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[flyingdrake]

choas magick seems like it would a religion to me, lack of dogma notwithstanding. it involves the supernatural, wouldn't that make a faith/ religion.

comments/ questions invited?

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[missingwatch]

mhm not necessarily. i don't know anything about the specifics of chaos magick, but a belief in magical powers is not on its own a faith. now if there are beliefs about where the power came from, it could be a faith. if the source of power is not a god/godess, then i'm not sure what the answer is.

[kiarrith]

5 entries found for religion.
re·li·gion ( P ) Pronunciation Key (r-ljn)
n.

1.
1. Belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as creator and governor of the universe.
2. A personal or institutionalized system grounded in such belief and worship.
2. The life or condition of a person in a religious order.
3. A set of beliefs, values, and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual leader.
4. A cause, principle, or activity pursued with zeal or conscientious devotion.

[kiarrith]

Chaos Magic[k] has no beliefs other than the whole Assassin guy's supposed dying words: "Nothing is true, everything is permitted

[kiarrith]

"To quote one writer, Peter Carroll: "If you want a one-line definition with which most Chaosists would not disagree, then I offer the following: Chaosists usually accept the meta-belief that belief itself is only a tool for achieving effects; it is not an end in itself

[aranel]

So chaos magick is basically applied postmodernism, huh?

[kiarrith]

shrugs. has some in common with it, aye.
could just as easily say its to ceremonial magic or magic in general what core shamanism is to shamanism--boiled down to its heart. what all traditions have in common.
what works is what you do. nods.
practical and flexible...and usually what ppl are doing anyways, without having thought it out...

[jodybrai]

^_^

[kiarrith]

scritches. how are you? did you have a good pennsic, by the by?