Without any etymological justification, the earliest texts on chaos magic, Liber Null (1978) and The Book of Results (1978), both refer to this state of one-pointedness as "gnosis":
Only then will the ritual, sigil or working flow unimpeded into the unconscious, from where it works its effects. To achieve this, it is necessary to enter into an altered state of consciousness in which thoughts are stilled, and awareness is held on a single point. Chaos magic Īccording to chaos magic, successfully executing an act of magic is dependent on bypassing the conscious mind. Plato uses the plural adjective γνωστικοί – gnostikoi and the singular feminine adjective γνωστικὴ ἐπιστήμη – gnostike episteme in his Politikos where Gnostike episteme was also used to indicate one's aptitude. A related term is the adjective gnostikos, "cognitive", a reasonably common adjective in Classical Greek. Gnosis is the common Greek noun for knowledge ( γνῶσις, gnôsis, f.). Since it takes years of training to master this sort of Zen-like meditative ability, chaos magicians employ a variety of other ways to attain a "brief 'no-mind' state" in which to work magic.
The gnostic state is used to bypass the "filter" of the conscious mind – something thought to be necessary for working most forms of magic. In chaos magic, gnosis or the gnostic state refers to an altered state of consciousness in which a person's mind is focused on only one point, thought, or goal and all other thoughts are thrust out.
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