Is keeping a Book of Shadows a modern, Neo-Pagan thing? Or has this been...
It would be relatively modern to keep a single volume in plain text as we commonly do today. Practitioners of earlier times would often keep their work in some kind of "code" and rituals were generally...
View ArticleI was wondering what all my Book of Shadows should have in it?
My dedicants start their book with the following for each Sabbat: A ritual to be performed solitary A ritual to be performed in coven One page of chants/lore/incense/other correspondences appropriate...
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Black spirits and white, red spirits and grey come ye, come ye, come ye that may! Around and around, throughout and about The good come in, and the ill keep out! — Doreen Valiente In the Craft, there...
View ArticleWhat is the Wiccan equivalent to “Amen”?
“So mote it be”. Often abbreviated SMIB. Archaic for “So be it.” “Amen” comes from a Hebrew word meaning “truth”. So basically, saying Amen is saying “it is so.” Same with “So mote it be.” “Blessed be”...
View ArticleHow to: Magical Formulations
There is a somewhat commercial side to American folk magics, in the form of sales of oils, powders, candles, incenses and other “spiritual supplies”. These supplies are used in many different magical...
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