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Michael M. Hughes

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Spirituality, Literature & Fiction, Horror

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Michael M. Hughes is an author, speaker, magical thinker, and activist. He is the creator of the internationally viral “Spell to Bind Donald Trump and All Those Who Abet Him,” the largest magical working in history. He speaks on politics, magic, pop culture, psychedelics, the paranormal, and tarot. Michael lives in Baltimore with his wife, two daughters, and a rabbit named Toby Turnipseed. You can sign up for his newsletter at http://michaelmhughes.com.

His newest book is MAGIC FOR THE RESISTANCE: RITUALS AND SPELLS FOR CHANGE, which was published by Llewellyn Worldwide in Sept. 2018.

His debut novel, BLACKWATER LIGHTS, was published by Hydra, an imprint of Random House, in 2013. WITCH LIGHTS, the sequel, was published in 2014, and the final ...more

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	Blackwater Lights (Blackwater Lights Trilogy Book 1) 3.35 avg rating — 343 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Magic for the Resistance: Rituals and Spells for Change 4.09 avg rating — 161 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Witch Lights (Blackwater Lights Trilogy #2) 3.93 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Never Fear: The Tarot by Heather Graham (Goodreads Author), Lori Avocato, Michael M. Hughes (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Forsaken: Stories of Abandoned Places by Joe McKinney (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Deborah Leblanc (Goodreads Author), Dennis Copelan (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Mythos Grimmly by Jeremy Hochhalter (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jaime Will (Editor), Tracie McBride (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.95 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Legends of the Mountain State by Michael Knost (Editor), Thomas F. Monteleone (Goodreads Author), Jude-Marie Green 3.92 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Demon Lights (Blackwater Lights Trilogy #3) 3.89 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Magic for the Resistance: Rituals & Spells for Change 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Invocation of the Incisor and Other Dark Tales 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A Spell to Bind Donald Trump and All Those Who Abet Him: Feb. 24 Mass Ritual

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“John Steinbeck once said that socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.”
― Ronald Wright, A Short History of Progress

tags: american-dream, misattributed-to-john-steinbeck

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“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

tags: books, children, difficult, grown-ups, write, writers, writing

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“Pleasure to me is wonder—the unexplored, the unexpected, the thing that is hidden and the changeless thing that lurks behind superficial mutability.”
― H.P. Lovecraft

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“...when dogma enters the brain, all intellectual activity ceases. ”
― Robert Anton Wilson, Cosmic Trigger - Volume I: Final Secret of the Illuminati

tags: metaphysics, philosophy

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“Belief in the traditional sense, or certitude, or dogma, amounts to the grandiose delusion, "My current model" -- or grid, or map, or reality-tunnel -- "contains the whole universe and will never need to be revised." In terms of the history of science and knowledge in general, this appears absurd and arrogant to me, and I am perpetually astonished that so many people still manage to live with such a medieval attitude.”
― Robert Anton Wilson, Cosmic Trigger: Die letzten Geheimnisse der Illuminaten oder An den Grenzen des erweiterten Bewusstseins

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