Chaos Paganism
Upon the Altar of Everything and Nothing
CHAOS PAGANISM
Chaos Paganism is an evolving system devoted to the needs of the individual non-Abrahamic spiritual practitioner.
RITUAL IS PERSONAL – MAGIC IS SCIENCE BY METAPHOR
Essentially connected with traditional polytheistic forms of Paganism/Animism, but is not rigidly devoted to any particular form of veneration due to the fact that we as individuals—and as a culture—change/evolve as our own lives and culture and technology also change.
THE STOLEN PAST THE RECLAIMED FUTURE
Due to the Christian editorialized nature of most forms of European Pagan tradition in the centuries following the death of the Roman Emperor Constantine—along with the wanton destruction of the Pagan Classical, as well as the wider European Pagan world—practitioners cannot solely rely upon historical/mythological sources for a complete picture of how our ancestors venerated their Pagan gods and goddess.
THE COSMOS HAS NO POLITICS.
While acknowledging that all forms of traditional Indo-European and other Paganism are valid, Chaos Paganism—taking inspiration from the Chaos Magic movement—acknowledging that cultural and technological changes are vital, unavoidable elements that need to be incorporated into all forms of Pagan and Polytheistic spiritual paths, so as to keep the process vibrant, and to also avoid dogmatic religious, secular and political elements taking root within Pagan systems.
DOGMA IS THE ENEMY OF THE SOUL
This is what makes systems such as Wicca, Druidry as well as most Magical Practices unreliable and inauthentic. Their contemporary origins are essentially Kabbalistic (Abrahamic) and therefore easily politicized and dogmatized. The same dogmatism also applies to the current emerging Nordic Pagan systems.
Congregationalism (formal) is at odds with the spiritual development of the self.
THE PROVISIONAL PROTOCOLS OF CHAOS PAGANISM CAN BE:
Rejection of formal Congregational Paganism in favour of Personal Veneration and Observation.
Evaluation of traditional Pagan festivals due to issues surrounding alterations and inaccuracies brought about by conflicts that have arisen as a result of the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Samhain for example is a highly contentious festival in terms of the present date. A lunar 13-month calendar should be considered.
That non-human cultural ‘gods’—such as fictional characters with powerful archetypal resonance—are as worthy of veneration alongside traditional Norse, Celtic, Slavic, etc., or any other polytheistic-orientated gods/archetypes.
The integration of multiple polytheistic systems e.g.:
Norse, Celtic, Lovecraftian, Urban Legends, Hauntology, Conspiracy (with discernment) Fortean/Supernatural/Paranormal as well as Hinduism are perfectly valid as they all derive from common sources of human imagination and creativity. All are valid colours upon the archetypal pallet of the Chaos Pagan.
That any god or goddess can be literal or metaphorical to the level the practitioner wishes them to be.
Systems of folk magic need to be brought into the modern age and not be exclusively stuck within an agrarian past. Quantum gods for the quantum future etc.
That there are no terminal events, only the commencement of new cycles of consciousness
Nothing is written in terms of any book of spiritual law which must be exclusively adhered to. That flexibility and adaptations—concurrent with personal, cultural, and technological changes—can be incorporated into Chaos Paganism in order to avoid the psychological and social conflicts/traumas present within Abrahamic evangelical religions such as Christianity and Islam
Other forms of consciousness exist within the cosmos and these are to be understood rather than to be made fearful of.
The magic of today becomes the science of tomorrow and the science of today becomes the magic of tomorrow.
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CREATIVE WILL
It is a strange thing indeed when we create something and then only live in fear of it. I suspect that at some subconscious level, we know how volatile and terrifying the magic of the creative process can be and these things become our own Frankenstein Monsters. A Golem we forged from the mud of our lives that can either serve or consume us.
I am not an activist. I would not waste my time on activism. I just keep throwing 'it' out there and if people want to run with it great. If not, that's their own free will, and good luck to them. I also expect to get zero validation or social change created as an effect of my work. I am aware of my limitations and my energy is precious.
Once a tiny number of folks are looking at 'reality' from alternative viewpoints then all good. I am not expecting them to do anything about it. No reason why they should.
I subscribe to the Nietzschean idea that the absolute Truth is unattainable and that all language is ultimately a metaphor. Therefore, one person's 'Truth' can easily be another person's 'Lie', and I am not interested in suffering for semantics.
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Thomas Sheridan is an Author, filmmaker, Alternative Folklorist, and Satirist who has spent a life from Wall Street to the Jungles of South Asia attempting to discover the emerging—often elusive—mythology of modern humans within the present technology-saturated era. Heavily inspired by the work of Carl Jung, Bruno Bettelheim, and Joseph Campbell, Thomas Sheridan has developed ‘Monomythic’ tool kits—which draw upon all the mythologies of the world. To demonstrate that on a personal and collective level; these legends and stories contain within them a subconscious lexicon of wisdom and symbols that can help all of us overcome the personal and greater challenges we encounter in everyday life. By not giving birth and nurturing these timeless archetypes within us all, modern humans are at a loss when it comes to achieving personal and social Individuation. Or a rounding out of one’s purpose in life. Their dharma. Their Monomyth. Inside all of us reside a wizard, a warrior, a bard, and a knight and by tapping into the power of these archetypes one can have a more fulfilling and creative life. Every challenge is a quest. Every situation is a saga. Every moment is an adventure.
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