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  <title><![CDATA[Condensed Chaos: An Introduction to Chaos Magic]]></title>
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  <default-description>Magic is a doorway through which we step into mystery, wildness, and immanence. We live in a world subject to extensive and seemingly, all-embracing systems of social and personal control that continually feed us the lie that we are each alone, helpless, and powerless to effect change. Magic is about change. Changing your circumstances so that you strive to live according to a developing sense of personal responsibility; that you can effect change around you if you choose; that we are not helpless cogs in some clockwork universe. All acts of personal/collective liberation are magical acts. Magic leads us into exhilaration and ecstasy; into insight and understanding; into changing ourselves and the world in which we participate. Through magic we may come to explore the possibilities of freedom.</default-description>
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  <original-publication-month type="integer">7</original-publication-month>
  <original-publication-year type="integer">1995</original-publication-year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Phil Hine]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Anyone searching for the Truth]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[My higher power, my true self, a half eaten bagel and a talking ]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Nov 25 14:44:39 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Nov 09 08:02:52 -0800 2008</date_added>
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  <read_count>2 and counting</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Having been a solitary pagan for a the last three years, and after changing paths several times over, through whatever process exists (if any), I came across Condense Chaos.  It is a pragmatic and easy to understand short manual on what magic is, what it isn't, how anyone with the desire can learn t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37245813">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Dec 17 11:34:16 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Dec 17 11:36:16 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Pretty much what the title says.  Probably the most discliplined intro to chaos magick book around, not too caught up in its own importance.  I'd consider using it as an adjunct to teaching literary theory if I ...taught.<br/>Less wandering than Carroll, more grounded than AOS.]]></body>
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    <review id="75758133">
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  <date_added>Mon Oct 26 06:20:00 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Oct 26 06:22:41 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[decent introduction to the school of magic that's gives many young people an excuse to do whatever they think is cool and feel empowered by it.]]></body>
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    <review id="47453580">
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  <date_added>Tue Feb 24 21:30:40 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Condensed Chaos: An Introduction to Chaos Magic by Phil Hine (1995)]]></body>
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    <review id="49684447">
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  <date_added>Wed Mar 18 12:40:15 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Mar 18 12:43:56 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Recommended by Grant Morrison (POP MAGIC!)]]></body>
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    <review id="18994536">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[People who like weird stuff.]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2000</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Mar 30 10:41:35 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Mar 30 10:52:14 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book encourages adding both mindfulness and randomness to your life. Whether or not you believe in the computer programmery brand of magic described herein, the book contains insight into the way the mind works, as well as ways to trick it into working better.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18994536?utm_medium=api]]></url>
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    <review id="32450998">
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  <date_added>Tue Sep 09 11:53:39 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Sep 09 11:56:08 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this one on dare, including attempting to use some of the ideas contained within. My life has been different ever since. Instructs with a very 'user friendly' sort of emphasis and a superior sense of humor. All I can say is, try it, you might like it.]]></body>
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    <review id="12155028">
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  <date_added>Thu Jan 10 09:20:01 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 10 09:35:39 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another good primer on Chaos Magick and postmodern mysticism, this one hits all the basics.  For what it's worth, I find Hine's writing style to be more laid back and &quot;user-friendly&quot; than a lot of other authors.]]></body>
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    <review id="20008461">
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    <name><![CDATA[Guy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Alphei Menashe, Israel]]></location>        
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    <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Apr 12 10:59:38 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Apr 12 11:00:42 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The discussion of groups and politics in this book is surprisingly true for other semi-academic groups as well, such as universities and the Indie RPG Theory crowd.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20008461?utm_medium=api]]></url>
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    <review id="9464455">
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    <name><![CDATA[Garrett]]></name>
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  <date_added>Fri Nov 23 16:32:02 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Nov 23 16:34:16 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great intro to Sorcery,Servitors, and sigil Magick. Hine's chapter on initiation is especially good imho.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9464455?utm_medium=api]]></url>
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    <review id="22248111">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jamie]]></name>
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  <date_added>Wed May 14 12:42:51 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jul 08 14:52:44 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Juvenile, and full of &quot;quotes&quot; to &quot;describe things&quot;, which really &quot;pisses me off.&quot;]]></body>
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    <review id="21243953">
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    <name><![CDATA[Erisson]]></name>
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  <date_added>Tue Apr 29 08:14:25 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Apr 29 08:14:51 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Probably time to read this again. Need to crack open my spiritual side again.]]></body>
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    <review id="14669528">
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I learned how to turn invisible, and to shoot lightning from my eyes.]]></body>
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    <review id="21072450">
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    <body><![CDATA[The introduction I recommend in response to most inquiries.]]></body>
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