This resonates with me. I long thought I lacked theoretic knowledge and insights to practice. After much wandering and reading, I realised that the ways I was ("naturally") doing and cosidering lots of "mundane" stuffs were quite in tune with some lines of chaos magic. I had just been doing magic without recognizing it, and thinking this was not because I lacked all that theory.I am curious about the answers and will watch this thread, because I first did 4 years of magic with good results before I read for the first time something theoretic. After reading that book I did put it aside and had a few more years of doing magic. (I think learning styles can be different, but I first make space for posts from other people)
So when I began to "practice", chaos magic appeared as quite a natural road, even as beginner.
I feel that, in many ways, theoretical knowledge is here to give context, thereby allowing for spot on practices. The context is not, to me, "unique", but has many shapes and faces, as do its inhabitants and concepts. This is one of the great value of magic in my opinion.