Peter J. Carroll

Peter James Carroll (born January 8 1953, Patching, England) is a modern occultist, author, co-founder of the "Illuminates of Thanateros", and practician of chaos magic theory. [ [http://www1.autistici.org/amprodias/txt/hacktivism/magickal.htm Chaos Magick: Magickal Terrorism] ]

Biography

Peter J. Carroll is a leading figure within the Chaos Magic movement. Along with 'The New Equinox" publisher and writer Ray Sherwin, Carroll is widely considered to be the originator of Chaos Magic as an independent field of occult exploration. Carroll and Sherwin created the a loosely organized group called the Illuminates of Thanateros.

In 1995, Carroll announced his desire to step down from the "roles of magus and pontiff of chaos". [Carroll, Peter J. (1995). "PsyberMagick: Advanced Ideas in Chaos Magick", ch. 59. ISBN 1-56184-092-0] This statement was originally delivered at the same IOT international meeting which Carroll discussed in an article titled "The Ice War" [ [http://philhine.org.uk/writings/ess_icewar.html The Ice War ] ] in "Chaos International".

In 2005, he appeared as a chaos magic instructor at Maybe Logic Academy [ [http://www.maybelogic.org/peter2.htm Maybe Logic Academy :: Peter Carroll] ] at the request of Robert Anton Wilson, and later founded Arcanorium Occult College with other known chaos magicians on staff including Lionel Snell, Ian Read and Jaq D. Hawkins. This experience reawoke his interest in the subject of magic and he has since announced another book on the subject.Carroll, Peter James. [http://www.specularium.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=47&Itemid=83 Specularium: New Book] ]

Carroll writes columns for "Chaos International" magazine currently edited by Ian Read under the names Peter Carroll and "Stokastikos", his magical name within the Pact. [ [http://specularium.org/index.php?option=com_weblinks&catid=69&Itemid=4 Specularium: Publications & Links] ]

Quotes

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

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
*"Apophenion: A Chaos Magick Paradigm". (08/08/08) ISBN 1-86992-865-2

References

External links

* [http://www.specularium.org/ Carroll's website]

Interviews

* [http://www.philhine.org.uk/writings/ess_petecint.html Peter J. Carroll Interview] from "Abrasax Magazine", Vol.5, No.2.

Articles

* [http://www.philhine.org.uk/writings/ess_mach.html The Magic of Chaos] by Peter J. Carroll
* [http://www.chaosmatrix.org/library/chaos/texts/liberkkk.html Liber KKK - An introduction to Chaos magick technique.] by Peter J. Carroll.
* [http://www.philhine.org.uk/writings/ess_rebelphy.html The magician as Rebel Physicist] by Pete Carroll