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This is Renegade Files Episode 83, Chaos Magic.

Chaos Magic is one of those unfortunate topics which, because of a poorly selected name, people tend to think they know what it is, without ever looking into it.

Maybe that’s a good thing from the perspective of a true Chaos Magician, but the more likely truth is that (1) the devotees probably don’t care if someone understands it or not, and (2), there is no such thing as Truth in the first place so either of these scenarios is equally ineffectual in the world and there’s really no one to care or not care, but this is not to say that the entire discipline is Nihilistic.

A better term might be flexible, and before we start trying to understand this, we need to unravel a few things.

First of all, the unfortunate name here: Chaos Magic. When people hear the word Chaos, they often think of melee, destruction, and wreckage. Officially, Chaos refers to a state of complete confusion or disorder, where there is no order or organization. It can also describe a confused mass or mixture of things. As for Chaos Magic, what we’re concerned with is more of the absence of organization, formality, and tradition. But this doesn’t mean the total void of performance. Quite the opposite. Chaos magic is, above all else, concerned with Results.

One of its mantras is, If it works, it works.

In the first section we’ll cover some deeper definitions and origins of Chaos Magic. In part 2 we’ll explore the tools of the trade. In part 3 we’ll dive into Chaos Magic in Popular and fringe Culture. And that will lead us into some part 4, Pop Culture Events and Products that just may be forms of Chaos Magic being performed in plain sight. By the end we should know just enough about Chaos Magic to get us in trouble.

So join me now for Renegade Files Episode 83… wherein together we will explore the strange, potentially life changing, and almost certainly treacherous world of Chaos Magic.

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