Thousands of witches will gather at midnight tonight to cast spells on President Donald Trump as part of a summer solstice ritual. “My thought from the beginning was that Trump’s presidency was surreal and abnormal; therefore, there was a need to counter him and resist his administration beyond the normal channels like public protests, petitions, emails and calls to representatives,” Michel M. Hughes, one of the originators of the spell, tells Vox. He and a community

developed the spell that’s now been cast across the internet as part of the #MagicResistance. “One very powerful element of the spell is its ability to allow participants to take back their power from the out-of-control administration,” Hughes says. With the help of the internet, witches, neopagans, and other occult-based religions gathered together to practice their magic. READ MORE