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A Witch's most valued possession
The sum of all her parts
is inside her
Book of Shadows
Rituals, dreams, recipes for various potions and so forth.
Some traditions say it must be hand-written,
others say it doesn't matter.
A Book of Shadows may be kept by an individual Witch
or by an entire coven
In the event of a Witch's death, the Book of Shadows
may be passed down to his or her
children or grandchildren,
kept by a High Priestess & High Priest of the Coven
(if the Witch was a member of one at the time of her death)
or burned in order to protect the secrets of the Craft,
whichever course of action is taken,
depends entirely upon the customs of the particular Wiccan tradition
and/or the Witch's own personal wishes.
A magickal journal kept by each Wiccan initiate,
in which spells, invocations, ritual notes, herbal recipes, dreams,
divination results and material from the coven book can be recorded.
Some Witches write in Thesbian script or in other alphabets.
Sew into the cover of the Book leaves of the sacred herbs:
vervain
rue
bay
willow
or others
They should be well dried and secretely placed by the light of the moon.
The covers of the Book of Shadows should be covered with cloth. |
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