by jon_a_ross
An Insider Secret to the Books of Shadows and Spell Casting Methods
The body of neo pagan witchcraft tradition is very rich. Their various philosophy and teachings along with lofty ideals are beautifully recorded and sanctified in the books of shadows. If you ever lay your hands on an old book of shadows you might find yourself at your wit’s end because you will not understand majority of the writings. It is impossible to read it fluently without any trouble as they are heavily encoded.
Beautifully designed are all the scripts which resemble like floral patterns.
Gerald Gardner was given the credit of first introducing the book of shadows. He made sure that the contents of the books were flexible. Anyone who wishes to read the book and change or remove part of the contents of the books can do so to achieve any particular goal. This was an ancient practice.
Witches and wizards were always given the freedom to add new contents as books of shadows were a personalized item. The practitioners always kept them with themselves as a record book. The secrets guarded by a book of shadows on spell casting techniques were supposed to be burn as soon as the person who maintained the book died. This was done to eradicate its existence completely and to make sure that no one makes use of these spells after the death of the true owner.
There spells casting techniques written vividly in these books of shadows based upon very simple facts. For example based on the length of the shadow of a person a spell casting technique can be developed.
Many well known witches suspected that the origin of such a spell casting technique had its roots embedded in Sanskrit divination methods. Then there were spells casted where to cheer a person, laughing fits were gifted
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