The premise
For three hundred years the grimoires have been reprinted, the YouTube spellcasters have grown, and almost nobody has gone back and tested what the old books actually said. Magic Lab does.
Each episode picks one working — a protection rite, a divination method, a folk exorcism, a haunted site — and runs it. On camera. Full methodology, source text, location, outcome. The Exorcista hosts, performs, and grades the result.
No edits to make it look better. No "inspired by" rewrites. The rite as it is, or the rite as it isn't — and why.
★ Season 1 live · Season 2 returns after Games of Souls
What the lab covers
Every Magic Lab episode falls into one of these categories. Source text, location, method, outcome — documented the same way each time.
Category 01
Shielding rites, binding cords, salt circles, iron wards — what works when something is already in the house.
Category 02
Tarot, pendulum, scrying mirror, bibliomancy. Tested blind. Results graded against real events.
Category 03
The Roman Rite, the Russian Old-Believer rite, and the folk expulsions nobody writes down. What each one is actually for.
Category 04
Obsidian mirror. Black bowl. Smoke. Candle flame. Methods for seeing what is hidden — and what looks back.
Category 05
Russian sorcery, Italian benedicaria, New Orleans hoodoo, West-African rites. The working traditions still in use.
Category 06
Haunted buildings, black-magic sites, cursed objects. On-location episodes where the Exorcista tests a site with one ritual.
Watch the full playlist
The complete season — rituals, field tests, and the research behind every episode. All on @TheExorcista.
The research behind the lab
Long-form notes, historical background, and source material for the rites tested on the show.
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