Liber KKK, Chaosu Magija
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Liber KKK
Liber KKK
by Peter J. Carroll
KAOS KERAUNOS KYBERNETOS
(THE CHAOS THUNDERBOLT STEERS ALL THINGS)
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Liber KKK is the first, complete, systematic magical training programme for some
centuries. It is a definitive replacement for the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, which
system has become obsolete due to its monotheist transcendentalism and its dependency on
repressive forms of inhibitory gnosis now considered inappropriate.
Liber KKK is presented as a series of general magical techniques which the magician must
develop into a workable programme using whatever symbols, instruments and forms of
gnosis that appeal to him. It would be inappropriate for a Chaos Magic text to prescribe any
particular beliefs or dogmas, except that magic works if certain general principles are
followed. It would be inappropriate for any Chaos magician to slavishly adhere to the fine
detail of any system. Much can be learnt from Liber KKK in the process of adapting general
procedures to personal taste and objectives. Liber KKK may be attempted by any adult. The
word "magician" applies equally to either sex and the use of the male personal pronouns in
the text is merely a literary convention in the absence of neutral forms in English.
Liber KKK is a series of twenty-five magical operations or "conjurations". The five classical
conjurations of Evocation, Divination, Enchantment, Invocation and Illumination are each
performed on the five levels of Sorcery, Shamanic Magic, Ritual Magic, Astral Magic and
High Magic. Thus the whole work systematically resumes the entire tradition of magical
technique, leading the magician from simple practices and the manufacture of tools towards
the mastery of more complex experiments on the psychic level.
It is highly desirable that the magician has some form of private temple for his conjurations.
Yet it is essential that the magician remains active in the world for the period of the work as
a whole. The work does not entail any form of retreat from the world, but rather the world
surrounding the magician is used as the proving ground for magic. Thus the business and
social affairs of the magician are the prime focus for his magic. In performing that magic he
gradually defines his style or spirituality. For it is senseless to define spirituality as other
than the way one lives. If the Way of Magic is to have a spiritual component it can only be
discovered through the performance, all strictures and exhortations are useless.
There is no upper limit on the time that may be alloted to complete the entire work but it
cannot be completed in less than a single year. Any person with the time to complete the
operation in less than a year should consider adopting further worldly commitments as
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arbitrary goals in support of which, various parts of the work can be used. Objective results
are the proof of magic, all else is mysticism.
Samples of the Philosophers Stone which do not transmute lead to gold will also fail as
elixirs of enlightenment in a lifestyle of risk and uncertainty. The magician may need to
consider whether he needs to adopt projects involving these elements before he begins the
work.
For the purpose of this operation, the five classical magical acts of Evocation, Divination,
Enchantment, Invocation and Illumination are defined as follows:-
EVOCATION:
Is work with entities which may be naturally occuring or manufactured. They may be
regarded as independent spirits, fragments or the magicians subconscious, or the egregores
of various species of life form, according to taste and belief structure. In practice Evocation
is usually performed for Enchantment, in which the evoked entities are made to create
effects on behalf of the magician. Evoked entities also find some application in Divination,
when they are used to discover information for the magician.
DIVINATION:
Includes all those practices in which the magician attempts to extend his perception by
magical means.
ENCHANTMENT:
Includes all those practices in which the magician attempts to impose his will on reality.
INVOCATION:
Is the deliberate attunement of consciousness and the unconscious with some archetypal or
significant nexus of thought. The classical conceptions of Pagan god forms are often used
but other principles may serve. Invocation creates states of inspiration or possession during
which Enchantment, Divination, or occasionally Evocation, can be performed.
ILLUMINATION:
Is deliberate self modification by magic and may include spells of Enchantment cast at
oneself to repair weaknesses or increase strengths, and Divination and Invocation performed
for inspiration and direction.
Thus all magical operations are based on the use of will, perception and imagination, which
is to say that they are all species of Enchantment or Divination. Imagination is that which
occurs when will and perception stimulate each other.
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The five levels of magical activity, Socercery, Shamanic, Ritual, Astral and High Magic are
for the purposes of this operation defined as follows:-
SORCERY:
Is simple magic which depends on the occult connections which exist between physical
phenomena. Sorcery is a mechanical art which does not require the theory that connection
exist between the mind of the operator and the target. Any effects arising from such a
connection can, however, be regarded as an added bonus. Workng on the sorcery level the
magician creates artifacts, tools and instruments which interact magically with the physical
world and which can be used again in more subtle ways on the other levels. The sorcery
level work should be performed thoroughly, for simple as its practices seem they are the
foundation on which the higher level work rests.
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SHAMANIC MAGIC:
Works on the level of trance, vision, imagination and dream. It opens the magician's
subconscious by negating the psychic censor with various techniques. The magician faces
considerable danger on this level and may have frequent recourse to sorcery techniques or
banishing ritual if it threatens to obsess or overwhelm him.
RITUAL MAGIC:
Combines the abilities developed on the Sorcery and Shamanic levels. The magician brings
together the use of tools from the Sorcery level with the subconscious powers liberated on
the Shamanic levels and combines their use in a disciplined and controlled fashion.
ASTRAL MAGIC:
Is performed by visualisation and altered states of consciousness or gnosis, alone. Physical
paraphernalia is not used although the tools and instruments from the previous levels can be
used in the form of visualised images. At first the magician will probably require seclusion,
silence, darkness and considerable effort at concentration and trance to succeed with such
magic, but practice will allow it to be performed anywhere.
HIGH MAGIC:
Is that which occurs when there is no impediment to the direct magical effect of will, no
barrier to direct clairvoyance and prescience, and no seperation between the magician and
any form of rapport or consciousness he chooses to enter into. For most people the portals of
High Magic are open at a few peak moments in a lifetime. As the magician progresses
through his training the momentum he acquires will force open the gates to the miraculous
more often. No procedures are given here for the five conjurations of High Magic. High
Magic represents the point where technique gives way to intuitive genius and each must
intuit the key to unleashing such powers for himself.
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The first twenty conjurations teach the full gamut of artificial tricks and techniques for
throwing and catching the magical thunderbolt. In High Magic the primordial Chaos at the
centre of our being grabs or hurls the thunderbolt by itself.
The five conjurations on each level may be attempted in any order but all five should be
completed before beginning on the next level. The magician should prepare to begin the
whole operation on a date that is auspicious or personally significant. Perhaps a birthday or
a seasonal turning point. A book is prepared in which the magician is to record successes
with each of the twenty-five conjurations. Only successful results are noted and the
magician must modify his approach to each conjuration until results worthy of recording are
achieved. Lesser results may be recorded elsewhere for reference. The record of the Liber
KKK operation, however, should contain an account of notable successes with each of the
twenty-five conjurations. A single success with each should be regarded as an absolute
minimum whilst five successes with each of the twenty-five conjurations can be regarded as
thorough work.
With the possible exception of acts of High Magic, all conjurations should be planned in
detail beforehand. Upon entering the temple beginning work, the magician should know
precisely what he intends to do. Most magicians prefer to write out a rubric for a conjuration
even if they rarely use the written form as a cue. The magician will often have to do more
than is planned as inspiration and necessity move him. Yet he should never fail to carry out
what he has planned or begin work with a vague idea of doing some magic.
The Gnostic Banishing Ritual
During the period of the performance of the Liber KKK operation the magician may need to
defend himself against the results of his own mistakes and hostile psychic influences. He
may also need to replenish his own health and psychic forces. For these purposes the
Gnostic Banishing Ritual may be used. It is a technically compact and powerful conjuration
of Ritual Enchantment for all of the above purposes. It may be used freely during the work
as a whole and particularly as a prelude and an ending to each of the first fifteen
conjurations.
Conjurations One to Five - Sorcery Level Magic
Sorcery depends on exploiting psychic connection between the physical phenomena and
only secondarily on establishing psychic connections between mind and physical
phenomena. Each of the conjurations requires the use of physical instruments which can be
used again on other levels. It is highly desirable that the magician make these instruments by
his own hand. However the magician may adapt existing objects for use if such objects are
especially significant, or unique artifacts, or designed by the magician, or if such objects
become available to the magician in an unusual or meaningful manner. It is no accident that
sorcery techniques often resemble certain childhood behaviour patterns. Children often have
a natural familiarity with the simple principles of magic even if they lack the persistance or
encouragement to make them work. The adult magician is seeking to regain that childlike
sense of imagination, fluidity and wishful thinking, and turn it into something of real power.
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Conjuration One - Sorcery Evocation
The magician creates with his own hands a physical representation of a fetish entity by
carving, moulding or assembly. Its functions are in general to attract success, to protect by
repelling misfortune and to act as a reservoir of power for the magician. It is usually shaped
to resemble some kind of actual living being or chimerical being whose form suggests its
function. If it is vaguely humanoid in shape it is known as a Homunculus. It may be made to
contain parts of the magician's body or be annointed with blood or sexual fluids. The
magician treats the fetish as a living being, speaking his will to it, commanding it to exert its
its influence in his favour and carrying it on his person when on critical errands. Some
magicians prefer to make two fetishes, one to implement will, the other to bring knowledge
and information.
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Conjuration Two - Sorcery Divination
The magician prepares a simple model of the universe for use as a divinatory tool. A set of
Rune Sticks or Rune Stones is most excellent for this purpose. Occidental geomancy sticks
provide a somewhat simpler model whilst the systems of Tarot or I Ching can prove too
complex for later work on the Shamanic levels unless abbreviated in some way. The
magician should perform divination both for general trends and for answer to specific
questions. The element of the divinatory tool should be treated as having a fairly direct
relationship to the parts of reality they represent and the procedures of sortiledge should be
regarded as a mirror of the process by which reality takes its decisions. Divinatory activity
should be pitched at a frequency and complexity which allows answers to be remembered. It
is preferable to divine for phenomena which are likely to confirm or negate the divination
within a relatively short time period.
Conjuration Three - Sorcery Enchantment
For the work of the third conjuration the magician may need to prepare or acquire a variety
of instruments, but chief amongst these should be a single special tool or magical weapon,
for enchantment. A small pointed wand or a knife are especially convenient. This special
instrument or weapon can also be usefully employed to trace the pentagrams in the Gnostic
Banishing Ritual. A fist sized piece of modelling clay or other plastic material may be the
only other instrument required. To perform Sorcery Enchantment the magician makes
physical representations of his will and desire. Where possible the magical weapon should
be used to help make or manipulate these representations. The magician should perform one
or several conjurations of this type per week. As always he should aim to influence events
before nature has made her mind up, and he should not put too great a strain on nature by
conjuring for highly improbable events.
Conjuration Four - Sorcery Invocation
The aim of the fourth conjuration is to create radical changes in behaviour by temporarily
altering the environment. There is no limit to the variation of experience the magician may
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