If you remember dial-up internet, chances are your magic looks a little different from what TikTok witches are doing. You’ve seen trends come and go, watched metaphysical bookstores swap their incense-scented shelves for curated Instagram aesthetics, and somehow, you’ve managed to keep your practice alive despite the algorithm’s best attempts to convince you that you need an entire apothecary’s worth of herbs to cast a simple spell. Welcome to spirituality for the pre-smartphone generation – the ones who had to learn magic the old-fashioned way: through trial, error, and a few singed eyebrows. Back When Magic Wasn’t Googleable When I first developed an interest in the occult, there was no…

If you’ve ever tried to manifest abundance and ended up with unexpected bills instead – welcome home. Hi, I’m Everlie Blackthorn, and this is Unstable Magix – a blog for midlife mystics who are equal parts spiritual and skeptical, magical and messy. If you’ve ever tripped over your own altar, accidentally summoned a migraine instead of money or wondered why the universe keeps testing you when you clearly didn’t study – then you’re in the right place. What is Unstable Magix? It’s exactly what it sounds like: a mix of magic, mishaps, and mainfesting (eventually). This is not the place for fluffy, love-and-light, high-vibes-only spirituality. Here, we embrace the fact…