Liber Null And Psychonaut The Practice Of Chaos Magic ( Revised And Expanded Edition)

2022·3.7 MB·English

by  Peter J Carroll

“Th ere have so far been three leading theorists of modern Western
magic: Eliphas Levi, Aleister Crowley, and Peter Carroll.”
—Ronald Hutton, author of Th e Triumph of the Moon and other works
“Th e most original and probably the most important writer
on Magick since Aleister Crowley.”
—Robert Anton Wilson, author of Prometheus Rising and other works
Peter Carroll’s classic work has been profoundly infl uential on the
Western magical world since it was fi rst published in 1987. In Liber
Null and Psychonaut, Carroll presents an approach to the practice
of magic that draws on the foundations of shamanism and animism, as well
as that found in the Greek Magical Papyri, the works of Eliphas Levi and
Aleister Crowley, and the esoteric meditative practices of classical India and
China. Also very much at work in the text are 20th-century scientifi c ideas of
quantum physics and chaos theory. Th e result is a profoundly original work.
Th is book includes a selection of extremely powerful rituals and exercises
for committed occultists with instructions that lead the reader through new
concepts and practices to achieve Carroll’s defi nition of magic itself: the
raising of the whole individual in perfect balance to the power of infi nity.
Peter J. Carroll is the author of six books, including Liber Null and
Psychonaut and Liber Kaos. He is past Grandmaster of the Magical Pact of
the Illuminates of Th anateros, Chancellor of Arcanorium College, Acting
Marshall of the Knights of Chaos, and a Bard of Dobunni Grove. He main-
tains a personal website at specularium.org.
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L I B E R N U L L
P S Y C H O N A U T
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This edition first published in 2022 by Weiser Books, an imprint of
Red Wheel/Weiser, llc
With offices at:
65 Parker Street, Suite 7
Newburyport, MA 01950
www.redwheelweiser.com
Copyright © 1987, 2022 by Peter J. Carroll
Foreword copyright © 2022 by Ronald Hutton
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any
means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage
and retrieval system, without permission in writing from Red Wheel/Weiser, llc. Reviewers may
quote brief passages. Previously published in 1987 by Red Wheel/Weiser, llc,
ISBN: 978-0-87728-639-4. This Weiser Classics edition includes a new foreword by
Ronald Hutton, author of The Triumph of the Moon.
ISBN: 978-1-57863-766-9
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available upon request.
Series Editors
Mike Conlon, Production Director, Red Wheel/Weiser Books
Judika Illes, Editor-at-Large, Weiser Books
Peter Turner, Associate Publisher, Weiser Books
Series Design
Kathryn Sky-Peck, Creative Director, Red Wheel/Weiser
Illustrations in Liber Null by Andrew David
Illustrations in Psychonaut by Brian Ward
Typeset in Arno Pro
Printed in the United States of America
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To all those Psychonauts with whom I have stood in midnight forests,
in temples, in subterranean chambers, and atop mountains,
invoking the Mysteries . . .
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Acknowledgments
I wish to gratefully acknowledge all the people who, over the years, have
helped make this book possible. To Ray Sherwin, who helped make the
first version of Liber Null available in 1978, and who worked with me to
produce the revised version of 1981; to Christopher Bray of the Sorcerer’s
Apprentice, who helped keep Liber Null in print and produced a limited
edition of Psychonaut, and who helped by making these available to seek-
ers through his bookstore; to Andrew David, who did the illustrations for
Liber Null; and to Brian Ward, who did the illustrations for Psychonaut. My
thanks to you all. The present edition is a completely updated and edited
version of both works.
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