Magick Matters

05.11.2025

“The Notorious Astrological Physician of London: Works and Days of Simon Forman” by Barbara Howard Traister

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"Quack, conjurer, sex fiend, murderer—Simon Forman has been called all these things, and worse, ever since he was implicated (two years after his death) in the Overbury poisoning scandal that rocked the court of King James. But as Barbara Traister shows in this fascinating book, Forman's own unpublished manuscripts—considered here in their entirety for the first time—paint a quite different picture of the works and days of this notorious astrological physician of London. Although he received no formal medical education, Forman built a thriving practice. His success rankled the College of Physicians of London, who hounded Forman with fines and jail terms for nearly two decades. In addition to detailing case histories of his medical ...>>

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04.11.2025

“Are You There, Spirit? It’s Me, Travis: Life Lessons from the Other Side” by Travis Holp

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🕵️🐷🕵️ zero-day🕵️🐷🕵️ "Transformational life lessons from a psychic medium affectionately known as the "Internet’s gay uncle", culled from his own life and from thousands of client readings—to help you become the fullest possible version of yourself. For Travis Holp, growing up in Ohio in a conservative family challenged his very understanding of himself. As a child playing with a Ouija board with his grandmother, he received messages that felt as natural to him as breathing, and yet he quickly learned to keep his understanding to himself. He was shunned by his family for being gay and spent difficult years searching for his purpose and belief in himself. When, on a lark, he began doing tarot ...>>

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03.11.2025

“Charm Casting: Divining with Trinkets, Trifles, Baubles, and Bits” by Tina Hardt

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🕵️🐷🕵️ zero-day🕵️🐷🕵️ "Writing with warmth and humor, professional charm caster Tina Hardt takes you on an enchanted journey exploring the hows and whys of assembling casting kits with an affable array of knickknackery that is uniquely personal and dynamic. Long before the advent of the kitchen junk drawer and trinket gumball machines, shamans, healers, and seers would cast and read bones, shells, stones, coins, and nuts. It was held that where and how these pieces landed could reveal great insight into the human condition and our eternal selves. Life’s mysteries were explored and the energetic veil between the living and the dead deferentially parted. With Charm Casting, you can learn how to assemble your ...>>

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03.11.2025

“The Spiritual Magic of Dolls” by Najah Lightfoot

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🕵️🐷🕵️ zero-day🕵️🐷🕵️ "Dolls have been both beloved companions and instruments of magic for millennia. In The Spiritual Magic of Dolls, author Najah Lightfoot bridges these two uses—companionship and magic—to enable readers to develop profound magical and spiritual relationships with their own dolls. Many have beloved dolls displayed on shelves or sitting in boxes. Perhaps you still have favorite childhood dolls or have been gifted with a doll or inherited one from a relative or friend. What if you could do more with them? Najah shows you how. The Spiritual Magic of Dolls teaches you how to take that attachment to the next level, to be closer to them in magical, loving ways."...>>

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03.11.2025

“Living Folk Magic: Crafting Your Own Magical Life” by Mary-Grace Fahrun

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🕵️🐷🕵️ zero-day🕵️🐷🕵️ "Living Folk Magic emphasizes that folk magic is something alive, vital, and modern. Discover practical and helpful information, regardless of your ethnic or spiritual background, to create a fulfilling and successful folk magic practice. Folk magic exists in every culture and has been practiced since the dawn of time. It is more than casting a spell or creating a ritual. It is a way of life, a way of living, a way of perceiving the world and all within it. Living Folk Magic explains how to build an entire folk magic practice—from cleansing and protecting to blessing and cursing—and provides instructions on how to build altars (whether openly or secretly), practice divination, ...>>

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