CHAOS STREAMS #2 is here!

Back in 2016 we in the IOT decided we needed to publish something that showed the substance of our magical lives, the actual stuff we got up to. We published a collection of essays, reports and ideas and called it Chaos Streams #1. (In case you don’t already have a copy, it’s available here). It was very well received, people obviously wanted to read stuff about what magicians do. 

We always planned to follow it up, and that long awaited issue 2 is with us now. Click on the graphic to go to where you can get a copy.

Within those covers is a good mix of items, and writers who hail from UK, Italy, Scandinavia, Poland, Ukraine and Australasia. 

There are reports of magical practice, including ancestor work, sacred places in Kyiv, group Enochian skrying, the magic of dyslexia, pieces on the magics of art, Baphomet, bees, Goetia, our semi-open London group CYN, pilgrimage, working with Choronzon; reflections on the magical path; guides to magical techniques, including the uses of dusts and liquids; magical artworks, poems, a couple of magical stories; and finally a report and an invitation to get involved with the WABRI egregore work against WMDs. 

The book is lavishly illustrated, with some great art pieces. It really is a very nicely made thing.

Buy two, one for yourself and one to give at Yule!

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If you’ve already got a copy you may have one which went out before we included the errata slip for the errors on the final page. This is how it looks:

ERRATA

Final page, ‘Artwork and Photography Credits’:


1. Frater Ahperl 

pages 15-17, 156-161


Should read:


Frater Ahperl 

pages 15-17



2. Soror Respira 

pages 50, 118, 119


Should read:


Soror Respira 

Pages 50, 118, 119, 157, 158.



3. - and insert:


Gavin Fox 

page 156


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