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Question concerning Chaos Magic

To: alt.magick.tyagi,alt.magick.chaos
From: "Fr. A.o.C." 
Subject: Re: Question concerning Chaos Magic
Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 02:31:46 GMT

Q: Were you aware that the statement "Nothing is true, all is permitted"
has been attributed, I think properly, to Hassan Ibn Sabbah, the "Old
Man of the Mountains" and notorious head of the Hashshashin (Order of Assassins)?

A: Yes, it certainly has been attributed to him, but with an
understandably wide margin of possible historical error, and the context
can only be guessed at. I like the statement very much; it has
applications on many levels, but one should never forget that the
consequences can be ghastly.

Q: To some, if not all quantum theories, isn't it literally true that
"Nothing is true, all is permitted" (merely substituting the word "real"
for "true")? 

A: According to the Copenhagen Interpretation of quantum physics, to
which I partly subscribe, I think it would be fair to say, "There is no
being, all is doing, and even that is a matter of probability."

(Interview with Peter J. Carroll)

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