In Chaos Magic, beliefs are not seen as ends in themselves, but as tools for creating desired effects.
Peter J. CarrollWe doubt that any facts actually exist. We only have observations and interpretations. Most of the interpretations remain questionable.
Peter J. CarrollThe pseudoscience of astrology has no place in magick. Astrology has already died twice: once with the classical gods, and a second time after the Enlightenment. The complete failure of contemporary psychology to create anything other than a vocabulary of intellectual rubbish has encouraged astrology to resurface.
Peter J. CarrollIn a stagnant environment the body-mind creates its own adversity – disease and fantasy.
Peter J. CarrollThat which is denied gains power, and seeks strange and unexpected forms of manifestation.
Peter J. CarrollSo 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.
Peter J. Carroll