Late-modern revisions
Phil Hine
The writer principally responsible for making chaos magic legible outside its small original British milieu.
- Dates
- contemporary – living
- Dating
- approximate dates
The life
His biographical details have been less central to his public work than for the older figures in this chronology, which is itself a change in how occultists present themselves.
Place in the tradition
Condensed Chaos is probably the most accessible introduction the subject has: pragmatic, psychologically literate, and deliberately hostile to unnecessary occult solemnity.
a note on the record
History and later legend
He is living, and his birth year is given only approximately.
the written record
Principal works
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1993
Prime Chaos
Moves beyond beginner sigil magic toward ritual construction, group work and more developed practice.
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1995
Condensed Chaos
Probably the most accessible introduction to chaos magic.
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1996
The Pseudonomicon
Applies chaos-magical thinking to Lovecraftian imagery — illustrating the willingness to use a fictional symbolic system without requiring belief that it is historically or metaphysically true.