Closing the door to his apartment, Steven pulled the ancient book he had procured from the oddities store on the kitchen counter, his excitement bubbling over as he started pulling out reagents from his kitchen pantry. He’d been going to the store since his freshman year in college, and he finally discovered something worth trying.
Hedge magic, or practical magic, was a hobby of his. Sure, most of it was just mumbo jumbo and likely didn’t work, but he kept in good standing with a few virtual coven communities around the college, people who liked to think they were doing magic but were just having fun between classes and studies. Yet Steven always thought that deep down, hidden between the layers, there was a chance real magic existed. You just had to know what you were looking for.
He’d bought several older tombs (he avoided modern magic books like the plague) and read through various references, and a few things kept coming up over and over again. Of particular interest were mentions of an old book called “The Lesser Key of Solomon.” Originally written in the 1500’s then later reproduced in the 1800’s, it was said to contain references to demonology, spell incantations, and various other rituals of particular interest.