“ThemostoriginalandprobablythemostimportantwriteronMagicksinceAleisterCrowley.“--RobertAntonWilson,authorofthePrometheusRisingandotherworksPeterCarroll’sclassicworkhasbeenprofoundinfluenceontheWesternmagicalworldandonthepracticeofchaosmagickinparticular.InLiberNullandPsychonaut,Carrollpresentsanapproachtothepracticeofmagicthatdrawsonthefoundationsofshamanismandanimism,aswellasthatfoundintheGreekmagicalpapyri,theoccultworksofEliphasLeviandAleisterCrowley,andtheesotericmeditativepracticesofclassicalIndiaandChina.Alsoverymuchatworkinthetextare20thcenturyscientificideasofquantumphysicsandchaostheory.TheresultisaprofoundlyoriginalworkofmagicalstudiesthatalsoincludesaselectionofextremelypowerfulritualsandexercisesforcommittedoccultistswithinstructionsthatleadthereaderthroughnewconceptsandpracticestoachieveCarroll’sdefinitionofmagicitself:theraisingofthewholeindividualinperfectbalancetothepowerofinfinity.ThisWeiserClassicseditionisathoroughlyrevisedrepublicationofLiberNullandPsychonaut,firstpublishedbyWeiserin1987,andincludesanewforewordbyRonaldHutton,aleadingauthorityonmodernwitchcraftandpaganism.
