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A Page From the Fictional Charmed Book of Shadows

It has always mystified me that people would spend money on reproductions of fake spellbooks from television series. Reproductions of spellbooks are nice, if the pages are blank, but I do not know why anyone would want them filled with fictional, fake spells. Most of the spells from television shows are drivel. Almost never historical. Almost never magical. And, let's face it (see the Charmed spell above), barely grammatical. I have seen reproduction spellbooks from the Charmed television series, the Practical Magic movie, and the Secret Circle television series. Sometimes the reproduction artist will attempt to replace the fake spells with spells they make up themselves. But if the reproduction artist is not an initiated Witch (I have never met nor heard of such a person being both), you are likely to get just one step up above drivel.

Why invest time and/or money in fakery, when you can have the real thing? See below.



A skinny dragon, illustrating a wise saying from Nietzsche, written in a Witch Script and English: THE MAN WHO FIGHTS TOO LONG AGAINST DRAGONS SOON BECOMES A DRAGON HIMSELF.



A spellbook page illustrated by a Mandrake Doll. The bottom of the page contains three Witches' Proverbs written in a Witch Script and English:

a. Curse without cause, be cursed without cause.
b. Do not trust the Sparrow to do the Raven's work.
c. Better a free Witch than a captive King.



An Imp, illustrating an old curse of the nature of Mars, recorded for historical purposes. To give you some idea of the scale of this spellbook, the Imp is about 6 inches long from top to bottom. So, the spellbook is very large.



An Old Traditional Tree Spell



A drawing of a Lamia, illustrating A Charm Against Fear, and a Spell involving Spirits of the Night.



To give an idea of the scale of this spellbook. The top left records, for historical purposes, a traditional curse from the southwest of England, the Curse of the Flies. In the lower right, a skull/plant, probably illustrating a warning against poisons.

Witches have their own traditional spells (ex. The Willow Tree Spell, a love spell; the Three Blows Countercurse, which was widespread throughout Europe, and is easily 500 years old, perhaps older; The Healer's Charm, a general charm to set the body to rights). But, with the advent of the academic and internet ages, we have also had access to spells from the past and other cultures that we have learned to adapt. For instance, The Great Curse, Long Curse counterspell from the Maoris. The Tongue Twister from ancient Rome (to make everyone disbelieve a person speaking against you unjustly). The Book Sentry (to protect a book from theft), from ancient Egypt. All these have enriched us.

*** Blessed be to those who serve the Great Mother and the Horned Father.

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