Mundane Magic by Molly Donlan

Mundane Magic

A Lazy Witch’s Guide to Hacking Your Brain, Building a Daily Practice, and Getting Stuff Done

By Molly Donlan

Because sometimes the spell is lighting a candle under the Full Moon—and sometimes it’s finally dealing with the laundry chair.

In Mundane Magic, Reiki Master Teacher and Demystify Magic podcast co-host Molly Donlan offers a refreshingly practical approach to witchcraft that transforms the ordinary tasks of daily life into small moments of intention, self-care, and enchantment.

Organized by rooms throughout the home and divided by difficulty level, Donlan fills the book with approachable spells, rituals, exercises, and magical micro-moments designed to work with real life rather than requiring you to completely rearrange it. Everyday chores like sweeping the floor, folding laundry, washing your hair, or tackling the dishes become opportunities to reset your energy, create intention, and bring a little novelty to the things that simply have to get done.

You’ll discover ways to align household routines with the lunar cycle, create simmer pots for motivation, turn your morning coffee into an abundance spell, incorporate herbs, crystals, colors, and sigils into everyday life, and transform ordinary self-care into intentional ritual. Donlan’s approach is especially mindful of burnout, overwhelm, and neurodivergent brains, emphasizing practices that support you rather than creating yet another elaborate spiritual to-do list.

Inside You’ll Explore

• Simple spells and rituals for everyday life
• Turning household chores into intentional magical practices
• Working with moon cycles for cleansing and creativity
• Simmer pots, herbs, crystals, color magic, and sigils
• Everyday practices for motivation and self-care
• Creating small, manageable moments of magic throughout your home
• Approaches designed with busy and neurodivergent minds in mind
• Reclaiming joy, creativity, and connection without adding more pressure

Hardcover • 352 Pages • Published by Rodale Books • February 2026

Perfect for busy witches, curious skeptics, neurodivergent practitioners, chronically overwhelmed humans, and anyone who would very much like their spiritual practice to coexist peacefully with the fact that the dishwasher still needs unloading.

Sweep the floor. Stir the pot. Fold the laundry. Apparently, the magic was hiding in the chores this whole damn time.