The Jihad of Chaos

An exercise of the Sword,
to complement the work of the Wand in Chaos Monasticism.

Candidates may elect to perform the Jihad (Holy War) for any period of their own choosing and to adopt the title "Aeonic Warrior" for the duration of their Jihad. Jihad is performed for several purposes:

  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 Pandaemonaeon.
  4. To attack regressive or anti-aeonic targets.
Candidates may elect to perform Jihad in three modes; the Lesser, Greater, or the Extreme. At all times when on Jihad an Aeonic 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.

Lesser Jihad Duties

  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.

Greater Jihad Duties

  1. Perform the Lesser Jihad Duties.
  2. Perform a third Vortex Rite to Chaobolt a second target.

Extreme Jihad Duties

  1. Perform the Greater Jihad Duties (to include the Lesser).
  2. Break sleep midway through to perform a full Entropy or Combat Magic Ritual against a selected target.

Notes

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.

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.

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.

There is no fixed form to the Chaoist Catechism. The following example may be used, modified, or ignored at will.

A CHAOIST CATECHISM

We believe in Almighty Chaos
Mother of Matter and Aether
Nothing is True
and Everything is Permitted
There is no God but Chaos
The Pact, its Ministry on Earth

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

Pestilential Religions, Putrid Ideologies
To Entropy! Make my Aeon!
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

We Immanentize the Eschaton!
We Invoke the Pandaemonaeon!