Most of us in the increasingly popular Western Consumerist traditions tend to wait until we die before even considering Choronzon. Since we can only assume that Egoic Selfsense is devoured whole in whatever blaze of guilt and fury or self-denial or peace perfect peace our last flood of endorphins allow in the 5 minutes before brain death, the moment of death seems to me to be a particularly vulnerable one in which to also have to face Existential terror for the first time. Better to go there early and scout out the scenery. To die before dying is one of the great Ordeals of the magical path.

• consumerism
• choronzon
• death
• guilt
• peace
• self-deception
• existentialism
• magick
• stoicism
• existential
• time
• self
• terror

The so-called 'Oath of the Abyss', is a corrosive encounter with Choronzonic forces inside the personality. It is not something to be undertaken lightly and I'd suggest many years of magical practice before attempting anything as stupid and as glamorous as destroying your carefully-established SELF. The rewards of a successful crossing of the Abyss are many but a failed attempt can leave the magician broken inside, consumed by doubt, fear, and insecurity and quite useless to his or her community...

• choronzon
• magick
• personality
• self
• death
• abyss
• fear
• ritual
• rites
• doubt
• community