Alison Chicosky
The founder and force behind Practical Occult (www.practicaloccult.com), she strives to provide pentacles and other enchanted items drawn from a broad background of rigorously studied ancient arts, leveraging the systems of the past for practical modern use.
Alexander Moore
Alexander Moore is a practicing esotericist with over two decades of active experience in several occult systems including Solomonic Magic, Conjure and other folk practices and Traditional Witchcraft. He is proud to provide coaching, mentorship and divination for occultists who are interested in taking their magic and their lives to the next level in a changing world.
Interviews
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Alexander Moore: Mind, Magic, Mayhem
In MMM’s return interview, we meet the Hexdoctor himself Alexander Moore! Alex is a professional teacher, magickal practitioner and al around fountain of knowledge and magickal goodies. We talk about spirit diplomacy, living a magickal lifestyle, the mindset of winning an there’s even a few handy spells sprinkled throughout the conversation. I really loved this…
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Building a Successful Magical Product Business
Practical Occult founder Alison Chicosky is interviewed for an episode of Selling Magic with Anna Bellisima. This episode aired 3/12/2025.
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Nimataion · Talk with Alexander Moore
Bernhard Reicher interviews Alexander Moore of Practical Occult. How the stories of Koshchei the Deathless, Dracula and Doctor Strange inspired Alexander Moore to learn the best thing in the world.
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Magickal Campaigns: Longterm Magick for Sustainable Results with Alexander Moore of Practical Occult
Alex Moore of Practical Occult joins creator and facilitator of The Re-Patterning Project, Arden Leigh for a discussion of Longterm Magick for Sustainable Results. Too often, even in the occult world, magick is seen as a binary that either works or doesn’t — that magick should be delivering radical results instantaneously or else it simply…
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Arcanvm Podcast: S3E10 Alison Chicosky
In S3 E10, I sit down with practitioner, author, and founder of the brand Practical Occult, Alison Chicosky. We discuss her latest work on the Secrets of Helios, some perspectives on magic, working with the Greek Magical Papyri or PGM and more…
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The Secrets of Helios – Alison Chicosky & Cory C. Childs – Hadean Podcast #4
Alison Chicosky and Cory C. Childs join us this month to discuss their new translation and exegesis of PGM IV. 1596 – 1715, the Consecration for all Purposes, which they have named, ‘The Secrets of Helios’. Together we delve into the texts of the PGM, their importance to modern practice, adaptability and application, discussing the…
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Coffee & Divination Podcast
Episode 32: Alison Chicosky on Practical Magic and PGM Spells Our second episode of 2023, and it was a wonderful conversation with PGM and practical occult practitioner Alison Chicosky. Alison is the author of “The Secrets of Helios: Unlocking the Practical Uses of PGM IV.1596-1715” which was recently released by Hadean Press. She is a…
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CMN Interviews: The Secrets of Helios and Getting Good with Alison Chicosky
In our latest interview, the Practical Occult owner and professional thaumaturgus Alison Chicosky talks to us about her new book, The Secrets of Helios: Unlocking the Practical Uses of PGM IV.1596-1715, how to become better at magic, the necessity of magic in the modern world, and occult customer service. All this and loads more, so…
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Apotropaic Magic
Alison Chicosky of Practical Occult sat down with Alonzo Gaskill in this installment of “Religion Behind the Scenes” to discuss apotropaic magic (magic that wards off or turns away evil) on Patheos.com, the world’s largest English-Language Religion website. https://www.patheos.com/religion-behind-the-scenes/what-is-apotropaic-magic-and-who-practices-it Simple Web Page What is Apotropaic Magic and Who Practices it? Related Classes Protection 101 In…
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The Saroth the Mage Experiment: Alison Chicosky (Results, Results, Results!)
Alison Chicosky, founder of Practical Occult appears on The Saroth the Mage Experiment for a video interview.