Book of Shadows
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A Book of Shadows is a book containing religious text and instructions for magical rituals found within the Neopagan religion of Wicca. Since its conception, it has made its way into many pagan practi
One of Gerald Gardner's earliest Books of Shadows
A typescript from a page of Ye Booke of Ye Art Magical
Grimoire
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A grimoire, also known as a book of spells, magic book, or a spellbook, is a textbook of magic, typically including instructions on how to create magical objects like talismans and amulets; how to per
Book of Shadows
…explained how to foretell things based upon the length of a person's shadow. Valiente theorised that Gardner then adopted this term for his Witches' grimoire. She maintained that "It was a good name, and it is a good name still, wherever Gardner found it". A leather bound manuscript written in Gardner's…
Icelandic grimoire, "Galdrabók" (c. 1550–1650), belonging to Swedish History Museum (signum: ATA Ämb 2 F16:26)
Page from the Greek Magical Papyri.
A man incorporated into a pentagram, from Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa's De Occulta Philosophia (Eng., Three Books of Occult Philosophy). The signs on the perimeter are astrological.
Heptameron magic circle