I will be documenting my efforts to work through Andrieh Vitimus' Hands-on Chaos Magic at the following blog. I hope you visit, comment, etc. Thanks!
https://magickalagnostic.wordpress.com/
HOCM is a great book, we did a group work through of it a couple of years ago, called it HOCM Bootcamp lol. I'll be following, looking forward to your experiences. The last I knew Vitimus had a forum for use as well, but it was defunct the last time I checked (at least 1 1/2 years ago).