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Alan Chapman
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A new paradigm that delivers a genuine
transformation of occultism
The author assumes no previous knowledge, only a willingness
to explore what magick offers, yet it's apparent to anyone with
a background in the subject that Alan Chapman is drawing on
a wide range of experience, from classical Crowleyean Magick,
to eastern metaphysics, and back again to Discordianism and
Chaos Magick. Chapman's writing-style is humorous, direct,
seductively logical, and his enthusiasm for the benefits of
magick is both tangible and infectious.
The novice magician will indeed find themselves equipped
to commence all sorts of magickal operations: trance work,
enchantment, divination, and even some of the higher forms of
spiritual development. To experienced magicians, Chapman
offers a subtler challenge: he revitalises magick by cutting it
free from the extreme relativism Chaos Magick bequeathed,
provocatively redefining it as: x the art, science and culture of
experiencing truth.'
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Advanced Magick
for Beginners
by
Alan Chapman
First p u b l i s h e d 2008
b y A e o n Books Ltd.
London W5
www.aeonbooks.co.uk
© Alan C h a p m a n
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 7
INTRODUCTION 9
1. NOTHING U P M Y SLEEVE 15
Y
2 . L A M EXTERNAL!' 23
3 . RUB A SPONGE 29
4 . IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE W O R D 37
5 . METHOD T o THE MADNESS 39
6 . A MODEL MAGICIAN 51
7 . WHAT'S IN A NAME? 57
8 . G O T YOUR NUMBER 65
9 . THE WORLD AS W E KNOW IT 71
1 0 . THE DIRTY F - W O R D : 89
1 1 . G O D BOTHERING 93
1 2 . O N E PORTION O F DEATH, PLEASE 1 07
1 3 . MAKING OMELETTES 121
1 4 . HOVER BOARDS A N D SILVER LYCRA 1 35
1 5 . ABSEILING 1 41
1 6 . BUT SOMEONE W O U L D HAVE TOLD M E ! 1 51
1 7. R o w YOUR BOM... 1 55
RECOMMENDED READING 1 67
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CHAOS M A G I C
1. For more o a Chaos Magic see Liber Null and Psychonaut and
Liber Kaos "by Peter CarroLl; Condensed. Chaos by Phil Hine; and
Chaotopia! b y Dave Lee.
stars', who actually believe they are offering trans-
formation for the masses. It is a testament to Car-
roll that these techniques can be found in the first
five pages of Liber Null. It is also telling of where
reduCtionism has led magick when we see that the
rest of Liber Null (which covers topics such as 'The
Great Work', morality, reincarnation and perman-
ent 'magical consciousness') is no longer con-
sidered magick at all.
Now, thirty years on, Chaos Magic (like much
of magical culture) has fallen prey to extreme post-
modernism. The Tradition has degenerated to such
an extent that many of its practitioners now claim
it is just a theory, despite the fact that it is clearly
synonymous with a body of work and an unques-
tionable aesthetic. Instead of attempting to under-
stand magick by discovering what the practice has
to offer through experience, these extreme postmod-
ern magicians deconstruct our rich and varied ma-
gical heritage to one correct answer ('all truth is relat-
ive'—except for their omniscient knowledge that
this is so) with the benefits of magical practice re-
duced to immediate material effect: 'I already know
everything magick has to offer—and anything else
that isn't a material result isn't magick'.
Before Chaos Magic came along the Western
Tradition was in danger of being lost behind a wall
of overly complex symbolism and antiquated mor-
ality, more or less existing as the pastime of ridicu-
lous armchair eccentrics. Chaos Magic breathed
new life into it, making it a practice once again,
and this time in a manner accessible to all. The
contribution of postmodern thought to Western
magical culture should therefore be celebrated.
Nevertheless, it is time to address the detriment of
extreme postmodernism. I hope this book will do
this through providing a new, revitalised expres-
sion of our magical heritage.
SIGNING ON
OR:
' W H A T T O EXPECT FROM MAGICK'
STILL READING?
GETTING W H A T Y O U W A N T
REVELATION
CULTURE
THE CROSSROADS
OR:
'THE PRACTICE O F THE MAGICAL DIARY'
READ ALL A B O U T IT
EXERCISE 1
Description
Created a sigil from the statement 'I will find
my house keys'. Used concentration practice
for gnosis. Found it difficult to forget the sigil
afterwards, but this didn't take as long as last
time.
OR:
'AN INTRODUCTION TO MAGICK'
PENSIONER MAGICK
EXERCISE 2
SEX W I T H STATIONERY
EXERCISE 3
EXERCISE 4
5. Experience has shown that you can even get someone else to
decide what your sigil means, and it still works. For more on
this, investigate Remote Viewing.
EXERCISE 5
EXERCISE 6
EXERCISE 7
OR:
' H o w T o D o MAGICK'
OR:
'THE FALLACY O F MAGICAL LAW'
THE SYMPATHETIC M E T H O D
T H E GNOSIS M E T H O D
THE AMNESIA M E T H O D
OK...
EXERCISE 8
OR:
' H o w To BELIEVE'
A
easy:
popular aesthetic in occultism at the moment
s science. Making magick look scientific is
CULTURE VULTURE
A WONDERFUL W O R L D
EXERCISE 10
EXERCISE 11
OR:
'MAGICAL MOTTOS A N D OATHS'
GET OVER IT
EXERCISE 12
THE MAGICAL O A T H
POKED W I T H A STICK
DEBT
EXERCISE 13
OR:
THE QUALITATIVE PRACTICALITY OF SYMBOLISM IN RITUAL
MAGICAL LANGUAGE
EXERCISE 14
EXERCISE 15
OR:
'THE AVAILABLE MEANS O F MANIFESTATION'
MENTAL
Low DOWN
EXERCISE 16
ETHERIC
EXERCISE 18
EXERCISE 19
EXERCISE 20
EXERCISE 21
EXERCISE 22
EXERCISE 23
NON-DUAL
OR:
' A N INTRODUCTION T O WORKING W I T H SPIRITS, GODS
A N D DEMONS'
SILLY BOB
OR:
8. If you choose an entity that would lo-ve to ruin your life and
your mental well being, make sure you work with it in the tra-
ditional method, or with some other form of protection. As an
example, there is a group of spirits known as the Goetia (to be
found in The Lesser Key of Solomon the King) that traditionally
require various names of God, a triangle for the spirit to be
conjured into, and a circle for the magician to stand in, for the
protection of the magician. I have encountered numerous ma-
3. Choose a representation of the entity to work
with; this could be physical (like a painting or
statue—either bought or made by yourself), or
imagined (by visualising the entity's form—
what does it look like/smell like/sound like?).
Alternatively, if you know it, you can just work
with the entity's sigil or seal in place of the entity's
actual form.
Remember: if you choose to visualise the entity,
it doesn't mean you are not addressing a real intel-
ligence; what you experience is the truth.
H o w T o CREATE FAMILIARS
H o w To DO A BANISHING
H o w T o GET POSSESSED
EXERCISE 24
EXERCISE 25
OR:
'THE NATURE O F INITIATION'
GOGGLES
RING A N Y BELLS?
GREEN M I S T
WAIT A MINUTE...
EXERCISE 26
11. Please see the suggested reading list given at the end of
this book.
for as long or as short a period of time as you see
fit. Just make sure you do something everyday!
OR:
THE PROPHETIC NARRATIVE
G A N D A L F T H E MASTER W I Z A R D
LORD G O D , W H Y ?
TOOL
O N THE CARDS
EXERCISE 27
EXERCISE 28
4. Decide that the Shuffling the cards and laying them out
experience means the means I will get an answer to my ques-
same thing as what tion.
you want to occur.
OR:
'THE GREATEST ACT O F MAGICK THAT CAN BE
PERFORMED'
MAGICK
EXERCISE 30
OR:
'THE INTEGRATION O F MAGICAL EXPERIENCE'
COMING D O W N
BIG BALLOON
CURDLED M I L K
EXERCISE 31
WINGS
READING THE W O R L D
OR:
'THE DEFINITION O F MAGICK'
SIMPLICITY
OR:
' A PROPHECY'
PEACE, M A N
I ' M SO EXCITED
A N D I JUST C A N ' T H I D E IT
Poo
Unfortunately, I do not expect them to.
Most end-time predictions are easy to dismiss if
all they posit is some kind of catastrophic event.
For example, hundreds of maniac astronomers
claim a collision between the earth and a rogue as-
tronomical body is imminent every year, and it's
pretty easy to verify whether or not the evidence
supports this. To claim that Jesus is going to re-
appear next Thursday is unverifiable either way, so
you might as well as forget about it.
However, what happens when you know for
certain an event will occur that means the end of
the world, and the birth of a new one, but there is
no evidence for a cause of that implied meaning?
What meaning will the events on this planet
have on 21st December 2012?
We don't have to look very far for an event, on
that date, that might indicate a synchronicity.
BIG M O M M A
W E ' R E ALL G O I N G T O D I E
EGG O N M Y FACE
EXERCISE 33
EASY DOES IT
EXERCISE 34
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