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Power of the Witch by Laurie Cabot was the first witchcraft book I read as a teen. I stumbled upon it in a thrift store in the early 2000’s and bought it immediately. The author, Laurie Cabot, is the Official Witch of Salem and has been part of the witchcraft community for over sixty years. She wrote Power of the Witch in the 1980’s. Power of the Witch is an introduction to the Old Religion, as Cabot calls it. She writes of the ancient history of witchcraft, the stigma around the religion, then goes into brief chapters on herbs, crystals, protection magic, meditation, and more. A Qualified Witch and Writer The several original copies extant vary considerably in detail and in the spellings of the spirits’ names. Contemporary editions are widely available in print and on the Internet. Despite the advent of print, however, handwritten grimoires remained highly valued, as they were believed to contain inherent magical powers, and they continued to be produced. [33] With increasing availability, people lower down the social scale and women began to have access to books on magic; this was often incorporated into the popular folk magic of the average people and, in particular, that of the cunning folk, who were professionally involved in folk magic. [34] These works left Europe and were imported to the parts of Latin America controlled by the Spanish and Portuguese empires and the parts of North America controlled by the British and French empires. [35] The Almadel consists of a square plate of wax engraved with magical names and characters, which rests upon four candles constructed with special feet for suspending the plate in the air. The plate has holes in the corners, and mastic incense is burned beneath it so that the smoke flows through the holes and the angel descends. Perhaps not as well-known as other grimoires, the Galdrabok, an Icelandic ‘book of magic’, is one of the most important surviving documents for the practices and understanding of occult practices in Iceland in the late Medieval era.

The book claims that it was originally written by King Solomon, although this is certainly incorrect. The titles of nobility (such as the French Marquis or Germanic Earl) assigned to the demons were not in use in his time, nor were the prayers to Jesus and the Christian Trinity included in the text (Solomon’s birth predated Jesus Christ’s birth by more than 900 years).

There’s many many things to say about magic , voodoo &…. but never the less, although there could be powers with spells and magic acts and most people think like;(ok, what’s the bad thing if i be able to use the power for good!) The Arbatel mainly focuses on the relationship between humanity, celestial hierarchies, and the positive relationship between the two. The Olympian spirits featured in it are entirely original.

The Harranians added much to the astrology of the advanced Islamic civilization which flourished between 800-1400 A.D. and produced such well-known astrologers as Thabit Ibn Qurra, Al-Sufi, and the alchemist, Jabir ibn Hayyyan, known to the West as Geber. One of the highlights of this grimoire is an elaborate ritual known as the ‘Abramelin Operation’, which is said to enable a mage to gain the ‘knowledge and conversation’ of his ‘guardian angel’ and to bind demons. The Arbatel reveals a series of rituals to invoke the seven heavenly governors and their legions, who rule over the provinces of the universe. The governors include Bethel, who brings miraculous medicines, Phalec, who brings honor in war, and Aratron, who “maketh hairy men.”Having pure heart and honest love to yourself and respected relation with creation will bring you way more power than you could imagine At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, our view is that there exist countless mysteries, scientific anomalies and surprising artifacts that have yet to be discovered and explained. Davies, Owen (2009). Grimoires: a history of magic books. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199204519. OCLC 244766270.