Peter Carroll
Encyclopedia
Peter James Carroll is a modern occult
ist, author, cofounder of the Illuminates of Thanateros
, and practitioner of chaos magic
theory.
and graduated with a "precisely calculated minimum pass". After college he did some schoolteaching, and spent four years at India
and the Himalayas
.
Carroll is a leading figure within the Chaos Magic movement. Along with 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 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". This statement was originally delivered at the same IOT international meeting which Carroll discussed in an article titled "The Ice War" in Chaos International
.
In 2005, he appeared as a chaos magic instructor at Maybe Logic Academy 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 writes columns for Chaos International
magazine currently edited by Ian Read
under the names Peter Carroll and Stokastikos, his magical name within the Pact.
Occult
The word occult comes from the Latin word occultus , referring to "knowledge of the hidden". In the medical sense it is used to refer to a structure or process that is hidden, e.g...
ist, author, cofounder of the Illuminates of Thanateros
Illuminates of Thanateros
The Illuminates of Thanateros is an international magical organization founded in 1978, focusing on practical group work in chaos magic. This fraternal magical society has been an important influence on some forms of modern occultism.- Name :...
, and practitioner of chaos magic
Chaos magic
Chaos magic is a school of the modern magical tradition which emphasizes the pragmatic use of belief systems and the creation of new and unorthodox methods.-General principles:...
theory.
Biography
Carroll studied science at University of LondonUniversity of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
and graduated with a "precisely calculated minimum pass". After college he did some schoolteaching, and spent four years at India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and the Himalayas
Himalayas
The Himalaya Range or Himalaya Mountains Sanskrit: Devanagari: हिमालय, literally "abode of snow"), usually called the Himalayas or Himalaya for short, is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau...
.
Carroll is a leading figure within the Chaos Magic movement. Along with New Equinox publisher and writer Ray Sherwin
Ray Sherwin
Ray Sherwin, born in 1952 in Yorkshire, England, is a modern occult author and publisher, and one of the originators of the system of magical discipline called chaos magic....
, Carroll is widely considered to be the originator of Chaos Magic as an independent field of occult exploration. Carroll and Sherwin created a loosely organized group called the Illuminates of Thanateros
Illuminates of Thanateros
The Illuminates of Thanateros is an international magical organization founded in 1978, focusing on practical group work in chaos magic. This fraternal magical society has been an important influence on some forms of modern occultism.- Name :...
.
In 1995, Carroll announced his desire to step down from the "roles of magus and pontiff of chaos". This statement was originally delivered at the same IOT international meeting which Carroll discussed in an article titled "The Ice War" in Chaos International
Chaos International
Chaos International is an oct-annual magazine dedicated to the study and practice of chaos magic.Ian Read, a noted practitioner of chaos magic, functions as editor of the magazine....
.
In 2005, he appeared as a chaos magic instructor at Maybe Logic Academy at the request of Robert Anton Wilson
Robert Anton Wilson
Robert Anton Wilson , known to friends as "Bob", was an American author and polymath who became at various times a novelist, philosopher, psychologist, essayist, editor, playwright, poet, futurist, civil libertarian and self-described agnostic mystic...
, and later founded Arcanorium Occult College with other known chaos magicians on staff including Lionel Snell
Lionel Snell
Ramsey Dukes is the current and best-known pen name of Lionel Snell, a contemporary magician, publisher and author on magick and philosophy. He has also written under the pen names Lemuel Johnston, The Hon. Hugo L'Estrange, Adamai Philotunus, Per Anum Ad Astra and Angerford & Lea.In his youth,...
, Ian Read
Ian Read (musician)
Ian Read is an English neofolk and traditional folk musician.-History:Read left school at 16, and at the age of 17, he became an adherent of Germanic neopaganism and began studying Germanic paganism . He was particularly interested in galdor or magical metrical poetry and the runes...
and Jaq D. Hawkins
Jaq D. Hawkins
Jaq D. Hawkins, also known as Denise Channing, is an occultist, author, and lecturer on chaos magic, born in Southern England who spent much of her early life in California. She currently lives in the United Kingdom...
. This experience reawoke his interest in the subject of magic and he has since announced another book on the subject.
Carroll writes columns for Chaos International
Chaos International
Chaos International is an oct-annual magazine dedicated to the study and practice of chaos magic.Ian Read, a noted practitioner of chaos magic, functions as editor of the magazine....
magazine currently edited by Ian Read
Ian Read (musician)
Ian Read is an English neofolk and traditional folk musician.-History:Read left school at 16, and at the age of 17, he became an adherent of Germanic neopaganism and began studying Germanic paganism . He was particularly interested in galdor or magical metrical poetry and the runes...
under the names Peter Carroll and Stokastikos, his magical name within the Pact.
External links
Interviews
- Peter J. Carroll Interview from Abrasax Magazine, Vol.5, No.2.
Articles
- The Magic of Chaos by Peter J. Carroll
- Liber KKK - An introduction to Chaos magick technique. by Peter J. Carroll.
- The magician as Rebel Physicist by Pete Carroll