Art ov Chaos

AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE (1886-1856) Created "Chaos Magic", if it can be called magic. He had a ho hum career as an artist and writer. His paintings were so dark, full of grotesque things and occult symbols that they turned most people off. As a result, he sold very few paintings. If it weren’t for occultists, his works would be completely forgotten. He did a brief stint in the British Army during WWI as an illustrator. In the 1920's he returned to South London where he lived in poverty in a small basement flat. He eeked out a living drawing portraits of people in the local pubs and selling them for small amounts of money. Like most occultists, he died broke. If he knew so much about magic, why could he not use it to create a better life for himself?

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