Welcome to the Austrian section of the Magical Pact of the Illuminates of Thanateros (IOT). We are chaos magicians practicing magic in a group, within a larger network. We do this to complement and enrich our individual magical paths. The geographical center of our activities is in Vienna and there is a larger temple in Graz.
There is not the “one” chaos magic. Nonetheless, chaos magic is a rejection of preconceived belief systems and one-dimensional, absolute truths. One agreed commonground is that there might be no absolute truths. As Chaos magicians we are able to shift into different paradigms for magical workings.
The field of the pact is larger than that of a single individual. We benefit from the exchange and the experiences of other chaos magicians. We increase our possibilities, we pass on our knowledge and the lived culture of the pact.
We have different approaches, but share the same chaos magic fundament through the noviciate. It serves as a reliable basis for a broad variety of magical experiments and rituals.
Who we are
The pact stands for collaboration on eye level. As magicians in the pact we are on an equal footing and act independently.
Since its founding, the IOT has a strong presence in Austria. Most of our members live in Vienna or Graz, this is where most of novice working groups and regular temple work happens. Once to twice a year larger moots take place. Read more about our origins and our structure in the current edition of the Book.
You want to be a novice
You are interested to get to know the IOT or to be initiated in the pact?
Contact us at cerberus@iotaustria.org. Give us a short summary of who you are and why you are interested in the IOT. We will then get in touch for a meeting and on mutual agreement you will start the noviciate.
During the noviciate you will be assigned a mentor and work on the Book of Novices (or Liber MMM) for six months. You attend novice working groups where you will get to know chaos magicians and the magical work in a group.
After successful completion of the noviciate the initiation can take place. For becoming a member of the pact, you should be willing to engage and regularly attend meetings and moots.
The Book of Novices
The Book of Novices represents the framework for the magical training program you will undertake for a period of six months. This is how we ensure that all candidates have the same opportunity to meet the minimum requirements for initiation.
IOT Worldwide
- IOT British Isles
- IOT Germany
- IOT North America
- IOT South America
- IOT Switzerland
- Bulgaria (Satrapy)
- Gallia (Satrapy)
- Iberia (Satrapy, contact trough IOT British Isles)
- Nordic (Satrapy, contact trough IOT British Isles)
- Oceania (Satrapy, contact trough IOT British Isles)
- Poland (Satrapy)
- Greek language