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As part of the promo for the Magick Show Kickstarter, the project’s ever-inventive public relations hype-man Jeff “Jahfurry” Newelt invited cosmic comics artist Charles Glaubitz (Starseeds) to create an 11-Day “How To Make A Sigil” tutorial on the Dangerous Minds X feed.

I tried to come up with a pithy “sentence of desire” as it’s called in the biz. Originally we were going to go with “Send us all of your money,” but that wasn’t quite it. Then Jeff asked “what if we do a sigil to help Kamala Harris win?” I was down for that, and so was Charles. So I suggested, “Kamala Harris will vanquish Trump forever and we’ll never have to see that fucking shithead’s dumb, dipshit, spray-tanned face ever again.” I mean pretty good, right, but perhaps a little too long.

Ultimately we decided we needed to consult with a very powerful magician, so we called in Michael M. Hughes, the gentleman who came up with 2017’s ‘Mass Spell to Bind Donald Trump and All Those Who Abet Him,’ the largest group magical working in history. Michael advised us to keep it simple, “Something like ‘Kamala Wins.’ and bingo.”

I asked Perplexity for a simple definition of sigil, and sigilization and here is what it spit back out at me:

A sigil is a symbolic representation often used in magical practices. Traditionally, it refers to a pictorial signature or emblem associated with a deity, spirit, or magical entity. The term originates from the Latin word sigillum, meaning “seal,” and has historical roots in medieval magic, where it represented various angels and demons that practitioners could summon.

In historical contexts, sigils were often inscribed in grimoires, magical texts that detailed rituals and spells. A notable example is The Lesser Key of Solomon, which contains sigils for the 72 demons of the Goetia, believed to grant the magician control over these entities by invoking their true names.

In contemporary practices, particularly within chaos magic, sigils have evolved to represent personal intentions or desires rather than specific spirits. Practitioners create sigils by condensing statements of intent into unique symbols, which are then “charged” with energy through various methods to manifest the desired outcome. This approach allows individuals to bypass their conscious mind, tapping into the subconscious to facilitate change or achieve goals.

Creating a sigil typically involves two main phases: construction and charging.

Construction: This involves writing down a clear intention, removing vowels and repeated letters, and then arranging the remaining letters into a visually appealing design.

Charging: This phase involves energizing the sigil, often through meditation, visualization, or even physical actions like destruction (e.g., burning the sigil) to release its power.

Below, the first few days of Charles Glaubitz’s “How to Make a Sigil” pictorial series. Follow Dangerous Minds or Charles Glaubitz (or why not both?) to see the rest of the series.