Original Magic: The Rituals and Initiations of the Persian Magi - Michael M. Hughes 2018

Original Magic: The Rituals and Initiations of the Persian Magi - Michael M. Hughes 2018

Preface

Welcome to the Magic Resistance!

Frequently Asked Questions about Magic

Witches and Occultists versus Kings and Nazis

Witches versus Kings

Against the Enslavers

Mrs. Satan: The Revolutionary Feminist, Who Spoke to the Dead

Occultists versus Nazis

Hexing Hitler

Levitating the Pentagon: Radical Magic in the Sixties and Seventies

WITCH: Women’s International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell

Modern Feminist Witch Activists

Binding Trump

A Spell to Bind Donald Trump and All Those Who Abet Him

Toolkit for Magical Activism

Magical Tools

Altars: Creating Your Magical Dashboard

The Art of Sigils and Magical Writing

Offensive and Defensive Magic

On Binding and Hexing

Protection and Defense

Mojo Bag Wake-Up Ritual

Magic Beyond the Altar

Guerrilla Magic

Magical Boosts to Practical Activism

Finding the Others: Coven and Community Building

Finding the Others

Group Magic

Self-Care and Resilience

Balance

Meditation

Breathwork

Nature Bathing

Descreening and Unplugging

Food and Movement

Treat Your Body

Party for Your Right to Fight

Cultivate Joy

Gratitude

Intoxicants and Entheogens

Preparation for Ritual

Getting Clean: Cleansing and Purification

The Ritual Mind

The Centering Ritual

Consecration Ritual

On the Casting of Circles

Spheres of Protection: The Hermetic Seal

The Magical Activist’s Spellbook

Black Lives Matter: Spell for Justice for a Victim of a Police Action

We Shall Form a Circle to Protect Our Children

Spirits of (Polling) Place

Healing the Earth (Microcosm Ritual)

Hands Off, Laws Off: Hekate Invocation for Reproductive Rights

Dance of Pan: LGBTQ+ Protection

Calling Bullshit

No Borders, All One Family: Invocation to Hermes

#MeToo

Hex the NRA

Candidate Boosting Spell

Lucky Stone Charm

Fuck Fascists

Share the Wealth Spell

Cease Fire Shrines: Invocation of EirEnE

Go to Work

Appendix

Correspondences

Resources

Bibliography