If someone claims to have free will, ask them, free from precisely what?

Chaos, the life force of the universe, is not human-hearted. Therefore the wizard cannot be human-hearted when he seeks to tap the force of the universe. He performs monstrous and arbitrary acts to loosen the hold of human limitations upon himself.

In certain tantric rituals the candidate is first beaten by his guru, hashish forced down him, and he is taken at midnight to a dark cemetery for sacred sexual intercourse. Thus he achieves union with his god.

So many people seem to spend their lives trying to appear normal, predictable and consistent to themselves and those that surround them. They just end up bored with themselves, bereft of any depth of inner resources, suffocated by the inhibitions that defend their own monolithic identities.

That which is denied gains power, and seeks strange and unexpected forms of manifestation.

In Chaos Magic, beliefs are not seen as ends in themselves, but as tools for creating desired effects.

Only through absolute loyalty to each other can the few control the many.