chaotopia

I’m leaving Fakebook, deleting my Meta account. These words about how and why I'm doing so are slightly premature - it’ll actually be a few days more before my final post on there.  But I want to go on about it a bit because I want as many of my friends as possible to see the posts. And the way FB's algorithm scrambles the timeline does make it a bit like dealing with a dementia sufferer.  I'm going to miss some of you. And some features of this (really rather crappy) platform. I have to admit I’ve gained from using Fakebook over the last 15 years or so. I’ve recontacted old friends, I’ve advertised courses and events and shown support for things I approve of. I’ve had some laughs, enjoyed some amusing memes.  But I’m going to have a good old moan before I pack my bags. In the hope that maybe some of it will motivate you my friends to make the effort, to move onto a more civilized platform and join me on Bluesky.  So what’s wrong with FB? - Stupid algorithm rather th...

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 ...