably help this.

      2. Thanks Adam, I need advise on how to structure the problem to arathron. Can I say the problem is that the enemy use alot of my money and I want revenge to get inner peace and feel justice ? Would arathron think that I am a petty person who think about revenge?

        1. Trust your intuition. The spirits don’t judge it as petty if you don’t feel that it’s petty. They have these powers so they can use them.

    1. It can work in many ways, and as I say, “Things are left a bit loose, to give you room to use your intuition.” That part of the book that follows the spirit descriptions is the important bit, for choosing which power to use. “Looking at this list and using your intuition – that is a time-tested way of doing magick.” You *can* do bundles of extra research, but trusting your own feeling on this is best. But, you know, I think it’s fair to say that powers related to Venus range from lustful bursts of infatuation all the way to soulmate love.

  3. 🙂 Adam, thank YOU for the great book. <3 I enjoy it immensely. In the Upside Down Sex magick chapter, can masturbation be used instead of sex?

    1. Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. Yes, you can, but only if it’s really good. That is, I go on about good sex being better than bad. It really does count. That’s why I think a lot of the casual chaos magick is often a bit of a letdown. Not enough energy. Potent and wonderful sex is way better. But it’s chaos so anything goes and anything is better than nothing.

      1. 🙂 Adam, thanks a lot for making me free of an unattainable goal. Upside Down Sex Magick gave me peace of mind that I hadn’t experienced for decades.

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