Magic for emergencies: the Helios Stele
Readers may recall the mirror box binding I performed in 2017 on an individual who was harassing my family - long story short, a landgrabber fraudulently claimed part of our ancestral farmland in Portugal as his (the exact opposite is true according to the old property deed); he began making threats, things severely escalated between him and one of my relatives, and so I decided to petition Set against the individual, after which the situation suddenly abated. Not a stir from the man for over two years, until a month ago, when he tore down the fence between the two properties and began plowing over on our side, presumably to annex it. My relative was furious, as was I... Besides teaching me that restraining rites have a finite duration, the incident impelled me to try a different approach. As mentioned in the past, I still have misgivings about using magic for harm - even if justified - though I would go that far if all other options were exhausted. I decided ...