A magnetically isolated phase stator includes a stator phase section with two sides and a magnetically inactive isolation region on each side that prevents a permanent magnetic field from being shared from the stator phase section and another stator phase section of the stator. A magnetically isolated phase interior permanent magnet electrical rotating machine includes a magnetically isolated phase stator, a rotor, and an air gap between the stator and rotor defining a rotor-stator interface, the rotor having two or multiples of two permanent magnets arranged in parallel with opposing magnetic poles to direct magnetic flux through a pole of the rotor, through the air gap of the rotor-stator interface, and through a pole of the stator.