From Liber Kaos by Peter J. Carroll:
"I believe that there are many selves within us; that we are all cases of multiple personality-- though generally unaffected with the amnesia which is the hallmark of the clinical manifestations of this condition. Sanity is a state in which our component selves love and trust each other and are prepared to let each other assume control as circumstances demand it. If a particular self [...] begins to seriously encroach on the functions of the other selves, it is a sign that something is going wrong; the basic self-love that binds the selves together is breaking down[...]"
From Psybermagick by Peter J. Carroll:
Chapter 3 - Ourselfs
Multimind
Some philosophers and psychologists bemoan the disintegration or fragmentation of the self in the contemporary world.
We celebrate this development.
The belief in a single self stems from religious monotheisms having only a single god. Let us throw out the baby with the bathwater.
If you consider yourself an ‘individual’, in the sense of ‘indivisible’, you have not lived.
If you merely consider yourself as a single being capable of playing various roles, then you have yet to play them in extremis.
The selves must allow each self a shot at its goals in life, if you wish to achieve any sense of fulfillment and remain sane. (Source)
While I know next to nothing about Chaos Magick as a system, but perhaps I will have to learn more, if it is so supportive of this state of being.
"I believe that there are many selves within us; that we are all cases of multiple personality-- though generally unaffected with the amnesia which is the hallmark of the clinical manifestations of this condition. Sanity is a state in which our component selves love and trust each other and are prepared to let each other assume control as circumstances demand it. If a particular self [...] begins to seriously encroach on the functions of the other selves, it is a sign that something is going wrong; the basic self-love that binds the selves together is breaking down[...]"
From Psybermagick by Peter J. Carroll:
Chapter 3 - Ourselfs
Multimind
Some philosophers and psychologists bemoan the disintegration or fragmentation of the self in the contemporary world.
We celebrate this development.
The belief in a single self stems from religious monotheisms having only a single god. Let us throw out the baby with the bathwater.
If you consider yourself an ‘individual’, in the sense of ‘indivisible’, you have not lived.
If you merely consider yourself as a single being capable of playing various roles, then you have yet to play them in extremis.
The selves must allow each self a shot at its goals in life, if you wish to achieve any sense of fulfillment and remain sane. (Source)
While I know next to nothing about Chaos Magick as a system, but perhaps I will have to learn more, if it is so supportive of this state of being.