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Peter J Carroll, Newsletter to his Arcanorium Students, Summer 07
"outrageously funny and scurrilous little book of Chaos Cunning Craft....This tasty morsel of off-white magic will outrage fluffy bunny new-age spiritual types and delight Chaoists everywhere. It contains a wealth of handy tips and I particularly liked the Nightmare Catcher idea, I shall probably build one later today"
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Mighty oaks from little acorns do grow. this book of practical 'Results Magick' sprang from a brief conversation about cunning folk, the European village sorcerers of old, and how they might do their work today. The cunning man or woman of history would have traveled around their local area performing the craft with probably a bag full of herbs, some pins, a flint and tinder to make fire, some ready-made charms, a knife and a weighty book or two (about anything) with which to impress the illiterate. By comparison the modern chaos magician cunner would be likely to have a groovy backpack to carry various problem-solving tools in, like a cellphone, a cigarette lighter, a Swiss Army knife, a packet of some painkilling drug, a bag of a quite different herbs for ingestion in various ways, a disk of some computer software, various dark-looking sorcerous books and probably some weird and discordant spooky sounds on their mp3 player to impress the musically illiterate. This book is timely, in that there has existed for some time a need for balance in the expression of what magic is about, balance with the overarching fluffiness and 'do-anything-as-long-as-it-is-white-light' of modern paganism.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Expensive for the page count but...,
This review is from: Kaostar!: Modern Chaos Cunning Craft (Paperback)
very nearly worth it! The content is what chaos magic should be. Imaginative, original and occassionally hilarious. You are not going to learn much magical theory from this, but you're probably not the sort of person who would have even found it if that's what you need. Assuming you've read Condensed Chaos: An Introduction to Chaos Magic (and if not, why not?) then this book is a lovely collection of what might be thought of as "worked examples". You do need a basic grounding in magic or at least sorcery to get the most out of this but even if you don't, it is very entertaining. The only thing that stops it being 5 stars is the high price for a very short book.
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4.7 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews) 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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A practical guide to magic,
By Taylor Ellwood "http://www.imagineyourreality... - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Kaostar!: Modern Chaos Cunning Craft (Paperback)
This is an intriguing book that is mostly focused on practical applicatiosn of everyday items to results driven magic. The author offers amusing stories without being pretentious and more importantly includes tips and suggestions that the magician can use to effectively apply the concepts to practical workings in his/her own life.
Something I do wish the author focused a bit more on was the business of being a magician, i.e. charging people for services. He hints at this throughout the book, but doesn't comment much on it at any length. That said, however, this book does challenge you to think on the edge of the magical kaostar. I really enjoyed it and will definitely take the suggestions and run with them in my own practice. 4.5 kaostars out of 5. 5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Finally!,
By Daniel Clark - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Kaostar!: Modern Chaos Cunning Craft (Paperback)
I just got this book and I could not be more pleased! Here is everything I have wanted to know (mainly, if other Chaotes were as depraved!) and then some.
There is no constipated moralizing or hand-holding (Fluffies,put it back), these spells are dangerously funny, simple, and fun to use. The ideas are solid, and while I have never cared much for Spare's method of Sigil-making, it's still a marvellous source of information and inspiration. If you like your Magick Sick, Twisted, Simple, and downright Messy, this is the one for you!
4.0 out of 5 stars
Creative material for chaos enthusiasts.,
By Dionysius "Observer" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Kaostar!: Modern Chaos Cunning Craft (Paperback)
Enjoyed reading this short, but compact book. It contains much in the way of creative stories, uses and techniques in regards to Chaos Magic, and the concept of comparing the "cunning village mage" of old with a modern day equivalent. I wouldn't recommend this as a beginners book or Intro into Chaos Magic, as the author assumes some knowledge and background in the area. Ideas are presented, though the exact details of the operation can be vague in parts. Some of the methods are also quite mixed between various magical concepts (ie. mixing sigil magic with sympathetic magic). However, for those who have exhausted the standard base texts, this is a great lead on to other things.
A couple of points- Some of the "sigil" techniques are actually more in the "sympathetic magic" area (which doesn't necessarily involve attempting to forget the sigil's purpose as opposed to traditional sigil theory), and the author makes use of quite a few magical-link examples. The book will probably make more sense to those from the UK than other places. Some of the 'magical warfare' can be a little over-the-top as well (though I'm sure it would appeal to some). Overall, worth getting for those interested in furthering their (chaos) magical knowledge. |
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