Book of Shadows
BOOK OF SHADOWS
A Book of Shadows (BoS) is the most sacred book a witch can own.
It starts off as a blank book and you write spells and information that you will use.
A Practitioner would use a Book of Shadows to write the potions and spells they use.
Since the Book of Shadows is a sacred book, it should not be given up even in death. A coven
would use one Book of Shadows, but there would be one person that would keep the book.
That person would be the one who records all the information in the book. A Book of Shadows
should never be shown to anyone unless you feel that they are responsable enough to respect it.
To Bless your Book of Shadows:
You can say this spell over your
Book of Shadows:
“In the realm of magick this book shall reside.
No one but the chosen shall see what’s inside.
If breath be to Air as passion to Fire,
Let harm come to none, this is my desire.
If life be to Earth as Water to emotions,
This book be filled with magickal potions.
May the Gods protect it, keep it from harm,
And upon it bestow power, magick, and charm.
No one without wisdom shall peer at its pages,
Or the knowledge inside handed down through the ages.
This book be it mine, it harbors no fears.
The knowledge obtained through blood, sweat, and tears,
My magick’s my passion, the spirit’s my guide.
The love for the Goddess I hold deep inside.
The book may she bless it with spiritual light.
And let only her children read of its rite.
For those of the Wicca truly can see,
That is my will, so mote it be.”
- Denise Zimmermann
(The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Wicca and Witchcraft)
To protect your book of shadows:
On the full moon…In a circle of nine
white candles, cast a circle around the
candles. Place the book in the center
of the circle and sit in the center of the
circle with your book on your lap.
Place your hand over your book envisioning a
pure white light emanating under your hand.
Say something like:
“These words herein are mine alone
fashioned deep with every bone.
Each picture, thought, and quote you
see, are all reflections of what is me.
Beware the urge to take this book,
or read it in some private nook.
Because it’s magic isn’t blind
and I will know you’ve touched what’s mine.”
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