Category: Experiments

  • PGM CXXIII a 51-55 “For Sleep”

    PGM CXXIII a 51-55 “For Sleep”

    While the complex material mentioned in some PGM spells has almost become a running joke amongst practitioners, there are also many spells that require no material or something simple like a piece of paper or a leaf. Recently a friend mentioned that they had been sleeping poorly. I had this spell bookmarked for the next…

  • PGMiv-1596-1715

    PGMiv-1596-1715

    The Consecration for All Things This Resource Page is a collaboration between Cory C Childs of The Shining Lyre and Alison Chicosky of Practical Occult “This is the consecration of all things. Address to the sun: “I call upon you, the greatest god, everlasting lord, master of the cosmos, who is over the cosmos and…

  • How to Use Multiple Pentacles Together to Enhance Your Magic

    How to Use Multiple Pentacles Together to Enhance Your Magic

    When you think about using pentacles for your magical workings, chances are you typically are applying them singularly toward a specific objective or goal. This makes sense if you take a siloed approach to planetary magic and working with spirits that fall within a specific domain of influence. However, I want to challenge you to…

  • Magical Experiments Podcast: Experimenting with Ancient Magic

    Magical Experiments Podcast: Experimenting with Ancient Magic

    In this episode Alison Chicosky talks about her magical work with Greek Papyri and pentacles. We discuss how to experiment and reconstruct ancient magical workings as well as how spirits can help with this kind of work. This episode aired January 21, 2021.

  • PGM VII. 193-96 For a Scorpion Sting

    PGM VII. 193-96 For a Scorpion Sting

    Not all magic is complicated. Our ancestors often used simple magic to handle common issues. Consider this scorpion sting spell from a collection of papyri written in Egypt during late antiquity. PGM VII- 193-96 For a Scorpion StingI first tested this when a friend who lives in Arizona posted that he had been stung by…