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My career path has changed and I want to downsize. My collection takes up a lot of shelf space. Plus I haven't been looking at any magic books for years now. It'll be hard to see them go but it is now time. How do you buy? A highly controversial book written in 1899 by Charles Godfrey Leland, Aradia: Gospel of the Witches is a sacred witchcraft text detailing the uprising of Italian peasants. And how they overthrew their oppressors with the aid of witchcraft and an incarnate goddess named Aradia. I say it’s controversial because scholars debate its authenticity, as do modern witches and pagans who have read the book. However, I feel it’s an empowering and beautiful read whether or not the historical fact is there. 9. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry by William Butler Yeats A grimoire ( / ɡ r ɪ m ˈ w ɑːr/ grim- WAHR) (also known as a " book of spells", " magic book", or a " spellbook") [ citation needed] is a textbook of magic, typically including instructions on how to create magical objects like talismans and amulets, how to perform magical spells, charms, and divination, and how to summon or invoke supernatural entities such as angels, spirits, deities, and demons. [1] In many cases, the books themselves are believed to be imbued with magical powers, although in many cultures, other sacred texts that are not grimoires (such as the Bible) have been believed to have supernatural properties intrinsically. The only contents found in a grimoire would be information on spells, rituals, the preparation of magical tools, and lists of ingredients and their magical correspondences. [2] [ unreliable source?] In this manner, while all books on magic could be thought of as grimoires, not all magical books should be thought of as grimoires. [3] At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, our view is that there exist countless mysteries, scientific anomalies and surprising artifacts that have yet to be discovered and explained. Like many other grimoires, its rituals focused largely on summoning angels, demons, and other spirits, to gain knowledge and power. By repeating long-winded orations, it promises to the practitioner to obtain a wealth of scintillating abilities.

Thanks for your comment. It’s lovely to hear you’re reading my book Old Magic for school and that you are enjoying it so much. When I started thinking about writing this book, I had the idea in my head for a while that I wanted to write a book about a strong female character who could work magic and was comfortable with it, and a boy who was extremely uncomfortable with the idea of magic. And in the mix between them I wanted there to be a curse. The story evolved from there. Power of the Witch by Laurie Cabot was the first witchcraft book I read as a teen. I stumbled upon it in a thrift store in the early 2000’s and bought it immediately. The author, Laurie Cabot, is the Official Witch of Salem and has been part of the witchcraft community for over sixty years. She wrote Power of the Witch in the 1980’s. Power of the Witch is an introduction to the Old Religion, as Cabot calls it. She writes of the ancient history of witchcraft, the stigma around the religion, then goes into brief chapters on herbs, crystals, protection magic, meditation, and more. A Qualified Witch and Writer

The Picatrix, with its cryptic astrological descriptions and spells covering almost every conceivable wish or desire, has been translated and used by many cultures over the centuries and continues to fascinate occult followers from around the world. (Further reading: Occult Q&A By Manly P. Hall ) a b Davies, Owen (4 April 2008). "Owen Davies's top 10 grimoires". The Guardian . Retrieved 8 April 2009. It contains a collection of prayers (some of them divided into several parts) mixed with kabbalistic and magical words in several languages (i.e. Hebrew, Greek, etc., and some inventions), how the prayers must be said, and the relation that these rituals have to the understanding of all sciences. In Christendom, there also began to develop a widespread fear of witchcraft, which was believed to be Satanic in nature. The subsequent hysteria, known as The Witch-hunts, caused the death of around 40,000 people, most of whom were women. [38] Sometimes, those found with grimoires—particularly demonological ones—were prosecuted and dealt with as witches but, in most cases, those accused had no access to such books. Iceland—which had a relatively high literacy rate—proved an exception to this, with a third of the 134 witch trials held involving people who had owned grimoires. [39] By the end of the Early Modern period, and the beginning of the Enlightenment, many European governments brought in laws prohibiting many superstitious beliefs in an attempt to bring an end to the Witch Hunts; this would invariably affect the release of grimoires.

Blended over several centuries with the beliefs and rituals of other Indo-European groups, this spawned such practices as concocting potions and ointments, casting spells, and performing works of magic, all of which (along with many of the nature-based beliefs held by the Celts and other groups) became collectively known as witchcraft in the Medieval Period. The former was acceptable because it was viewed as merely taking note of the powers in nature that were created by God; for instance, the Anglo-Saxon leechbooks, which contained simple spells for medicinal purposes, were tolerated. Demonic magic was not acceptable, because it was believed that such magic did not come from God, but from the Devil and his demons. These grimoires dealt in such topics as necromancy, divination and demonology. [15] Despite this, "there is ample evidence that the mediaeval clergy were the main practitioners of magic and therefore the owners, transcribers, and circulators of grimoires," [16] while several grimoires were attributed to Popes. [17] An excerpt from Sefer Raziel HaMalakh, featuring magical sigils (or סגולות, seguloth, in Hebrew). The Greeks had their own form of magic, which was close to a religion, known as Theurgy (the practice of rituals, often seen as magical in nature, performed with the intention of invoking the action of the gods, especially with the goal of uniting with the divine and perfecting oneself). Throughout the spells found in the Greek Magical Papyri, there are numerous references to figurines. They are found in various types of spells, including judicial, erotic and just standard cursing that one might associate with Haitian voodoo (“Vodou”).Each story is told in a way that stirs up images of sitting around the fireplace and listening to a ghostly story while the snow swirls around outside in the twilight. It's true that most of these stories are dark and even creepy, but I think that's what makes it so intriguing and interesting. It's a nice break from anthropomorphic snow men and singing reindeer. These myths and legends are things peo

Butler, E. M. (1979). "The Solomonic Cycle". Ritual Magic (Reprinted.). CUP Archive. ISBN 0-521-29553-X. It is supposedly the product of a conference of magicians who decided to condense all of their knowledge into one volume. In 93 chapters, it covers a large variety of topics, from how to save one’s soul from purgatory to catching thieves or finding treasures.

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However, the ability to perform these rituals is only for a person who is “born to magic from his mother’s womb.” All others, the Arbatel warns, are powerless imitators.