Did you try the controller patch? It is required if you don't make custom bindings (the trigger is not bound for Oculus because I was a scrub and didn't know how to save default controls at time of creation).
Fist is made by pressing grip and trigger buttons. "Pointing gesture" is made by pressing only the grip button. "Awareness gesture" is made by pressing only the trigger. Kind of ruins the magic to spell out the button presses, but I think I was TOO mystical in the tutorial.
Edit - Also in my hasty submission I accidentally killed all the "combat dummy skeletons". You can use the magic on the fire though.