Kia (magic)

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Chaos magic
Key concepts Sigils Gnosis Kia Servitor Egregore Cut-Up Playback Synchromysticism
Notable figures Austin Osman Spare Ramsey Dukes Peter J. Carroll Ralph Tegtmeier Phil Hine Genesis P-Orridge William S. Burroughs Grant Morrison
Organisations Illuminates of Thanateros Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth
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Within the magical system of Austin Osman Spare, Kia is a mystical concept – a sort of universal consciousness or unity, similar to the Tao.^[1] The concept has been adopted by numerous other occultists, such as Kenneth Grant, and has been particularly influential on the chaos magic movement.^[2]