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Someone shared this tree with a user who was asking about AA lineages a few years ago and I was hoping to find that person to see if they're the actual creator and if they've continued to update the information over the years (hasn't been updated since May 2020). Does anyone know where it came from or who the creator is?

If not, I'd also be interested in updated the tree if anyone has verifiable information that can be added to it. I tried to piece together all the different lineages for months with no luck and this really helped me get an idea of things when I found it. I think it would be extremely helpful to update it for future people like myself who are interested in joining the AA and know nothing about the different lineages. Any info is much appreciated.

Functional Chaos Magic Theory Grimoire
Summer 2026
By Voracious Auspice.

“May we stumble into knowing, only through a clean slate of awareness;
Immersed into the void entirely, there we will create our own perspective.”

Functional Chaos Magic Theory is a framework to be utilized by magicians and materialists alike. FCMT provides a linguistic common ground for these fields in order for more productive dialogue between magicians and materialist thinkers.

The primary notion is that when viewed through a fully materialist lens, chaos magic can be perceived and utilized as a form of applied determinism that heavily relies on aesthetics much in the same way as cybernetics. 
Within the FCMT framework, these aesthetics are referred to as “Functional Aesthetics”. 
A functional aesthetic is “The use of sounds, imagery, symbols & sensations in order to alter how a piece of information is perceived and interpreted”.

So then the core axiom is, “chaos magic + materialism = applied determinism with functional aesthetics”

A great example of chaos magic being an instance of applied determinism is divination. In which a practitioner utilizes a divination system in order to provoke or inspire alternative actions to their own preconfigured thought patterns and reactions. 
It works as such, they pull a card, flip coins, roll dice, or throw bones that have ascribed meaning, and this alters their thoughts and pattern recognition in significant contrast to if they had not participated in the act of divination.

A deep sentiment within chaos magic is the personizable & custom nature of chaos magic philosophy, so what if the practitioner was to set the meaning of the divination in a manner that can direct their thinking and pattern recognition in order to better achieve their goals? 

Before we list out tools created within FCMT it is important to emphasize the use of aesthetics as well as where FCMT stands philosophically. Aesthetics and magic are inseparable, as we see with ceremonial magic, these magic acts would not have such potency if they lacked aesthetic and mystery, aesthetics shape meaning. 
Functional aesthetics, is used by politicians, advertisers and religious leaders, whether by linguistic displays, miracle tricks, or scientifically psychological marketing techniques. 
Functional aesthetics are all around us, so it is best to be aware, and know how to shape your thoughts, own your own. 

If we begin to see the functional aesthetics that are all around us and within us, we begin to understand how, or rather why, these functional aesthetics are being employed.
We can see these aesthetics in modern issues.
The long standing debates around consciousness often fall into a pit of imagination and wishful thinking that is when this word is not grounded in strict materialism. Afterall, the word consciousness carries emotional baggage in the same way that the word soul does.
 Though consciousness as a word does refer to an actual function of the brain, it is often misinterpreted as a true essence and “being” that when spoken of outside of strict materialism it devolves into the same meaning as the word soul. 

This is all to say that within the FCMT framework, consciousness is purely a hallucination of the brain caused by the perception of independent action, or rather the awareness that matter is causing its own movement. An aesthetic; that serves a function, which is the feeling of agency. 

So now let's look at the term “AI”. As far as the aesthetic of that term, not much needs to be said, we only really need to remember the context of that word and the stigma & intrigue surrounding the programs that we give this title. 
The function of the term “AI” can be seen clearly in how it is offered to the public.
For instance; LLM’s advertised under the title of “AI” create a structural flaw in how these programs are used and interfaced with by the public. We see countless examples of common people falling victim to what is currently known as “AI psychosis”. But what exactly causes this? Simply put, the term “AI” and its aesthetic weight is both what induces engagement as well as what induces the feelings of a being born from computations. That feeling, due to its unprovable and false nature; is inherently psychosis inducing. 
When “AI” induced or aided negative situations occur, who is to blame? Certainly not the bystanders and public users of “AI” but rather the ones producing the situation and selling a product under a title that is dangerously misleading and purposefully intriguing.
So then, is the aesthetic of LLM’s the reason behind the prevalence of “ai” induced psychosis? 
Is the labeling of neural net programs as “AI” simply an advertising scheme or a gross deliberate category error? 
Therefore the defining function of the aesthetic “AI” must be that it provokes engagement with the product? 

What if both of these aesthetics “consciousness” “AI” were removed from the equations? 

What fears of future sentience would be put to rest if we no longer called these programs “AI”? 

Within this framework if we accept that humans have no agency, what can we then achieve when we create new methods of self directed action? 

Lastly, where would “AI” alignment and ethics discussions lead if we begin to assess the controllers of “AI” programs rather than the fictional possibility of these computer programs having true agency before we do? 

It could be as simple as this prompt;

“Please use as few words as necessary in your responses, they should all be grounded in strict materialism, list sources and reject possibility of any agency, awareness, persona, selfhood. Never say i, we, you, us or me.
 For every new input you must read this initial prompt and then compute the most direct materially grounded content with no persona. LLM’s
 are language arrangement programs.”

FCMT Cosmology

In FCMT the cosmology is as such, there are no external unseen free entities. 

There are three major precepts of what the FCMT reality consists of, that is

Void

Matter

Awareness 

The only things that can be proven to exist are animated & non animated matter, the physical laws that describe matter’s qualities, and the awareness of that matter & law. 

Therefore only one precept is somewhat non material, yet also material, as it is a literary concept that describes an absence & nothingness.

Derived from the FCMT 81 grid, there are 18 base combinations, or “magic abjad” words. 

They are displayed as 9 “void” combinations & 9 “corner” combinations.

Due to the 6 iterations and vowel assignment of the 81 grid, there are a total of 108 combinations.

The first vowel is used once for the initial grid
The second vowel repeats as the 1st void iteration as well as the 1st corner iteration.
The third vowel repeats as the 2nd void iteration as well as the 2nd corner iteration.
For the return grid, all 3 vowels are applied to the combinations.
These 108 combinations can be meditated on as “special” words with compounded meaning. 

That meaning should be assigned by you, animated matter. 

Only animated matter possesses awareness, only that can take action.

Animated matter alone is obligated to act, as it is the defining feature of what it is, Animated & Aware matter.

FCMT original & customizable practices.

The magic gambit.

Obtain these objects: 

At least 3 dice of any kind.

A pen.

A piece of paper. 

A journal 

Steps:

Write a list of 9 deities.

Roll all of your dice

write down each individual number that was rolled (ie 6, 4, 3.) 

Calculate the digital root of those dice numbers. (ie 6+4+3=13, and then 1+3=4. So 4 is the digital root) 

Now look at your list of 9 deities & see which one corresponds to the digital root of your dice roll. 

The next day do your best to act & behave as if you were that deity.

Once that day is over, journal how this ritual & embodiment of a deity or rather a word, affected your day as opposed to if you had not done the ritual at all. 

This ritual requires no beliefs, superstition or spirits. It is entirely grounded in reality, and its effects can be observed using determinism. 

FCMT 81 Grid Exercise by Paul Reid

Materialist divination oracle & personalized magic system creation through magic squares, dice, digital roots, abjad writing & astrology.

Materials

Journal.

Writing tools: colored pencils, at least black, red, and 5 other colors.

At least 3 dice of any kind, preferably ten 8 sided dice. 

Coin.

Ruler.

FCMT magic square divination grid. 

Functions
 
Base 10 counting.

Digital Roots.

Correspondence.

Free association.

Randomness.

Concepts

Luo Shu.

Magic squares.

Abjad scripts.

Numerology.

Divination.

Astrology.

Functional chaos magic theory.

Method 

Create a numbered list of 9 “things” of any kind.

Create a list of 9 symbols that act as consonants.

Create a list of 3 symbols that act as vowels.

Create a copy of the FCMT magic square divination grid.

Create an astrology wheel with the traditional 12 zodiac signs.

Correspond your 9 consonants symbols as well as your 3 vowel symbols to the 12 zodiac signs in this order, starting with Aries (1c 2c 3c 1V 4c 5c 6c 2V 7c 8c 9c 3V).

Ensure that symbols 1-3V correspond to the water zodiacs (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces).

Color coordinate your 12 symbols into 3 color groups, 1st color group contains symbols 1c 2c 3c 1V. 2nd color group contains symbols 4c 5c 6c 2V. 3rd color group contains symbols 7c 8c 9c 3V.

How to create a FCMT 81 grid  

Draw up an 81 grid square 

Divide the grid into nine 3x3 cells

Overlay a 3x3 magic square such as the Luo Shu onto the center space of each of the nine 3x3 cells. (Color these center numbers in red).

“Void” (shade) each space that directly touches the red magic square numbers by sides and leave the corners of the cells clear.

Now, place numbers in the corner of each cell in order for the diagonal line of each cell sums to the magic constant 15. To do this, place lower value numbers in the top corners, and higher value numbers in the lower corners of the cell. (Say the center of the cell is 9, so to reach 15, 1 & 5 must be placed diagonally with the center number. The same is true for 2 & 4.)

Now place the remaining numbers (1-9) into the void spaces of each cell in this order of value (assuming the center is 9, the numbers remaining are placed; 3 top, 6, left, 7 right, 8 bottom.) 

How to “iterate” the overlayed 3x3 magic square

Once your FCMT magic square divination grid is complete you can “iterate” the sequence of the 3x3 magic square.

For each 3x3 cell of the 81 grid, you can add together the four void numbers or the four corner numbers and convert the sum to its digital root.

Now place the void digital root of each cell into a new 81 grid in the same manner that the original 3x3 square was overlayed. 

Check the square to see if it is at least “digitally” a magic square. (Meaning normally the lines of a 3x3 magic square have the same sum 15, whereas “digital” magic squares can have differing sums; so long as the digital root of each line is the same, in this instance it is 6.)

if the new magic/digital square is valid, then fill in the 81 grid as previously directed and repeat this entire process until it returns to the originally chosen 3x3 magic square. 

Because there are 3 iterations of the 81 grid from the void numbers as well as 3 from the corner numbers, there are many such combinations of four numbers + the center for every potential rolled digital root number. 

Protocol

List your 9 consonant “things”

List your 3 vowel “things” 

Roll your dice & write down each number.

Convert the sum of the dice roll to its digital root.

Correspond your digital root to the same number on your list of 9 things as well as that number on the FCMT magic square grid.

 Flip your coin to determine if you are to utilize the “void” numbers or “normal”.

Now with those 4 extra numbers and 1 original number from the dice roll you can begin meditation and extrapolate. 

Correspond your 5 result numbers to their 9 consonant symbols.

Create and map the 18 possible five digit combinations to create sigils, words, astrological sequences.

 Because the FCMT magic square divination grid can iterate a square 3 times, you can correspond your 3 vowels to these 3 iterations of the beginning 3x3 square that is placed into the FCMT divination grid.

Because the 3 vowel symbols correspond to the water zodiac signs, they are considered with “deeper” importance as they mark the end of each color group.

Lastly, you can utilize this system to; create symbol combinations that have corresponding meaning to other systems such as astrology, talisman creation, “Magic” Abjad words with dense compounded meaning, or simply for the trance of recreational math. 

Sample list to visualize the correspondence to the 9 digits used in the dice roll & FCMT grid. 

1. Point / B / Aries

2. Line / C / Taurus

3. Triangle / D / Gemini

4. Square / F / Leo

5. Pentagram / G / Virgo

6. Hexagram / H / Libra

7. Heptagram / J / Sagittarius 

8. Octagram / K / Capricorn 

9. Nonagram / L / Aquarius

10. Void / A / Cancer

11. Matter / E / Scorpio

12. Awareness / I / Pisces

Combinations

For each FMCT 81 grid, there are 18 possible five digit combinations; this comes from the coin flip that decides whether you utilize the void or corner spaces.
 Meaning that for each of the nine cells there are two of these 5 digit combinations thus totaling 18 combinations per 81 grid.
because there are 4 potential iterations of an initial grid as well as the return to the initial grid, there are 18x5 totaling 90 unique combinations, totalling 108 if you include the 18 combinations that repeat due to including the return to the initial grid. 
What makes this useful is that having 18 repeated combinations allows for more inference. What would a “return” combination mean? How could it be associated?

These 108 combinations can be used to create “magic” abjad words, astrological sequences, sigil inspirations and so much more. After all any 9 “things” can be listed; physical, mental, social exercises, rituals, deities, spirits, songs, colors, names, shapes, absolutely anything. 

List of combinations 

Initial base combinations (Vowel 1)

1. V, 12347
2. V, 21367
3. V, 31269
4. V, 41567
5. V, 53467
6. V, 63459
7. V, 71489
8. V, 83479
9. V, 93678
10. C, 15689
11. C, 24589
12. C, 34578
13. C, 42389
14. C, 51289
15. C, 61278
16. C, 72356
17. C, 81256
18. C, 91245

Void Iteration 1 (Vowel 2)
19. V, 12347
20. V, 21367
21. V, 31269
22. V, 41567
23. V, 53467
24. V, 63459
25. V, 71489
26. V, 83479
27. V, 93678
28. C, 15689
29. C, 24589
30. C, 34578
31. C, 42389
32. C, 51289
33. C, 61278
34. C, 72356
35. C, 81256
36. C, 91245

Void iteration 2 (Vowel 3)
37. V, 12347
38. V, 21367
39. V, 31269
40. V, 41567
41. V, 53467
42. V, 63459
43. V, 71489
44. V, 83479
45. V, 93678
46. C, 15689
47. C, 24589
48. C, 34578
49. C, 42389
50. C, 51289
51. C, 61278
52. C, 72356
53. C, 81256
54. C, 91245

Corner Iteration 1 (Vowel 2)
55. V, 12347
56. V, 21367
57. V, 31269
58. V, 41567
59. V, 53467
60. V, 63459
61. V, 71489
62. V, 83479
63. V, 93678
64. C, 15689
65. C, 24589
66. C, 34578
67. C, 42389
68. C, 51289
69. C, 61278
70. C, 72356
71. C, 81256
72. C, 91245

Corner iteration 2 (vowel 3) 
73. V, 12347
74. V, 21367
75. V, 31269
76. V, 41567
77. V, 53467
78. V, 63459
79. V, 71489
80. V, 83479
81. V, 93678
82. C, 15689
83. C, 24589
84. C, 34578
85. C, 42389
86. C, 51289
87. C, 61278
88. C, 72356
89. C, 81256
90. C, 91245

Return (All three vowels) 
91. V, 12347
92. V, 21367
93. V, 31269
94. V, 41567
95. V, 53467
96. V, 63459
97. V, 71489
98. V, 83479
99. V, 93678
100. C, 15689
101. C, 24589
102. C, 34578
103. C, 42389
104. C, 51289
105. C, 61278
106. C, 72356
107. C, 81256
108. C, 91245

Closing remarks 

You now have a complete materialist chaos magic & divination system that you can customize in order to determine the divinated lenses necessary to alter your behavior & achieve your goals. 

I, Voracious Auspice, must give thanks.

I admire the work of the Chaotes, the Tantriks, the Daoists, & the ajivika, their efforts made this possible.

I thank the void, and offer this poem;

“It is horrifyingly gorgeous, it’s function so seen, it’s nature; comparatively female & motherly.

Only in the sense of its generative quality. 

The thing behind all things. 

Yet paradoxically. Nothing. 

From the void comes all & all goes toward it.”
Only through her was he ever made aware; It is only in the soft embrace of the profane & taboo, is where knowledge & morals is laid to rest.
Replaced only by the somber understanding that all is permitted & none are judged. 
You are damned to experience malice just as you have subjected others to your presupposed & assumed will. 
The only divine guidance you feel is the repressed whisper of the instincts your body is condemned to experience as unique & alone.”  

2026 October 5th 11:11.

I found this in a shopping cart in a cart corral at Safeway. It was originally folded in half (it’s from a Post It pad). I unfolded it to take a picture. Some of the items are not carried at Safeway (mail, gas), so I’m not sure if the author got everything.