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- T H E J I H A D O F C H A O S
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- An exercise of the Sword, to complement the work of the
- Wand in Chaos Monasticism.
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- Candidates may elect to perform the Jihad (Holy War)
- for any period of their own choosing and to adopt the title
- "Æonic Warrior" for the duration of their Jihad. Jihad is
- performed for several purposes:
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- 1) To test, expand, and sharpen personal magical skills.
- 2) As an experiment in controlled fanaticism.
- 3) To Immanentize the Eschaton, the bringing-forth of the
- Pandæmonæon.
- 4) To attack regressive or anti-æonic targets.
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- Candidates may elect to perform Jihad in three modes;
- the Lesser, Greater, or the Extreme. At all times when on
- Jihad an Æonic Warrior bears a magical dagger. This weapon
- may be carried in a concealed fashion, and the warrior
- should also sleep with it. The dagger functions as a
- constant reminder of the work in hand and may also find
- application in magical combat. The word "dagger" may be
- loosely interpreted to include instruments which would
- usually be classed as swords if desired, but the instrument
- should at least be of a size to be useful in physical
- combat. Complete celibacy is to be maintained throughout
- Jihad. All sexual activities and thoughts should be
- vigorously suppressed and the resulting tensions and
- energies directed towards the martial gnosis of the
- Warrior. Candidates may choose to supplement the formal
- duties of their Jihad with such pleasures and privations as
- sleeping on a hard surface, eating a limited diet of high
- protein foods and taking vigorous exercise daily.
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- Lesser Jihad Duties
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- 1) Carry a Magical Dagger at all times.
- 2) Complete celibacy.
- 3) Perform the Vortex Rite upon awakening and upon
- retiring. One performance should be preceded by the
- recitation of a Chaoist Catechism and be performed for
- the Immanentization of the Eschaton. The other should
- be used to Chaobolt a suitable target.
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- Greater Jihad Duties
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- 4) Perform the Lesser Jihad Duties.
- 5) Perform a third Vortex Rite to Chaobolt a second target.
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- Extreme Jihad Duties
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- 6) Perform the Greater Jihad Duties (to include the
- Lesser).
- 7) Break sleep midway through to perform a full Entropy or
- Combat Magic Ritual against a selected target.
- Notes
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- Jihad begins with an oath taken over the dagger which
- specifies the mode of Jihad, its duration and target(s) to
- be attacked. The dagger may afterwards be engraved with
- numbers denoting mode and duration as with the wand in
- Monasticism or else destroyed in the case of failure.
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- Targets may be Chaobolted at the climax of the Vortex
- Rite either by the usual Barbaric Incantation procedure or
- by the visualization of an astral Chaobolt hurled into the
- Vortex.
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- A Chaobolt consists of a long sharp triangular pyramid
- with a sigil on the triangular base which is visualized as
- diminishing in size as it recedes away from the thrower,
- point first.
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- There is no fixed form to the Chaoist Catechism. The
- following example may be used, modified, or ignored at
- will.
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- A CHAOIST CATECHISM
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- We believe in Almighty Chaos
- Mother of Matter and Æther
- Nothing is True
- and Everything is Permitted
- There is no God but Chaos
- The Pact, its Ministry on Earth
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- There is no Being
- All is Doing
- There is no Self
- We do all the Gods and Goddesses
- Freedom over "truth"
- Probability Rules, Chaos Reigns
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- Pestilential Religions, Putrid Ideologies
- To Entropy! Make my Æon!
- We are its Staff, Sword, Chalice, and Shield
- We Know, We Will, We Dare, and we are Devious
- Today the World
- Tomorrow the Solar System
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- We Immanentize the Eschaton!
- We Invoke the Pandæmonæon!
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