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Quantum Sorcery:
The Science of Chaos Magic
David Smith
Stafford,England
Quantum Sorcery: The Science of Chaos Magic
David Smith
© 2009 Second edition
Smashwords edition 2011
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Contents
Foreword , Jaq D Hawkins
There are many approaches to magic. Over the decades
that I have personally studied various systems, I have come
across everything from completely faith-based magic to
empiric scientific approaches, yet I was constantly beset
with one question throughout my younger life that wouldn’t
begin to be resolved until the late 1980’s; what makes the
magic work? When I came across the disciplines within
chaos magic theory, things began to fall into place. Here
was a practical approach to magic that went beyond the
limitations of ordinary science, yet refused to get lost in the
airy fairy new age belief systems even though the magic
might well draw from either extreme to formulate a result.
Harnessing the ultimate power of the human mind as the
basis of magic made sense with even an elementary
concept of quantum physics.
Somewhere along my journey I began to correspond
with Dave Smith. I believe this began in the
Chaosmagic.Com community where I used to spend much
more time before life as a film producer tore me away from
too many idle hours of internet surfing. That too was an act
of chaos. But although my correspondence may be less
frequent, keeping some contact with those with whom I
have discussed concepts of magic reminds me that there are
others who share my question. Dave writes in the
introduction to Quantum Sorcery in very similar words to
my own from all those years ago, “what is the underlying
mechanism by which the Will causes physical change in
the universe?”
Oddly, despite my interest in chaos magic, I have never
set foot in a physics class. The concepts make perfect sense
to me when applied to magic, but I rely on people like
Dave to investigate the links to traditional science. My
studies may have taken me through chaos science and
probability as well as alchemy, but a transient life has left a
few gaps in my formal education which I am only
motivated to fill when I find real life application for the
information. Hence, my understanding of physics is largely
coloured by its application to magic. It is always an honour
to be asked to write a foreword for a book that you would
like to have written yourself. Reading through the first
section of this one is like reading the book I would wish to
write if I had the time to do the research and to remember
all of the materials I have studied over the years. The
history of magic and the importance of the references to
The Emerald Tablet in particular is something that many
young magicians seem to miss out on in these days of
instant gratification and television advert conditioned
attention spans.
A good grounding in historic information is still valuable
for the magician, even with the quick success ratio of
Austin Osman Spare’s popularised sigil methods. One
doesn’t have to follow the methods of historic magic or
dead magicians to benefit from their example. Then of
course there are the magicians still among us, the early
chaos magicians like Peter J Carroll who began exploring
the concepts of Austin Osman Spare and applying recent
scientific theory to the practise of magic. Such magicians
have forged new paths in modern magic, making it easier
for the new magician to access workable information and to
apply it to a world that is very unlike that of the historic
Alchemists and Kabbalists. With more understanding of
science, there is more understanding of magic.
It is when we get to the more scientific concepts behind
magic in the second part of this book that I see the book
that I couldn’t have written. Yet, the clear and concise way
in which Dave Smith has explained the history and
concepts of physics leaves me feeling that I’ve definitely
learned something of importance, and that is the goal of
any non-fiction book. With the higher awareness that
internet chaos magic has spread, I think it is time for this
book. Books that do little more than re-hash the writings of
Peter Carroll, Timothy Leary, and Robert Anton Wilson
have appeared periodically since the late 1970’s. I’ve
avoided such an approach myself.
Quantum Sorcery is the first book I’ve seen for some
time that delves right into the science behind the magic,
and provides answers to the questions I was asking so long
ago. I will make no attempt to paraphrase here, but leave
the reader to savour the words of the author himself. The
concepts of physics are inextricable from practical magic.
Recognising that fact has become the arena of the chaos
magician. Far from being dead, chaos magic has evolved to
encompass the rapidly increasing information of the
modern age and the changes in society that inevitably affect
the growth of magical concept and community.
Parts of this book are like embracing an old friend. As I
read about Lorenz and Mandelbrot, I am reminded of the
ideas that stimulated my curiosity more than a decade ago
when I first delved into the classic books like James
Gleick’s Chaos: The Making of a New Science and found
that I was able to apply the concepts to magic. Some of the
directions that internet chaos magic has travelled have
interested me less perhaps, but always there has been fresh
perspective and a plethora of ideas to be found to build on
the basic concepts that make the magic work.
The approach of every magician is different. We draw
on our own interests and experience. But it is in
understanding the basic mechanics of magic and science
that we are able to apply that experience to methods that
will work for us individually. The work you are about to
read may well be the only book you will ever need to
accomplish this. After that, it’s just a matter of practical
application.
Jaq D Hawkins
April, 2006
“What is the pattern or the meaning or the why? It does
not do harm to the mystery to know a little more about it.”
– Richard Feynman
Quantum sorcery is a magical system in which an
individual manifests desired effects in the physical world
through the exertion of will. This system makes no
supposition regarding the existence or influence of any sort
of external agent or higher being as the source of this
capability; rather it is based upon the premise that the
human mind causes minute changes in the behavior of
subatomic particles and energy. These minute changes,
directed by visualization and focused intent cause a cascade
of events to occur, which ultimately result in the
manifestation of the desired effect.
Quantum sorcery incorporates elements from earlier
magical systems, as well as physics, mathematics,

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