[2] In the late 1970s, Peter Carroll and Ray Sherwin, two young British occultists interested in ritual magic, began to publish a magazine called The New Equinox.
Both men were connected with a burgeoning occult scene developing around The Phoenix, a metaphysical bookshop in London's East End.
They were published together in the 1987 book Liber Null & Psychonaut, which is considered one of the defining works of the chaos magic movement.
[7] Carroll elaborated a system heavily influenced by Austin Osman Spare in his early writings, particularly Liber Null (1978).
"[8][independent source needed] In 1995, Carroll announced his desire to step down from the "roles of magus and pontiff of chaos".