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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.

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Peter J. Carroll
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: January 8
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Can we find The Universe in a grain of sand? Well perhaps, but a stone seems easier to visualize.
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The pseudoscience of astrology has no place in magick. Astrology has already died twice: once with the classical gods, and a second time after the Enlightenment. The complete failure of contemporary psychology to create anything other than a vocabulary of intellectual rubbish has encouraged astrology to resurface.
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He who is doing his true will is assisted by the momentum of the universe.
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Magic doesn't suit everyone. Only those prepared to take full responsibility for themselves should apply.
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Every new form of liberation is destined to eventually become another form of enslavement for most of its adherents.
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Science has brought us power and ideas but not the wisdom or responsibility to handle them.
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The only clear view is from atop the mountain of your dead selves.
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