Magick Matters

“Bargain Witch: Essays in Self-Initiation” by Brooke Palmieri

🕵️🐷🕵️ zero-day🕵️🐷🕵️ "An occult history that grounds the sacred yearning for magic in real life. In these essays by scholar and self-initiated witch Brooke Palmieri, occult history, the eternal now, and our magickal queer futures align, connecting us to an enchantment both contemporary and classic. Drawing upon the knowledge and influence of practitioners from Rachel Pollack to Tituba, Palmieri grounds the sacred yearning for magic in real life, whether exploring the gossip of feuding Salem witches, paying the rent by playing “wizard” for news cameras, or detailing the psychic ups and downs of working in an occult bookshop. Written in a voice electrified with love for the craft and its lineage of eccentrics, Bargain Witch shows...>>

“Tarot Tableau Revolution: A Breakthrough System to See the Whole Story in Your Readings” by María Alviz Hernando

🕵️🐷🕵️ zero-day🕵️🐷🕵️ "A modern twist on a classic tarot method that enables readers to consistently interpret the cards with accuracy and confidence. This first book from author María Alviz Hernando, director of the World Divination Association, offers tips and techniques for mastery of her tarot tableau system, allowing readers to easily see the interaction of characters, elements, and symbolism. Tarot tableau reading—laying out the cards in a square or rectangular shape and interpreting them in the way that one might interpret a painting—has become María’s signature method. Cards are read in relationship to one another, and different tableaus utilize different numbers of cards. Tarot Tableau Revolution covers an entire system, teaching readers to interpret tarot...>>

“The Witching Stones: The Lore and Craft of the Essential Crystals, Gemstones, and Minerals to Empower Your Magic” by Nicholas Pearson

🕵️🐷🕵️ zero-day🕵️🐷🕵️ "A definitive guide to the crystals, gems, and humble stones possessing the most ancient and powerful connections to magic and witchcraft. In The Witching Stones, author Nicholas Pearson explores the historical usage of stones—including flint, hagstone, ammonite, fossil urchin, salt, lodestone, lead, toadstone, amber, jet, cross-stone, quartz, moonstone, and emerald—as well as why they are associated with witchcraft. He also offers practical and accessible uses for today’s modern practitioner, from the basics of cleansing and consecrating your stones to more advanced techniques such as crafting lead curse tablets, blending incense and oils, and working lunar magic with moonstones. Containing over fifty spells, rituals, and recipes, The Witching Stones focuses on the geology,...>>

“Flower Essences from the Witch’s Garden: Plant Spirits in Magickal Herbalism” by Nicholas Pearson

"A hands-on guide to using flower essences in magick, spellcraft, alchemy, and healing • 2023 Coalition of Visionary Resources Gold Award • Provides detailed instructions for making single-flower essences and magickal and therapeutic essence blends • Shares new magickal uses for flower essences, from creating sacred space to dressing candles to preparing incense, as well as how to use essences in meditation, potions, spells, spagyrics, and ritual • Includes a detailed directory of 100 flower and plant essences, complete with astrological, elemental, and magickal correspondences In this practical guide to using flower essences in witchcraft, alchemy, and healing, Nicholas Pearson provides detailed instructions for making and using flower essences based on...>>

“Glyphourgy: A grimoire of magickal glyphs to cast powerful spells” by Hecateus Apuliensis

"This grimoire is not about designing sigils from scratch. That work has already been done. What you’ll find here is a collection of functional glyphs—spells distilled into symbols—that you can use straight out of the book. Each one has a purpose, a method of use, and a framework to work within. Think of it as a toolbox. The glyphs are the tools: already shaped, tested, and ready to go. Your job is to pick the right one, apply it as instructed, and put it to work in your own life. There’s still space for creativity—how you charge, where you place, or the personal flavor you bring to the ritual—but the glyph itself is solid. The...>>